[net.cooks] egg info

echrzanowski@watmath.UUCP (Edward Chrzanowski) (12/10/85)

Tis the holiday season and everyone will be cooking something.  What I am 
posting is not a recipe but information on what to do with egg (yolks|whites).

First a small chart for egg comparison

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When the recipe                You can use...
calls for        extra large      medium      small
1 large egg           1             1           1
2 large eggs          2             2           3
3 large eggs          3             4           4
4 large eggs          3             5           6
5 large eggs          4             6           7
6 large eggs          5             7           8

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What to do with half (1/2) an egg??

EGG YOLKS

-add to scrambled eggs, omelettes.
-stir into white sauce.
-add to cream soups.
-make mayonnaise, hollandaise sauce, custard or custard sauce.
-poach in simmering water until hard-cooked; press through sieve and use as
  garnish on soups or salads.
-2 yolks can replace one whole egg when making pancakes, cookies and most cakes.
-egg yolk paint - Mix up yolk and divide it among two or three small dishes
  or sections of a foam egg carton.  Add food colouring to the yolk to get
  desired colours.  Use a new paintbrush to paint designs on plain rolled
  cookies before baking.

EGG WHITES

-add to scrambled eggs, omelettes.
-glaze crusts of bread and pastries before baking.
-make meringues, souffles, mousses or macaroons.
-whip up the covering for Baked Alaska.
-prepare fruit whips, by folding pureed fruit into stiffly beaten whites.
-add to butter icing, to replace all or part of liquid.

more tips are forthcoming.
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