What happens when you cook an egg?

What happens when you cook an egg?

When you cook an egg, these proteins uncurl and form new bonds with one another. The longer you heat the proteins and the higher the temperature, the tighter the proteins will bond to each other. The tightness of these bonds determines whether the eggs are cooked just right—or overcooked.

Does it matter how you cook eggs?

The longer and hotter you cook your eggs, the more nutrients you may lose. Using higher heat for longer may also increase the amount of oxidized cholesterol they contain, which is particularly true of pan-frying.

What are 10 ways to cook eggs?

Here are 10 basic ways to cook eggs:

1. Over-easy. One side of the egg is cooked in a pan with oil or butter.
2. Sunny-side up. This style lets only one side of the egg cook.
3. Hard boiled. A hard-boiled egg is a result of boiling egg for a long period of time.
4. Soft boiled.
5. Basted.
6. Over-hard.
7. Poached.
8. Steam-basted.

What are the 6 ways to cook an egg?

6 Ways to Cook Eggs

1. SOFT BOILED. Cookware: Pot. Preperation: Cover eggs with cold water, bring to boil, cover, shut off heat and let sit for 2-8 minutes.
2. HARD BOILED. Cookware: Pot.
3. POACHED. Cookware: Sauté Pan.
4. SUNNY SIDE UP. Cookware: Skillet.
5. OVER EASY. Cookware: Skillet.
6. Scrambled. Cookware: Nonstick Skillet.

Why do brown eggs cost more?

Hens that lay brown eggs have to eat more feed than hens who lay white eggs. Brown and white eggs are nutritionally identical. The only reason brown eggs cost more is because all that brown pigment takes more food – and more money – to produce.

Why you shouldn’t buy brown eggs?

Apparently, breeds that produce brown eggs are typically more aggressive to one another, so they are debeaked via an infrared amputation process that is thought to be very painful. It also, at the risk of being overemotional, sounds as though aggressiveness may not be innate to the brown-egg layers.

Is it worth it to buy expensive eggs?

Consumer Reports tells us that eggs laid by chickens given vegetarian diets “tended to have more of certain vitamins and omega-3s than those from hens fed a conventional diet.” If it makes you feel better to buy more expensive eggs, go ahead and buy them.