How To Cook An Egg

How to Cook an Egg was requested by one of mybegan throwing eggs away if they weren't "just
e-newsletter subscribers. Having been in theright."
restaurant business for over 20 years, I was notI must have ended up throwing away dozens of
surprised by the request. I have actually met chefseggs while perfecting my egg cooking skills. I thought
who could not properly cook an egg, let alone cookI must be a slow learner. I just had to learn how to
an over easy egg.cook an egg! Had he known, my thrifty, finicky
This request started me thinking about my egghusband would have lectured me about wasting food.
cooking experiences.But as the words of the song "Margaritaville" say, I
High school home economics class was my only realthought it was "his own darn fault." I never did reveal
experience before I was married and I guess thatmy secret.
didn't sink in.Practice does make perfect, as it is said, and
The only thing I remember about eggs in that classeventually I learned how to cook an egg.
was making Egg ala Goldenrod (which I still love) andAfter the death of my first husband (no, not my
beating an egg and then measuring it in tablespoonscooking), I married another wonderful man. I was
for the purpose of making a recipe that required halfpleased that I could cook perfect over easy eggs for
an egg. I never, ever came across another recipehim. Being the thoughtful man he is, he didn't mention
requiring half an egg.for some time that he really preferred his eggs over
And I never learned how to cook an egg.hard.
So basically as a new (young) bride I had to startOh, the cruelties of life! I don't mind saying that it
from scratch. I married a very finicky egg eater andwas very hard for me to break those yolks!
after being scolded for imperfect over easy eggs, I