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Default Scrambled eggs with mayo?

notbob > wrote:

>On 2006-04-15, gary > wrote:


>> spoonful of mayo in with the eggs as he was scrambling them. Makes them
>> nice and creamy.


>Assuming you've put oil in the skillet prior to adding eggs, adding
>mayo is essentially adding uncooked oil and eggs to cooked oil and
>eggs. It doesn't make them creamy, it makes them more oily.


Mayo is an oil/water emulsion. Some say adding water to
eggs makes scrambled eggs fluffier. Perhaps mayo would
have a similar effect.

Steve