Jump into the Wayback Machine… Let’s talk eggs. Wait…what? I thought this was a coffee-blogpost-gear-review site. Yep! But today, a departure to an earlier (and easier) time, when the internet was in its infancy and life was slower and more simple. Storytime, siddown and lissen:
It was the start of college. I had bought an absolute state of the art Mr. Coffee. Not just the standard machine, mind, but the kind with a built-in espresso maker on the side! Fancy! A combo machine that I had no idea existed, and also that I had no idea would be the gateway to my adoration of espresso. The drip coffee function was ok, but the espresso, that part got my attention. I used the heck out of this combo, predominantly favoring the espresso side.
One morning I needed some breakfast. I had the most bizarre idea to use the steam wand to…cook eggs. No, really. I took a few eggs, cracked them into my steamer cup, scrambled them up, and then hit them with the steam wand. Truly a strange act.
Steamer cup, full of eggs, an unusual sight, running steam through it, nothing happening, anticipating failure, a gross mess, and chiding myself for the loss of eggs and breakfast. I’m dwelling on all this when…ppppffffFFFTTT! The eggs reached some temperature equilibrium point and coalesced into a frothy, fluffy, solidified yellow mass.
It worked! Awesome. A strange texture unlike any eggs I had ever had previously, but they were also prepared differently than any eggs I’d ever had. Commensurate bizarreness! Since that time, a long looooooong time ago, I’ve seen them on a few cafe menus, but never really heard much about them since then. Recently James Hoffman offered commentary while watching someone making them in a video. That someone being…Martha Stewart!
Huh. So if he’s referencing it nowadays, then I guess eggs espresso (as I called them) are somewhat relevant. But not really. Try it if you feel like a bit of excitement. Your espresso machine will forgive you, your belly will thank you for the tasty new treat, and it is truly an entirely odd experience to “cook”.
Just remember to clean off your steam wand afterward. Gross.