Genius Hour 1.2

This week I decided to try and learn different techniques to cook eggs. There are many different ways to prepare eggs such as, boiled, scrambled, an omelet, sunny side up, over easy, poached, basted, and deviled. The techniques that I decided to use were scrambled, sunny side up, over easy, poached, and an omelet. Also, when I was done cooking the eggs I had my dad taste them to tell me if they were correct.

The first technique that I tried was scrambled, so I had to put a pad of butter into the pan with the eggs, then stir and when it is almost cooked add a dash of milk. When I did this technique I only cooked one egg, so when I put it in the pan it cooked really fast, which I then over mixed them because it was cooking faster than I thought it was going to. The pieces of egg ended up being a little smaller, so next time I would use lower heat or more eggs and mix less, so I would end up with bigger pieces.

I made a sunny side up egg next. To make these kind of eggs, you crack an egg into a greased pan, making sure to not break the yolk. Then you fry it until the edges of the whites are brown. When I made these I had a little trouble, because I accidentally broke the yolk of the egg, so I had to start over because it didn't cook correctly. When I was done with the sunny side up egg I cut it in half to make sure that the yolk was still liquid like it is supposed to be.

Another type of egg that I made was an over easy egg, which is the same as a sunny side up egg, except you flip it over and cook it just long enough to make a film over it. I was worried that when I made this one I would break the yolk when I flipped it over. When it was done cooking I cut it in half like the sunny side up egg to make sure that the yolk wasn't fully cooked.

I also made an omelet, which is similar to scrambled eggs. I cracked two eggs into a bowl and whisked it with a little bit of water to make sure it was all mixed together. Then, I greased the pan with butter, poured the eggs in the pan, let it cook a little, then you pull the edges of the eggs from the pan to let some egg go under so it can cook. Once that is cooked you put different toppings in it and fold it up. I put bacon and cheese in it for my dad and folded it over once. This one was pretty easy to make next to the scrambled eggs and turned out pretty good.

The last and most difficult egg I made was a poached egg. You boil water with a little bit of vinegar in it and whisk so it makes a whirlpool, then drop the egg in the middle, and leave it to cook. This one was little more difficult since it was cooked in a pot of water rather than a pan, but it turned out pretty well.

This week was a fairly easy week to start out with, since I already knew how to do some of these techniques. Although, one of the issues that I ran into while making these eggs was that I do not like eggs, so it was difficult for me figure out if they were correct, because I couldn't taste them. So my dad was a big help this week for my genius hour. The following weeks will get more difficult since I will be making harder things to cook.