It's Kenji reader Ashley Allison in Chicago recently wrote to me asking About when she should be adding salt to Her eggs if she's going to be scrambling Them so for the moistest most tender Scrambled eggs you want to Salt them About 15 minutes before you're going to Actually cook them what happens is the Salt will start to dissolve some of the Proteins in the eggs so that when they Cook what happens is they tend to Connect to each other a little bit more Quickly and so they actually start to Coagulate at a lower temperature however They don't coagulate as tightly so as They continue to cook they don't squeeze Out as much moisture and so that Moisture stays in the eggs as opposed to Getting squeezed out of them
Have you ever wondered why most of the Vinaigrettes in the grocery store are made with 10, 20, sometimes even almost 30 ingredients? I remember growing up in Provence watching my mother whipping vinaigrettes before every single dinner. She would mix in a giant bowl, delicious extra virgin olive oil, a robust aged vinegar (the flavor would depend on the main dish), sea salt and pepper and voila! I decided to do the same thing for my family and friends more than 20 years ago here in this beautiful country. And Provence Kitchen® was born. Stay tune for more articles and wonderful family recipes..
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