Scrambled Eggs - still in the Shell !

Notice how the egg under that shell is a delicious shade of yellow rather than the typical white?  In Japan this is called a Golden egg. 

That's a nice name, but a more descriptive one would be "Scrambled egg still in the shell".  This is a simple egg trick my Sensei told me about; it's easy and fun and makes a tasty hard-boiled treat.

**UPDATE**    I've done some research. The actual name in Japanese is  �rD�gu �   or   MD�D�g_~T   which means Yellow Boiled Egg.  Pretty straight forward name.  I guess Golden egg is just the poetic version.    _{(Instructables apparently doesn't support non-roman characters, so the Japanese didn't show up.)}

Step 1: Getting started

All you need to make a Golden egg is:

1. a raw egg
2. one leg cut from a pair of nylons

Slip the egg into the nylons and place it half way between the toe and the opening.

**EDIT**      It's been suggested that what I'm really using here is one leg from a pair of stockings.  This could very well be true, as I know literally nothing about nylons or stockings.  If so, just replace each instance of "nylons" with "stockings", and go at it!

**EDIT #2**       Apparently the type of stocking / tight / legging / nylon may play a larger role than I knew.  The stockings I use have a relatively low level of stretch.  If the material is too stretchy then it won't spin properly.  Also, it took me 4 eggs before I finally got a Golden egg (before I figured out the flashlight check in Step 3), so hang in there if it doesn't work on the first try!

Step 2: Scramble time

Now we scramble!  Grab the ends of the nylons, one end in each hand, with the egg suspended in the middle.  Begin to twist the nylon around the egg, about 20-25 twists.  When it is fully twisted, pull the ends of the nylon apart quickly.  The nylon should untwist itself, spinning the egg rapidly.

Repeat about 10 times.

If you are letting the kids help, you may be concerned about handing them what are essentially flails made of nylon and raw egg.  I don't blame you :)  But have no fear!  Simply put each egg in a ziploc bag before you put it in the nylon.  Now if they smack an egg on a table top (or their sibling's head), there'll be no mess to clean up (only hurt feelings).

Step 3: Is it Golden yet?

To check if your egg is properly scrambled, go to a dark room and shine a flashlight through your egg.  An unscrambled egg will appear bright and yellow, and you may even see a shadow inside cast by the (still intact) yolk.  A properly scrambled egg will be a much darker red color, since the yolk is now mixed with the albumen. 

Step 4: Boil and Bubble

Of course, now that your egg is scrambled in the shell, you can cook it anyway you desire.  I like to hard boil them, myself. 

Put the eggs in a pot of lukewarm water until they are just covered.  Heat.  Once the water reaches a rolling boil set a timer for 6 minutes.  When the timer rings, turn off the heat and soak in cold water to stop the cooking (and keep your hands safe).
  

**EDIT #3**      People have commented on something I forgot to mention, which is that hard-boiled Golden eggs are harder to peel than regular hard-boiled eggs.  For whatever reason, the scrambled egg grabs to the shell a bit stronger than usual and can make for an ugly peeled egg.  (My first four eggs were hideous.  Tasty, but hideous.)  To solve this problem, and produce the not-ugly egg you see in this instructable, I used the back of a spoon to gently break the shell into small pieces, and then peeled it while submerged in a pot of cold water.  It helped alot.

Step 5: Now what?

Now that you can make Golden eggs, what can you do with them? Well...

• Just eat it.  Hard-boiled Golden eggs taste good by themselves, but a little sprinkle of salt never goes amiss.  Or you can chop them up and throw them over a salad for some delicious protein.

• Mix it into a batch of regular boiled eggs.  Like the old English tradition of hiding a coin in the pudding, whoever gets the golden egg gets good luck for the week.  If it's Easter eggs we're talking about, then the Golden egg can grant good luck for the whole year.  This throws a whole new twist into the Easter egg hunt tradition.

• Put a raw scrambled egg back in the carton as a harmless prank.  The next time someone goes to make a sunny-side up they'll get a scrambled surprise.

• Hollow it out.  Traditionally when hollowing out eggs you must break up the yolk with a long needle before it can be blown out.  Golden eggs already have scrambled yolks, so just poke two tiny holes and blow it all out.

Like I said, I usually just eat them.  But I'm sure you creative folks can think of more uses for Golden eggs.  Go nuts!

Comments

[trevormac]

wdnt it be easier to break the egg into a hot pan and stir it about with milk?

[Happychap]

lkemiläinen asked for a machine: Ronco ROES Inside-The-Shell Electric Egg Scrambler

[Cacadogg]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g0ifVgCb2w
Here is "Fuwa-toro", the patented version of this.
Soft, fluffy and  creamy since there's no bubbles in the egg when scrambled and by perfecting the cooking time and temperature.   Yum~!

[rottndachs]

My favorite way to hard boil eggs is to use my rice steamer. I have never had a tough peel this way.
Also, when blowing eggs, before making the holes put a piece of wrapping tape where you are going to drill the holes. easier to drill that way and less likely to crack.

[lkemiläinen]

We need a machine for doing this, something in the line of the apple peeler…

[july1962]

Couldn't get it to spin very well, at least not in both directions, and then the egg exploded.

[Jollyrgr]

HINT: Shine a light through the egg before and after so you get an idea of how it should look.

[trppen37]

a tea spoon of vinegar during the boiling process should help with the peeling of the eggs and making it easier..

[burningsuntech]

Egg-citing Cooking Update!!
Here is a great way to boil an egg without making it tough. Try it on regular eggs and then on "Golden Eggs".
Place several eggs in a sauce pan and cover with cold water an inch over the top of the eggs. Place on high heat and bring to a rolling boil. As soon as the eggs reach a boil, remove them from the heat and set them aside for 10 minutes covered.
After resting ten minutes, rinse the eggs in cold water for a few minutes. Peel, salt, enjoy! This method makes a perfect boiled egg every time! It's a bit egg-centric but it works! - RA

[F13nt]

The older an egg is, the more fragile the membrane that keeps the yolk in its proper place and shape gets, and the easier the yolk breaks. That's why its harder to make sunnyside eggs with old eggs.

[NPNana]

Thanks for these instructions. I read somewhere that you just shake the egg. I tried that and it didn't work. So I'm going to try your technique -- hopefully this will work for me.

[lbrewer42]

For an easy way to peel hard boiled eggs, I simply submerse them in a glass of water and ice. They peel very easily after sitting in the water for a couple of minutes. Differing times of contraction of the solid exterior and inner soft center are supposed to be why. It might work with these golden eggs as well.

[tabi]

to easily peel them try adding a pinch (or two) of baking soda to the boiling water...

[predo]

I haven't tried it yet but I have a advice to solve your peeling problem. Cook the the fresh "golden egg" than leave it for a day or two It's same with normal hard boiled eggs. They are easier to peel after a while. Hard boiled eggs are fresh and good to eat for several days they don't spoil, they just get easier too peel. ;) I'll try to make some gold eggs as a prank for Easter.

[pneumeric]

OMG this is genius, However I'm not so sure about hard boiling them, I'm not a big fan of hard, grainy egg>
Hold them at around ~75ºC for 30 minutes and enjoy creamy, soft scrambled eggs straight from the shell!

[the potato]

lol am i ganna boil this first? or just do that?

[BLUEBLOBS2]

This is cool. I think it deserves to be in the food science challenge. :)
-BLUEBLOBS2

[ATTILAtheHUNgry]

thanks! I wish I could enter it.

[Lord Jon Bigglesworth]

I attempted it...and failed miserably. Not only did I fail to achieve a golden egg, I managed to get the thing to explode as I was hard boiling it. It was somewhat tasty, once I added salt, but the yolk had the texture of rubber. I will try again so that my dream of having scrambled eggs for my lunch at school will finally be realized.

[ATTILAtheHUNgry]

keep at it :)

[oilitright]

As I was reading this the a occurred to me; what would be the effect of putting a raw egg in some sort of ultrasonic device? Like one of those ultrasonic cleaners?

[ralphkidsguns]

well if that worked at scrambling it, then a sonic screwdriver could potentially make dinner! :-D

[DesignerUserName]

Deep fried Dalek, anyone?

[Lord Jon Bigglesworth]

Only with a side of Silent Pudding.

[codongolev]

one would have to assume that it would taste like kalamari, but a bit more metallic and hate-y.

[DesignerUserName]

I can smell the rancor from here.

[ralphkidsguns]

me! :P

[dmoloch]

lol there is going to be EGG WAR FAIR going on later

[dwoythal]

war fair or warfare? because both could be extremely funny xD

[deathnotx101]

Well all is (a fair) in war and love :)

[Great Wight Ninja]

Any Idea if this works with soccer socks/other cotton socks or is the nylon/silk important?

[ATTILAtheHUNgry]

No idea. Good luck though!

[Tastyeggsaretasty]

what im going to try is, poke a small hole with a needle, and just mix from the inside, instead of spinning it. (i will attempt to make the hole very small, i will get back to you all asap with the results), im hoping it does not blow up though.

[Great Wight Ninja]

How'd it go?

[lparkin]

http://www.spike.com/video-clips/omc4yq/the-egg-scrambler

[diverjim30]

Ha ha, I use to have this exact device. Loved it as a kid.

[martynbiker]

Can everyone PLEASE lighten up, its a bloody boiled egg for goodness sake......

nice instructible by the way!

[ATTILAtheHUNgry]

Thanks

[indomitable]

heh the number of "edits" and "interesting" comments had me chuckling ruefully for you. lovely instructable, im going to try this.

[bajablue]

lol... this instructable should have been entered in the Fitness Challenge as a fun Arm Toner-upper Workout!

I'll post my results... SOON! ;-D