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Article: Eggs are an excellent food if stored and prepared correctly
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- April 12, 2006
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WVU Extension Specialist Nutrition and Health
You can scramble, fry, poach, and bake eggs or cook them in their
shells. You can use eggs to make pancakes, waffles, French toast, and
omelets, too. Eggs are also the main ingredient in some dishes that
came to the United States from other countries, such as a frittata,
egg foo yung, quiche and souffle.
Eggs do many jobs in recipes and often help form the structure of
cakes, cookies, and other baked goods. Eggs also help make creamy
custards and keep ice and sugar crystals from forming in foods like
ice cream and candies. Eggs are important, too, in making some
dressings and sauces, including mayonnaise.
But, in addition to all the ways you can ...