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How do you fry an egg? A very common question, right? All you really do is crack an egg into a pan, fry it until the whites get a golden-brown edge, and the yolk sets, and then serve it with bacon and toast. That's all there is to it — so long as you have an egg, a frying pan, and a working oven, you're pretty much all set.
The act of frying an egg does not, however, necessitate the use of any additional instruments or steps, so you can still make it better. Have you ever ordered an egg muffin from your favourite breakfast establishment and observed that the egg looks more like a patty than your typical fried egg? Although it has the exact shape of a circle, it tastes like a fried egg. Egg whites and yolk, hardened into a thick circular patty, were the only ingredients. There was no runny yolk or charred edges. How did those cooks do that precisely? It's not like this is some type of false synthetic egg patty if they are to be believed; they use actual eggs for their sandwiches.
In actuality, to obtain those egg patties, cafes employ what is known as an egg ring, or a metal ring. You probably already have one of these egg rings in your kitchen cupboard or closet. They aren't particularly difficult to make. Making perfectly round eggs is simple if you have a mason jar ring.
It's pretty easy to extract the ring from a mason jar if you have one. Remove the metal disc that is affixed to the top of the metal lid after unscrewing the metal lid from the jar. You will be left with the circular metal ring that attaches to the jar's mouth.
Using this metal ring to cook eggs is also quite easy. The metal ring should be placed directly in the centre of the frying pan after buttering or oiling it as usual. Once the pan is heated enough, crack one egg into the centre of the ring; some whites may run out from beneath the ring, but this is unimportant as long as the ring is level and the pan isn't moved about too much. As usual, let the egg cook inside the ring before removing it, turning the egg once it has stopped being runny. Alternatively, you might scramble your eggs inside the ring while keeping everything tightly packed together until it forms the iconic patty shape.
The egg can then be served whichever you choose. It can be served on its own, or you can build your own breakfast sandwich with toast, biscuits, or English muffins. When making egg patties ng egg patties, this method should be simple to use if you follow the fundamental procedures of frying or scrambling an egg.
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Maybe you don't want to eat an egg that is exactly round. You might like to eat an egg that is shaped like a star, a heart, a gingerbread guy, an oval, or something else entirely. Normally, you wouldn't be able to fulfil a request like this because it would be absurd to think of how it could possibly function. But with the help of some particularly entertaining-looking cookie cutters, that fantasy can easily come true.
If a mason jar ring isn't available, you may still make a round egg by using cookie cutters. You should use metal cookie cutters rather than plastic ones, just to prevent your cookie cutters from being destroyed by the heat of the pan. If you want a round egg, you may use a regular round cookie cutter, or you could use any other cookie cutter you like. You'd like a Christmas tree-shaped egg, right? Interested in having eggs that resemble race cars or young chickens? It's totally possible to mould an egg into anything you want if you have the shapes for them.
You can choose to serve your eggs either shaped like a circle or a Christmas tree. Your everyday meal may always be made a little more exciting by just adding a cookie cutter or mason jar ring.
