settle a dispute?

doomspark

Scrambled eggs vs. fried eggs:

When I do scrambled eggs, I do them in a skillet with olive oil. Just eggs; no milk, no salt or other additives.

When I fry eggs, I fry them in the same skillet, with olive oil. Just eggs. No milk, no salt, no other additives.

My wife says fried eggs have more calories. I say that they're the same. Opinions?

girlinahat

same ingredients, same calories. in fact, same cooking method it's just you mess up the scrambled ones and leave the fried alone.

However, personally I would replace the olive oil with butter...

FireBrand80

If there is a difference, it's negligible

OfficiallySexyVal

It is the exact same calories just made differently!

grammylouise

Obviously the same. She's just going by the fact that as we all know fried is generally worse. But in this case it is not.

LishaCole

As long as you are using the same ingredients in the same amount... they are the same.

Poach them! Less calories, more delicious.

morgansmom02

I am pretty sure she is wrong! That's funny though

Loulady

The only difference would come from how much egg ends up stuck to the pan.

cindy6649

I tend to use more oil when I fry the eggs than when I scramble them so that adds a few more calories.

wewon

Scrambled eggs vs. fried eggs:

When I do scrambled eggs, I do them in a skillet with olive oil. Just eggs; no milk, no salt or other additives.

When I fry eggs, I fry them in the same skillet, with olive oil. Just eggs. No milk, no salt, no other additives.

My wife says fried eggs have more calories. I say that they're the same. Opinions?

Did your wife explain her reasoning? That may make her have to walk through her own logic and see that it makes no sense.

How does stirring the eggs change anything?

sarahharmintx

Unless the amount of oil changes, its the same.

kiminikimkim

If you're going to scramble the eggs, why need olive oil?

When I make scrambled eggs, i just scramble them in a non-stick pan. No extra ingredients added. In that case YES, one fried egg has more calories than my scrambled egg.

_granola

I think it really depends on how yellow the yolk is, and at what time in the morning you are cooking these eggs. Details people!

cordianet

I think you could argue that the scrambled eggs have more calories because the oil generally would get incorporated into the eggs as you scramble. Fried eggs on the other hand will leave some of the oil in the pan. As pointed out, it's pretty much negligible. No one is going to lose or gain weight based on the difference between one cooking method or the other.

Oh and for the record, I prefer bacon drippings. Mmm bacon...

aricbramlett

I would say she is backwards. Unless you lick the plate clean, you will leave some of the yolk behind on plate with the fried eggs...

Sidesteal

Did your wife explain her reasoning? That may make her have to walk through her own logic and see that it makes no sense.

Your wife has logic?
Does she use it?

Mind = blown.

wolfchild59

If you're using the exact same amount of oil for both, they're both exactly the same.

The assumption is probably coming from the fact that fried eggs are more commonly associated with oil than scrambled eggs, so the added calories and fat of the oil would be more commonly added to fried eggs in most people's minds than scrambled. (though, in most diners/restaurants, the cooks use oil with the scrambled eggs as well)

Personally, I just use a really good non-stick pan with barely a spritz of spray oil that I wipe all over the pan with a paper towel before putting the eggs in. I do fried and scrambled this way and never have a problem with sticking and no added calories to either.

sofakingawesome69

Unless the hen was brown, not white. that changes everything..

Silverkittycat

I think it really depends on how yellow the yolk is, and at what time in the morning you are cooking these eggs. Details people!

I agree.

Prettylittlelotus

Does a pound of fat weigh more than a pound of muscle? No, it just looks different.

AshRyd

my scrambled eggs usually have less because I lose half my egg stuck to the skillet :laugh: not sure why those stick and the fried eggs do not.