[Saweeep]

Are these serious questions?

You want me to answer them all?

[JayJuanGee]

(03-13-2015 02:18 PM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

Are these serious questions?

You want me to answer them all?

Yes of course they are serious questions... Of course, I made some of my questions a little bit fun, like why are you not dead, yet, but really lots of guys would probably like to know what it would be like to eat about 50 eggs per week on a regular basis.

And you have such an experience.

I would like to hear the answer to all of my questions, but of course, you can figure out how to best organize your response to give us some insight into what it's like.

On a personal level, I would say that I go through periods of eating about 20-30 eggs in a week, but those are unusual periods. I would say that my average would be closer to probably less than 12 eggs per week over the longer term. So usually if I buy 3-5 dozen eggs, that purchase will last me 3-5 weeks, depending on my mood.

I would NOT mind increasing my egg consumption to have them as more of a staple in my diet (because they are nutritious and inexpensive (generally), but I tend to fall into patterns of eating other kinds of foods, as well.

So, yep, let us know some of your egg-eating details, if you don't mind.

[Saweeep]

(03-13-2015 02:11 PM)JayJuanGee Wrote:  

(03-13-2015 01:56 PM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

I eat 8 eggs every single day, poached on seedy bread.

They are my elixir of life.

Old school bodybuilder shit (except for the poached and the bread bit )

Tell us your age, how long you have been doing this, why haven't you keeled over from clogged pipes, do you eat anything else, what's your body look like, are you in good shape for your age, do you exercise, etc. etc. etc. ?

Let's just say you eat 50 eggs per week - that's about 45 eggs more than the stupid ass mainstream recommendations, how could you still be alive?


And, tell the truth: Do you get bored with eating so many eggs? what does your body tell you about needing other nutritional variation? do you have negative symptoms? do you rotate into some other kinds of food emphases from time to time?

Okey Dokey

I'm 33, have been eating like this for about a year. I've no idea why I'm not dead yet...maybe it's because there's nothing wrong with eggs? My father ate for more eggs than I do for over 40 years, every single day and he's a super fit, healthy 70 year old.

I train a minimum of twice per day, sometimes three times. My body is strong, about 13% bf. I'm 245lbs and struggle to get enough protein in me without going way over my calorie intake. I get 150g protein from protein shakes each day and most of the rest I need from the eggs.

My diet is really boring and I pretty much eat the same thing every day:

Grainy cereal stuff for breakfast.
Protein shake
Egg meal 1
Protein Shake
Egg Meal 2
Protein shake
Evening meal with meat and vegetables etc.

I have no issue with this as I absolutely fucking love eggs Seriously.

I haven't felt any negative effects of this diet. I take many tablets; vitamins, iron, zinc etc to supplement it. I feel pretty damned good to be honest.

Like a man.

(I'll probably die soon from egg poisoning though)

[Windom Earle]

(03-14-2015 04:43 AM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

I train a minimum of twice per day, sometimes three times.

Some would consider this "over-training".

Does your body not exhibit symptoms of it?

[Saweeep]

(03-14-2015 05:03 AM)Windom Earle Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 04:43 AM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

I train a minimum of twice per day, sometimes three times.

Some would consider this "over-training".

Does your body not exhibit symptoms of it?

Nah, I know when I've hit a wall and ease off for a week. Usually take 1 week out of 6 completely off training altogether.

It is getting harder as I get older though.

[The Beast1]

Eggs are great. I used to fry them in the bacon fat. However, for some reason I was getting very sick from fried eggs.

I switched over to hard boiled. Definitely enjoy this, I can even cook a whole batch for the week. I go through 7 eggs in one week.

[Dalaran1991]

(03-15-2015 01:14 PM)The Beast1 Wrote:  

Eggs are great. I used to fry them in the bacon fat.

That is the most delicious way to fry eggs. The bacon flavors stick to it.

I downed 30 eggs last week, only fried and rice-boiled like suggested a few pages earlier. If you want to add some spices to your fried eggs, cook some food with lots of sauces. Leftover sauces on top of fried eggs are fucking delicious. Switch the sauce if you are getting bored.

[Basil Ransom]

Fish sauce is a great addition to scrambled eggs, it's like a natural version of MSG.

[void]

boiled eggs with sweet chilli sauce *

[Hank]

(02-22-2015 05:56 AM)duedue Wrote:  

I make a kind of "super oatmeal" with added eggs for brunch. Halfway in cooking your usual oatmeal add two eggs and a little bit of dark chocolate and cinnamon (the last two for flavoring). I love it!

My version of "super oatmeal":

Add one egg in halfway and when ready i add 100 grams of cottage cheese & 50 grams of frozen blueberries and mix all nicely.

It started when I did not want to eat cottage cheese or blueberries by themselves. With oatmeal they go down easily.

Maybe I will try next to add the second egg also.

[JayJuanGee]

(03-14-2015 04:43 AM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

I'm 33, have been eating like this for about a year. I've no idea why I'm not dead yet...maybe it's because there's nothing wrong with eggs? My father ate for more eggs than I do for over 40 years, every single day and he's a super fit, healthy 70 year old.

I train a minimum of twice per day, sometimes three times. My body is strong, about 13% bf. I'm 245lbs and struggle to get enough protein in me without going way over my calorie intake. I get 150g protein from protein shakes each day and most of the rest I need from the eggs.

My diet is really boring and I pretty much eat the same thing every day:

Grainy cereal stuff for breakfast.
Protein shake
Egg meal 1
Protein Shake
Egg Meal 2
Protein shake
Evening meal with meat and vegetables etc.

I have no issue with this as I absolutely fucking love eggs Seriously.

I haven't felt any negative effects of this diet. I take many tablets; vitamins, iron, zinc etc to supplement it. I feel pretty damned good to be honest.

Like a man.

(I'll probably die soon from egg poisoning though)

Thanks a lot for your further explanation CrashBangWallop. I do think from your final comment about dying from eggs demonstrates that you retain various questions in your mind regarding whether eggs are healthy for you or NOT.

Personally, I think that from time to time, we may need to make some adjustments to our diet as our body ages, whether we are still growing or not and depending on the level of our activities and quantity/quality of our sleep.. and maybe even considering other stressors that may be going on in our lives (whether finances, kids, work, women or whatever).

Also, sometimes eggs or red meat or fat could get the blame for something else that could be contributing problems in our diet - such as processed foods and various carbs, including grains.

I understand that you are asserting that you are NOT feeling any problems and in fact you feel really good, and surely that could be a positive indicator. On the other hand, some people are NOT complainers and feel really good, even when on the inside they are killing various aspects of their body - such as causing too much inflammation whether it comes from over exercise, not enough sleep and/or some wrong things in the diet. There are blood tests to check levels of inflammation, yet sometimes, for example, a person could have a heart attack (that is caused in part by inflammation), but then has a totally checking out physical on the day before. These kinds of realities highlight the fact that sometimes we could be getting the wrong information through medical systems - if we do NOT know what to look for and if everything checks out the day before some major negative health event.

[DJ-Matt]

I scrambled 4 eggs and then poured the mix into my rice cooker, came out great! Next time I'll be using a little cream and shredded cheese.

Although I almost got a little overflow since the eggs expanded when cooking

[JayJuanGee]

(03-14-2015 05:08 AM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 05:03 AM)Windom Earle Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 04:43 AM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

I train a minimum of twice per day, sometimes three times.

Some would consider this "over-training".

Does your body not exhibit symptoms of it?

Nah, I know when I've hit a wall and ease off for a week. Usually take 1 week out of 6 completely off training altogether.

It is getting harder as I get older though.

Each of us make choices concerning the quantity and intensity of our training based on a variety of factors, including other things going on in our lives and also maybe regarding our various goals in respect to what we are expecting to achieve through the training.


Of course, if we are training for a body building competition, then we may need to consider the incorporation of training differently from someone who's desire is to be able to maintain enough strength to carry groceries up the steps or someone who wants to be able to run 2 miles in the event that a nuclear bomb goes off and traffic is jammed on the roads...

My point is that each of us has different goals regarding exercise, and depending on the intensity of working out, there maybe various needs to incorporate recovery times and to monitor inflammatory markers.

Most people do NOT over exercise to the point of rhabdomyolysis; however, sometimes there can be a variety of issues that fall short of rhabdomyolysis that could show that the exercise is too much.

Lately my personal goal has been to keep up with my girlfriend who is 14 years younger than me, whether sex or other activities, such as dancing. For me, lifting and other weight resistance exercises seem to be good 3-4 times a week in order to achieve those goals and seems to allow a decent level of maintenance along with my diet and sleep regime (yet the balancing fact that I have been having to spend too much time in other work activities in the past month or so).

[General Mayhem]

(03-14-2015 05:08 AM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 05:03 AM)Windom Earle Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 04:43 AM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

I train a minimum of twice per day, sometimes three times.

Some would consider this "over-training".

Does your body not exhibit symptoms of it?

Nah, I know when I've hit a wall and ease off for a week. Usually take 1 week out of 6 completely off training altogether.

It is getting harder as I get older though.

I don't think it is a coincidence that two of the most fit guys I have known both trained multiple times per day and they were both older.

I also don't think it is a coincidence that I was in the best shape of my life when doing manual labor 9 hours per day and lifting on top of that.

Are you going to be able to lift heavy 2-3 times per day? No, but there are so many different ways to train that you can easily get in multiple session without killing yourself.

[JayJuanGee]

All this recent talk about Eggs had gotten me really in the egg craving mood - though I am NOT sure if I am going to be able to increase my egg consumption, beyond a dozen or so per week.

I just bought 4.5 dozen, and I am thinking that it is going to take me around 1 month to eat them up.... unless I get more inspired with some of the exchanges of recipes, in this thread.

@Bacon1: Regarding your discussion of cooking eggs with bacon grease as compared with boiling them, I question what kind of negative difference there would be from such? Surely, if the only thing that you changed in your diet was converting from frying to boiling, then maybe it is fair to attribute your issue to the change - otherwise, I remain quite skeptical that it would be better, for most guys, to make such a switch.

There are a lot of good things with using bacon grease or pork grease for your various cooking needs - because lard is generally nutritious. I use bacon grease for a lot of my cooking, and i tend to generate way more bacon grease than I can use (because I tend to eat quite a bit of bacon).

Regarding boiling the eggs, I would think that the less cooked they are the better they are for you. I have some difficulties eating uncooked eggs, even though I will do that from time to time, but I like Basil Ransom's suggestion regarding not turning over the eggs and just putting the lid on the pan. I tried that, and it worked pretty well, but I think with the lid on, for my own personal preference, I may need to cook the eggs for even a shorter period of time - in other words attempt very high heat and a short period of cooking (1-2 minutes), something like that.

[komatiite]

^damn dude they just taste good!

[Basil Ransom]

Another easy way to eat eggs:

Pressure cooking.

In an electronic pressure cooker, you run it for 3 minute cook time on the steamer tray, with a little water underneath, and then move the eggs to a bowl of ice water to chill for a minute. Take them out, remove the shell (it's easy) and you have a solid white with a liquid yoke, tastes great with a bit of salsa or marinara sauce.

I find hard-boiled eggs tough to eat after three or so, but fresh soft-cooked eggs are a real treat. Would probably taste good on crackers or toast as well.

Super simple and easy to make.

[Tokyo Joe]

Gentlemen: Awesome thread here -- one of my favorites in the entire Lifestyle forum.

I have some egg recipes from the Far East to share but first just an observation regarding egg brands, which haven't been discussed much upthread. Have any of you living in the United States tried Country Hen Eggs? This is an insanely good egg. As an American expat there are very few physical objects that I dearly miss (as opposed to people or places), but this egg ranks near the top of that list.

What can I say? If you were to crack two of these Country Hen eggs in a pan alongside two ordinary American eggs, the difference staring you in the face would be akin to that between a set of firm tight 18-year-old tits and a lousy saggy pair belonging to a forty-something mom.

The yolks are an incredibly dark orange vice pale yellow, and even the raw whites are quite viscous. As you might expect by the sight of them, the taste is out of this world. And while I haven't conducted the relevant chemical assays myself (lol), I am prepared to believe the maker's bold claim that each single large-size egg contains more than 300 mg of omega-3 fatty acids.

Any of you have experience with this egg? I recommend you try them out if you have not--with the one caveat that I've been away for several years and haven't had them recently. Although I'd wager that this egg would be one of the last American things to lose its luster.

[realologist]

^^^^^^tokyo_Joe
Are they much bigger than an average egg and range in colors? Are they much tougher to crack open than a average egg?

If so it's because they are eggs like how eggs used to be before they were massed produced. My father has chickens every year just for eggs and they are much better than the average egg.

[RawGod]

I make a batch of rice every day in the rice cooker, and I've started to add 2-4 eggs for the last 10 minutes (along with vegetables like broccoli and cabbage). Heck, the suggestion might have been from earlier in this thread. Anyway, it's much easier than boiling the eggs.

[Tokyo Joe]

(05-20-2015 08:24 AM)realologist Wrote:  

^^^^^^tokyo_Joe
Are they much bigger than an average egg and range in colors? Are they much tougher to crack open than a average egg?

If so it's because they are eggs like how eggs used to be before they were massed produced. My father has chickens every year just for eggs and they are much better than the average egg.

realologist: Excellent questions.

First, regarding size -- of course the chickens lay the eggs in a natural, wide distribution of sizes. The eggs are then sorted and marketed in four categories: medium, large, extra large, and jumbo. The important point is that regardless of size, these eggs are noticeably denser than mass produced eggs. Yolk and albumen alike are richer than ordinary eggs.

Yes, the shell is most definitely thicker and stronger than the average egg. And the shell color has a pleasant variation of brown hues.

You've hit the nail right on the head. These eggs are indeed how eggs were in earlier times. Perhaps even better though, because Country Hen uses a distinct feed blend to boost the omega-3, choline and lutein content.

By the way, these eggs are not cheap. But well worth the price.

[Bear Hands]

Tokyo Joe,

The eggs you're describing are similar to what I buy at farmer's markets. Talk to the sellers to get an idea how they treat their chickens. You generally want to know that the birds are allowed an area to roam and at least some of the time eat what they'd naturally eat. I had to buy from a couple vendors until I found eggs that were consistently thick and had almost orange yolks.

I switched over to duck eggs after I had them for the first time. Even the highest quality chicken eggs I've had do not taste as good as duck eggs to me. I've read that duck eggs are more nutrient-dense than chicken eggs, though I have yet to figure out if that's nature or if that's a difference in the way they're farmed. Duck eggs are typically larger than chicken eggs, the shells are tougher, the whites have lower water content, and the yolks can range from slightly greenish to yellow to orange depending on what the ducks ate. Darker is better when it comes to any of those yolk colors. Shell colors will go between white and a pale green, and the thick shells seem to give them a long shelf life.

[Hotline]

I must tip my hat to Gordon Ramsay.

A few weeks ago I stayed at a very nice hotel, and had some delicious scrambled eggs that had a velvety texture unlike anything I had ever eaten. As a consumer of 4-5 eggs per day, I sought out this technique.

Previously I just cracked the eggs into a hot pan. Now I do it like this:

Simply delightful.

[dasher]

(07-02-2015 10:10 PM)Hotline Wrote:  

I must tip my hat to Gordon Ramsay.

A few weeks ago I stayed at a very nice hotel, and had some delicious scrambled eggs that had a velvety texture unlike anything I had ever eaten. As a consumer of 4-5 eggs per day, I sought out this technique.

Previously I just cracked the eggs into a hot pan. Now I do it like this:

Simply delightful.

Next level scrambled egg technique, very nice!

[RedPillUK]

I can also testify I'm still alive after spending about 6 months eating on average 6 raw eggs a day. I would always get through a box of 60 about every 10 days. I'm not worried about salmonella cos I think I'm more likely to die in a car crash then catch that from eggs.

Nowadays I mainly just eat meat, rice, potatoes, oats, some vegetables but still buy a lot of eggs incase I need some fast food, I can down a whole pint of 12 raw eggs quickly.

I'm 26, I look in decent shape, never had my blood tested though.