# How do breakfast burrito makes remove the egg smell and taste from eggs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848 "2016-05-04T03:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sara20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848/1 "2016-05-04T03:13:10Z")
I like to eat frozen breakfast burritos from the store because the egg in them does not have that eggy smell and taste. I would prefer to make them at home, but the eggs I make have that strong eggy smell and taste I don’t like. How do they remove it the eggy smell and taste? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848/2 "2016-05-04T03:30:38Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848/3 "2016-05-04T03:36:55Z")
Lot’s of other yummy tastes in the various other burrito fixins probably cover up the egginess? Bacon, sausage, potato, salsa…yum, I want one right now. ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848/4 "2016-05-04T04:31:28Z")
Egg Beaters? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848/5 "2016-05-04T06:01:01Z")
Quality of ingredients could be a factor. Cheap, battery-farmed eggs tend to be less flavourful than free-range eggs (with ‘barn’ eggs somewhere in the middle). ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848/6 "2016-05-06T05:56:37Z")
If I want to avoid eggy smell and taste, I leave the eggs out. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848/7 "2016-05-06T11:16:38Z")
Isn’t the eggy smell and taste the whole point of a “breakfast” burrito? Otherwise the egg is just pointless filler. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848/8 "2016-05-06T14:51:20Z")
First, buy mass produced eggs, then let them sit after their cooked for a bit. Eggs quickly lose flavor once their out of the pan and after a few minutes, they can be flavorless glop. You could cook some up, freeze them, and then reheat them in the microwave when you want eggs. I would guess that they’d be virtually flavorless at that point. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848/9 "2016-05-06T14:57:03Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Isn’t the eggy smell and taste the whole point of a “breakfast” burrito? Otherwise the egg is just pointless filler. Well, it does add protein and fat to fill you up, as well as some vitamins for a nutritional aspect. Also depending on the makeup of the rest of the ingredients it could be the main thing holding everything together. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848/10 "2016-05-06T17:07:21Z")
I think some of those frozen burritos use powdered eggs. Can’t get much less egg like than powdered eggs. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848/11 "2016-05-06T17:10:01Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > First, buy mass produced eggs, then let them sit after their cooked for a bit. Eggs quickly lose flavor once their out of the pan and after a few minutes, they can be flavorless glop. You could cook some up, freeze them, and then reheat them in the microwave when you want eggs. I would guess that they’d be virtually flavorless at that point. I accidentally froze some boiled eggs once they looked and tasted horrible.