# Who decided Scrambled Eggs are supposed to be creamy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482 "2016-10-02T16:23:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/61 "2016-10-03T21:02:53Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Scrambled eggs should have nothing spearable or cuttable. I’d call that “custard.” ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/62 "2016-10-03T21:04:43Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I associate “creamy” scrambled eggs with cooks who have to make a lot of food quickly and don’t care if the eaters like it or not. E.g., mess hall cooks, cafeteria chefs, etc. Actually, to make really creamy scrambled eggs, you need to use \*very \*low heat and stir them constantly for a long while (20-30 minutes). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/63 "2016-10-03T21:17:21Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > Actually, to make really creamy scrambled eggs, you need to use \*very \*low heat and stir them constantly for a long while (20-30 minutes). While I don’t like them super-creamy and have no time for that 20 minute rissoto style bullshit, I associate mess hall, hotel, cafeteria, etc., cooks with overcooked, dry eggs, not creamy eggs. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/64 "2016-10-03T21:18:51Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > Yeah, but the creamy style of scrambled eggs came first. Cite? I mean, yeah, there’s the French style, but who says that’s the first? I’m sure various forms of scrambled eggs have been around since humans discovered cracking eggs into a heated vessel of some sort. Somehow, I doubt the original style consisted of adding milk and cream and all that to them. “Scrambled eggs” are simply eggs that are scrambled. It’s a catch-all category that includes all the variations listed within. We should have more descriptive names for them, just like we do for all the variations of fried eggs otherwise, but they’re all scrambled eggs. Hell, I’d even call an omelet a special subset of scrambled eggs. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/65 "2016-10-03T21:25:13Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Cite? I mean, yeah, there’s the French style, but who says that’s the first? I’m sure various forms of scrambled eggs have been around since humans discovered cracking eggs into a heated vessel of some sort. Somehow, I doubt the original style consisted of adding milk and cream and all that to them. > > “Scrambled eggs” are simply eggs that are scrambled. It’s a catch-all category that includes all the variations listed within. We should have more descriptive names for them, just like we do for all the variations of fried eggs otherwise, but they’re all scrambled eggs. Hell, I’d even call an omelet a special subset of scrambled eggs. You are probably right. People have likely been generally scrambling eggs for years. There probably isn’t a “first”. But the French style seems to be the origin point of the common scrambled eggs. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/66 "2016-10-03T21:27:53Z")
I’ve posted this several times but [this recipe](http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to/a11062/how-to-make-eggs-17087598/) consistently makes the best scrambled eggs I’ve ever made. I do ,however, skip the American cheese. I’ve also swapped the cream cheese for mascarpone a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![ruh-roh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ruh-roh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruh-roh)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/67 "2016-10-03T21:50:31Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’m sure various forms of scrambled eggs have been around since humans discovered cracking eggs into a heated vessel of some sort. Steven Wright-ism… Who was the first person to say “Hey look what just came out of that chicken’s butt. I wonder what it tastes like”. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/68 "2016-10-04T00:23:58Z")
> [@ruh-roh](#): > > Steven Wright-ism… > Who was the first person to say “Hey look what just came out of that chicken’s butt. I wonder what it tastes like”. Probably the same person who first cracked open an oyster and said “wow, that looks disgusting, I wonder what it tastes like?” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/69 "2016-10-04T13:36:51Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > Probably the same person who first cracked open an oyster and said “wow, that looks disgusting, I wonder what it tastes like?” Quote by Jonathan Swift: “He was a bold man who first ate an oyster.” ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/70 "2016-10-04T14:11:10Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Scrambled eggs seems to be one of those things that everybody does differently. I, too, am not for the creamy kind of scrambled eggs, no matter what Gordon Ramsay says. yeah, I watched a video of him making them that way, and all I could think was “those aren’t scrambled eggs, that’s a dipping sauce for toast.” ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/71 "2016-10-04T14:23:12Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > yeah, I watched a video of him making them that way, and all I could think was “those aren’t scrambled eggs, that’s a dipping sauce for toast.” Its crazy good on toast though. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482/72 "2016-10-04T14:30:22Z")
The moral of the story: don’t let anyone else cook your eggs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482.md?page=3)