eggs, anyone? for sometime now i have been contemplating on the mysteries of the egg. it has been such a staple in the filipino breakfast table (and american?--just ordered an egg muffin sandwich for breakfast at mcdonalds before heading for work today) that we just don't wonder anymore why there has to be an egg lying side by side with a plate full of sliced hotdogs, longanissa (filipino sausage) and pan de sal for breakfast ; or think tapsilog, tuysilog, tocilog and chiksilog. during our ilocos trip, the three of us, josh, me and the boyf were treated by our host to a sunnyside up breakfast extravaganza--not just one, but two eggs on top of steaming rice. the kid inside me jumped for joy when i saw the yellow center, barely hiding under the thin membrane that resulted from its contact with the cooking oil. as a kid i had fun times pouring ketchup on top of my sunny before slicing em to pieces and filling up three or four pan de sal ; and of course, stuffing 'em in my mouth later, hehehe. tatay would always have nanay cook 'em for the family midnight snack alongside spam or corned beef (always the sunny for us)... ahh, such fun times indeed. its only later, when i started to get conscious of my looks and started reading health mags and other materials i could lay my hands on, that the realization that too much egg could be bad for the health struck me. true, it is protein-filled but also cholesterol-rich. when tatay's diabetes condition worsened, his cardiologist (as it affects pretty much all internal organs including the heart) limited his egg consumption to twice a week. its an eye-opener indeed. whereas we have eggs for breakfast everyday back then, we now cook em sparingly. there was a time that i avoided eating eggs completely, turning to other sources of protein and going for the greener stuff--soups, salads and vegan sandwiches for maybe about two weeks. the idea sounds enticing but somehow a part of me is revolting, craving for the endearing creamy goodness of that yellow stuff. and besides, whats that article that says otherwise? that there is no actual study correlating egg consumption to heart disease? hmmm... confusion is the name of the game! so i made a compromise. eggs it will be, still. but just twice or thrice a week. after all, moderation should be the key to everything. passing by jollibees and mcdonalds everyday, and looking at their breakfast menus, with every meal having an egg as an item ; every offering a bestseller among the fastfood-going public, i begin to wonder how the filipinos are faring with their health. exactly just how many eggs can a fastfood branch cook up in a week? a truckload full? passing by a balut vendor at night, i also begin to wonder why so many are head over heals with that hairy chick well, it may be too much pondering but exactly how many dishes do we cook up during fiestas (and we have many of them) that involve the egg? creamy, yummy, swirling goodness that never fails to make us swoon. everybody say ahh... :)
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secretlife said on May 30, 2007....
i think there are alot worse things to eat than eggs. but maybe not the kind prepared at a fast food place...i like omlettes for dinner sometimes.... -
gentlepie said on May 30, 2007....
like hamburgers. i agree. i just hope to dump fastfood for breakfast but its so hard when your running late! well see in the coming days! -
secretlife said on May 30, 2007....
yogurt....instant oatmeal....lol...it's hard to eat on the run! -
gentlepie said on May 30, 2007....
good suggestion with the oatmeal... yogurt doesnt "fill" me. hehehe. i have big appetite dear!
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silverwhisper said on May 31, 2007....
i'm a big fan of eggs although i do try to limit my intake. granted, not as much as you do, because eggs are awfully tasty (i like them best scrambled with a little cheese). :>
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queenparanoia said on Jun 02, 2007....
shettttttttttt... gutom na ako... masarap nga ang itlog... whatever itlog it may be!! LOL!!!! lalo na pag half cook lang sya. yung yellow hilaw pero yung white part luto tapos ihalo mo sa kanin tapos lagyan ng konting asin... weird pero yummy!!!
am... gentlpie may tanong ako sa iyo ha??? huwag ka sanang maooffend. medyo naguluhan lang kasi ako. girl ka ba or boy or both? ok lang kahit anu basta huwag ka lang alien =)
shet makahipo este makakain nga ng itlog... gutom na ako =)
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jaimemiguel said on Jun 02, 2007....
I love eggs -- sunny side up, poached, omellete, boiled... mmmmm...So, gentle, answer the Queen's question. -
queenparanoia said on Jun 02, 2007....
jamiemiguel... pinoy ka pala =) welcome to soulcast. -
gentlepie said on Jun 03, 2007....
jm, wag ka apurado! gee, its hot. :) yep, im a gay man. haha. no offense kay em ar at tao, na nag-assume kaagad na kumare ako. :) di naman sila nagtanong e. :) -
queenparanoia said on Jun 03, 2007....
gentlepie: ehehehehehhehehhe o nga no hindi sila nagtanong!!! naku okay lang yun may mga bakla rin at tomboy dito. sa botoni bakla yun na taga canada. at tapos andaming tomboy dito!!! masaya dito sa soulcast dahil marami kangmamemeet na tao sa iba't ibang kultura at age group. may nanay, may lola, may mga teenagers. may gagong pulis. mag ingat ka dun ha? homophobe yun. tapos naninira ng kapwa soulcaster. may loko loko, may alien. may manyak (ako LOL!!!) may madasalin. basta marami. iba't ibang parte pa ng mundo. kaya masaya dito =)
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gentlepie said on Jun 03, 2007....
hehe. thanks. i knew from the start na masaya dito, and so far there has never been a situation that told me otherwise. though i have really on the outset determined not to go for labels and identify myself as such because i feel that labels somehow determine how you and your blog will be taken by your readers, and i want to be read like a person, not for anything else that comes with labels, di ba? well, anyways, naamoy mo ko... so la na ko magagawa hehehe. :)teka, this is supposed to be about eggs and breakast ah! -
jaimemiguel said on Jun 04, 2007....
@queenp: yup, pinoy po. :)@gpie: naamoy niya yung egg... hehehe -
gentlepie said on Jun 04, 2007....
hehehe. fresh eggs to, hindi balut or century egg. :) kidding aside, sarap century egg, lalo na sa congee. ;) -
queenparanoia said on Jun 04, 2007....
gentlepie. malakas gaydar ko =) LOL!!! anyway dont worry, sa tagal ko dito one thing for sure is nobody judges you here instead they respect you if you show the true you! kaya nga popular ako eh... kapal muks ko no??? LOL!!!
jaime: whahaahahahahahhahaha ibang itlog??? shet natawa ako dun!!!
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gentlepie said on Jun 04, 2007....
hoy qp! hindi yon pinagtatawanan. minamahal iyon. hehehe. -
queenparanoia said on Jun 04, 2007....
gentlepie: hehehe ang problema hindi pa ko nakahipo ng itlog nakakita na pero hindi pa nakahipo.. =) LOL!!! -
gentlepie said on Jun 04, 2007....
ang halay naman ng thread na ito! just to remind you ate, tungkol ito sa itlog na kinakain, hindi hinihipo, pwede ba!! :) -
queenparanoia said on Jun 05, 2007....
ehehehehhehehehheehe ay ganito talaga sa soulcast!!! lalo na pagpinoy mga kausap mo!! ang saya no???sana nga itlog ni piolo hinihipo ko!!! LOL!!! -
jaimemiguel said on Jun 08, 2007....
hahahah... OMG... napakacontroversial ng egg mo gpie... -
jaimemiguel said on Jun 08, 2007....
oh... and queenp... itlog ni piolo... hahahaha... madami na siguro nauna sa iyo.. -
queenparanoia said on Jun 08, 2007....
oo nga eh!!! =)