Offended enough to post about it

[breakinglight11]

This is a little thing, but it bugs me. I'm watching Iron Chef, and I just saw Bobby Flay accidentally scramble eggs in a beautiful piece of enamled cast-iron. What does he do with his mistake? He runs it over to a garbage can, trashes the whole thing, pot and all, and grabs a new one to start over in.

Now, I love Bobby 'cause he's a freaking rock star, but I was pretty outraged. That's probably a two or three hundred dollar Le Creuset Dutch oven! A gorgeous, useful piece of cookware that I'd love to own. If you're going to just throw it away, give it to me, dude. I'll happily cook in it, and when I do I'll tell my dinner guests, "This was used by Bobby Flay on Iron Chef once. I watched him ruin eggs in it."

Comments

[juldea.livejournal.com]

So... I'm clueless. Why was it a mistake? Why would the eggs be ruined?

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

Oh, it was because he poured them into another mixture I think with the intent of making an egg foam. The pot was too hot, so the eggs curdled rather than integrated. Not a bad thing if you want scrambled eggs, but ruined if you wanted to make a foam. :-)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Aha! I thought there was some reason that eggs shouldn't be cooked in cast iron. Phew. Thank you.