scrambled eggs

Stirred while cooking

Scrambled eggs are a dish made by beating eggs and cooking them while stirring, producing soft, irregular curds rather than a unified shape like an omelet.

The dish is a breakfast staple, often seasoned simply with salt and pepper and cooked in butter.

I'll have scrambled eggs and toast.

Scrambled eggs also refers informally to the gold braiding on a military officer's cap, which resembles the dish's lumpy texture.

Opposites
egg preparation method

scrambled eggsfried eggs

Eggs cooked in fat

poached eggs · soufflé · soft-boiled eggs · hard-boiled eggs · eggs Benedict

food texture/structure

scrambled eggspoached egg

Shell-free, water-cooked ovum

omelet · frittata · quiche · soufflé

Family

scramble, eggs, scrambled, egging, scrambling, unscrambled, egglike, descrambler, descramble

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G