Party_Music, I found the taste and texture come out better than what I make in a pan. This isn't to avoid washing the pan; actually I wash and reuse the bags a few times.

This isn't my picture but this is what it looks like.

This is new news to me, so thanks for sharing it. As far as I'm concerned, done the traditional way, the fluffy comes from the aeration one gets while beating, and being patient enough to cook them low enough that they don't dry out. I'm wondering if by not spreading the eggs out in the pan, you might be retaining more of the aeration? For sure, you're preventing a lot of drying.

Since your picture didn't show, I googled and see that in the top listings most people actually do it as an omelette--I had had the same initial reaction as PM--but there are some very good scrambled egg looking photos as well. Taking the results as a whole, it looks like the omelette ones are more compressed (less fluffy), which points to less aeration and/or greater restriction in the bag.

The thing I worry about is the bag itself, especially when it's reused. They make silicone bags that are better meant for multiple use cooking and less likely to leach chemicals.

Even though you didn't mean this for the clean up ease, I think it would be great for camping!

I bought dh a lekue silicone omelet maker. It does a similar thing but in the microwave. Because they are nuked they come out too much like airline omelets for my taste. hot water sounds a whole lot better.

RESULTS: Grammy is cool!!

And that's really all that matters. ;)

I find it much faster to cook the traditional way ... from start to finish ... even with a quick trip to the garden to snip some dill.

I'm sorry but there's no way that you're going to get a "fluffy" scrambled eggs cooking like that! Scrambled eggs are SO delcate and like an omelette, need to be cooked quickly. Slow -cooked eggs are rubber.Scrambled eggs are.... scrambled. That means they are..... scrambled. You can't do that in a bag. It might be a fun way to cook eggs with the littlies..... anything fun with the smalls is good but it's not going to be "fluffy". Aren't I the grumpy one... again!

I think it is a very good way to entertain the grandkids, and that is very important (and perhaps not always so easy), but I agree that it is easier and faster to cook the traditional way. I have a 7"-8" non-stick (Green) omelet pan, and it will cook an omelet in seconds, and for cleaning, it only needs a wipe with a towel. It would take me longer to boil enough water to cook the eggs. It sounds like you are poaching the eggs. I use my small omelet pan when I am making breakfast burritos, and it makes just the right size omelet to fit into the tortilla with the other ingredients of the burrito.

My trip to snip usually involves thyme and/or chilies - I had not thought of putting dill in omelets, but I will have to give that a try, since I have a lot of dill right now from the seeds we planted in March.

I guess it depends on what you expect your scrambled eggs to be like. The old, labor intensive way is to put them on barely hot enough to cook in a heavy pan and just worry the edges as they solidify, before they dry. It takes a long time, but the results are most excellent.

Agreed that "Grammy is cool!" is the best result of all.

I worry about what's leeching out of the bag into the fats in the cheese in the boiling water. But I guess it doesn't cook long enough to matter unless it's an every day thing.
My grands did that for a few times, then realized a frying pan was faster.
But it's a good dorm room trick of you don't want to wash a pan and have a hot pot to heat water.

Good point, Linda. Especially if you have a dorm room where you're allowed to have a water heater, but not allowed to "cook".

>I worry about what's leeching out of the bag into the fats in the cheese in the boiling water.

Yes, especially since you say you reuse the bag. Most disposable type plastics aren't meant for more than one heating.

Cathy, I agree with Cindy, if the result is that you are cool with the Grandkids, and they'll eat the eggs, double bonus!

We used to use that method when camping with the Girl Scouts, and we'd serve them with a side of muffins baked in the campfire in orange peel halves. The girls could eat the fruit "interior" with their breakfast, while using the peel to bake their muffins. Fill the orange halves nearly full, wrap in foil and place them into the coals or the dutch oven, but we had to start them about the same time we started the water for the eggs.

So HG isn't home yet? You are both in my prayers, I hope he's recovering...

Annie

BeauLily camp a lot so this is perfect for them.

Annie, Been 6 weeks, I would give anything for the HG to be home. They just put him BACK into ICU last night. Thank you for your prayers.

Oh dear, that is NOT what I was hoping to hear. Hang in there Cathy, I'll keep saying my prayers. (sigh) Hugs to you and to Raymond and to BeauLily too.

Oh, and blueberry muffins are very good baked in those orange peel halves, it gives them a nice orange flavor...

Annie

Thank you Annie, I just got home from an 8 hour stint at the hospital.

Perfect timing, "the other grandmother" was bragging that BeauLily picked her blueberries and made muffins. I can one up that with orange peel halves. Oh, did I just say that :(

Yes, you did say that, but I'll pretend you didn't. (grin)

And you have another bonus, your oranges are actually GOOD, unlike the miserable imposters we get here after thousands of miles of shipping the poor things.

I even like corn muffins baked in orange halves, and the Morning Glory type muffins are good too. They work in the oven too, BTW.

http://www.food.com/recipe/campfire-muffins-66436

C'mon, Raymond, I'm sending strong thoughts for you!

Annie

Oh no! Sorry to hear about Raymond. I'm sending you good thoughts, hugs and prayers.

On another note-- of course you're the "cool" grandma. you're always coming up with fun and creative ideas!

Mustangs, I'm sending good thoughts as well, to you and your HG. I didn't want to read that he's in ICU again.

Hugs, Cathy.......difficult stuff. You and the HG are in my thoughts and prayers. Wish it weren't so far for me to come and take you to lunch.

Thank you all for your support. He is so sick...of hospital food. He has requests everyday for food from home.

Cathy, I think that's a good thing, he actually cares about what he's eating, instead of being apathetic...

Annie

Cathy, I was thinking about you this morning and thought I'd come check out the CF. Not what I was hoping to read about. All of the good thoughts, prayers and love that I can muster up is coming y'alls way. If ya need a sister to lean on you know that I'm here for you, always.

I think it is so wonderful that you are able to take home-cooked food to him on a regular basis - it must be so difficult for him being so confined, and so visits can be a lifeline. Keeping his spirits up will do a lot to help him recover and help him find inner strength. I feel very sad for people who do not have anyone like you to visit them in the hospital.

Your grandmother competition reminds me of the episode of Bewitched I saw last night!

Here's hoping Raymond gets well very soon - I am sending as much positive thought as I can his way.

riverrat!!! It's so good to "see" you here again!

So, Cathy, what's on the menu for HG today?

Annie

A big THANK you again for the CF support. And YES good to see RiverRat!

7 weeks now, yesterday he did walk out of his hospital room with the help of a walker and 2 nurses.

I didn't want to take his word about the food since he is spoiled but I can attest that it is terribly bland. Yesterday I brought him mac & cheese and fried plantains; what can I say, that's what he wanted.

Hooray for the HG and his walk. Elery says to tell you that you are all in our prayers, and he's glad to hear that Raymond is at least up and getting around, even with help.

Mac and cheese? Yes, he's feeling better, LOL. Most hospital food I've encountered is somewhere between awful and abysmal. At Metro, when Elery had his hip replaced, they were an anomaly, the food was actually good. I got one free meal, and they had a green cilantro and lime rice, maple glazed grilled salmon and a mixed bean salad. It was all delicious and healthy, and not bland at all. I was impressed. The coffee, however, was terrible!

Annie

So glad to hear that Raymond is getting better, and I hope that the improvement continues, but it sounds like he has a way to go yet, and so I am continuing to send positive thoughts.

Also nice to see Riverrat again - I hope that is not a one-time visit!

The last time I had to stay in the hospital was when I had my appendix removed in Sonoma. I don't remember the food, but the wine list was impressive.