How to use science (and a dash of acid) to improve your scrambled eggs

how about eggs in the morning? If your answers are very soft and jumbled, you should follow these tips for perfect results. Sam Wong

In the three years since I started this column, I’ve cooked eggs for breakfast most weekends, but somehow I’ve avoided writing about them. What can we learn about such simple food?

It turns out quite a lot. An egg may look the same from day to day, but it undergoes subtle changes even before it is cracked. Water vapor and carbon dioxide escape through tiny pores in the shell, raising the pH of the egg white. , the small air sacs inside expand. Because of this, fresh eggs sink…