Silicone utensils are changing the taste of my egg whites
I eat scrambled egg whites every morning, cooked over low or medium heat (they have better taste and texture over low, but sometimes I'm in a hurry) in a non-stick pan with cooking spray. I have to do it this way because I'm on a doctor-supervised protein-sparing modified fast and can't add fats.
I use a good quality silicone spatula to stir/scramble the egg whites, and it often seems like the spatula imparts a taste to them. It's the same taste I've noticed if I use that utensil to stir a a stew or sauce and then lick what I stirred off of the spatula. I've tried multiple silicone spatulas and have always had this problem.
Is there something I'm doing wrong, or a better utensil to use? It seems like I need something fairly flexible since it's scrambled eggs, and it needs to be somewhat soft since the pan is non-stick.
Best Answer
Assuming that your spatula and cookware is completely clean of any residual food, I strongly suspect that cooking spray is your issue. If I'm cooking something very bland (like egg white) I won't use cooking sprays for exactly that reason - I taste it too. Do you have a microwave? You may not need any oil at all, although scrambled egg (or egg white) in a microwave without oil can actually be a tricky technique (which I'm pretty sure is covered here). With a high quality, new, non-stick pan you might also be able to get away with a truly negligible amount of oil by dampening a paper towel with vegetable oil and wiping that on the surface. Mimicking the so-called-fat-free-sprays by using a paper towel dampened with vegetable oil might be a much better choice for you.
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If it is the silicone spatula, you can find utensils made of wood, plastic, or nylon that should be similarly gentle on your nonstick cookware. You can use just about anything to scramble eggs, so check for whisks, turners, flattish slotted spoons... anything that might be able to break up the egg in the pan.
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