Once upon a time there were a dozen eggs inside the fridge.
While they were chilling, they asked each other, “what kind of egg will I be?”
The first egg was taken out and over a hot pan with some oil it was cracked carefully. The egg white immediately started to harden forming a circle. The yellow yolk was in the middle. It looked like the sun.
So the 1st egg was called the ‘sunny side up’!
The 2nd egg was cracked over a bowl.
Then with a fork it was mixed, mixed, mixed until everything was yellow! Then it was poured over a hot pan.
It was a scrambled egg!
The 3rd and 4th egg were taken out of the fridge but left outside.
Then it was carefully dropped into a pot of boiling water! It was so hot!
The 3rd egg was removed after 5 minutes. Its egg white had hardened but the egg yolk was still soft. So it was called a soft boiled egg!
The 4th egg stayed there for another 5 minutes. In was cooked for 10 minutes that’s why both the egg white and egg yolk was already hard. It became a hard-boiled egg.
For the 5th and 6th egg, both of them were opened over a bowl. Then it was mixed with some flour. Then some milk. Then a few teaspoons of baking powder. Then a few drops of vanilla.
It was all mixed together to form a batter. It was mixed all the way until there were no more lumps. Then it was scooped out and poured in a hot pan, forming a circle. The 5th egg became pancakes!
The rest of the batter was not used for pancakes. Instead, it was poured over a pan that was shaped like a square. And inside you had many other squares. The 6th egg became waffles!
Now it was time for the 7th and 8th egg to be used.
They were carefully cracked open so that the egg white was separated from the egg yolks.
The egg whites were then placed in another bowl and mixed with some caster sugar. Then it was whisked at a super fast speed until it formed white snowy peaks.
It was then plopped into a baking sheet and it stayed in the oven for a long time. It became merengue!
Meanwhile the egg yolks were just waiting and waiting. Until it was suddenly mixed with some mustard and hot butter! It became a very creamy sauce called Hollandaise sauce. It goes well with roasted potatoes, and salmon.
For the 9th egg, it was also left in a bowl. Then it was mixed with some cheese and pepper, until it became a little bit gooey. Then all of a sudden it was thrown into a pot with freshly cooked pasta.
It became carbonara sauce!
For the 10th egg, it was again in a bowl. But this time it was mixed with some cheese and mushrooms. It got poured over a hot pan, and it became a cheese and mushroom omellette!
The 11th egg had to wait a little bit for its turn. It was just left outside the flour and breadflour were being mixed. The milk was added. Then finally the egg. Everything was mixed together to form a dough.
Then the dough was cut into several pieces and then sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
It got cooked in the oven and it turned into pandesal!
The 12th egg was so excited to be used, wondering what kind of food it was going to be. But it stayed for a long time inside the fridge.
It waited. And waited. And waited.
And waited.
Then one morning, it was taken out of the fridge and placed in a box.
Then the box was placed in a car.
Then the car drove off far away.
Then the car stopped. The door was opened. The box was taken out.
The egg started to hear lots and lots of sounds from happy children.
<hum intro music of Emily’s Wonderlab>
The 12th egg was not going to be cooked! Instead it was going to be used so that kids can learn how tough eggshells can be.
It became an egg-speriment!
Mika’s Reaction to This Story
This is one of Mika’s favorite bedtime stories. I usually end up forgetting the actual sequence of the eggs so she ends up guessing that the egg is going to be based on the story. I’ll also end up forgetting some eggs totally and she’ll have to remind me which egg is missing.
There is a part 2 of this story which Mika no longer likes (and for good reason). Read about the 13th and 14th egg here.