Posted on Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 5:58 a.m.
Cracking and cooking the perfect egg breakfast at Ann Arbor's Northside Grill
By Melanie Maxwell
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Catch up on the breakfast features you missed below:
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- BREAKFAST WEEK: What's that smell? Tasty bacon at beezy's in Ypsilanti
- BREAKFAST WEEK: Cracking and cooking the perfect egg breakfast at Ann Arbor's Northside Grill
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- FOOD & GROCERY: Michigan's Best Breakfast Joint: Statewide finalists, schedule for March 11-15
We'll be announcing the winner of our best breakfast in Ann Arbor poll in an upcoming post.
MLive's statewide entertainment reporter John Gonzalez will be visiting the top eateries to determine the best in Michigan.
Melanie Maxwell is a photographer for AnnArbor.com.
Comments
Bertha Venation
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 9:25 p.m.
Chickens should run... eggs should not!
Em
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 8:46 p.m.
Steam basted - the way my grandma used to make them! Easier to make than poached, better than over easy, and healthier than regular basted. Yum!
Laurie Longo
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 7:34 p.m.
L-O-V-E the Northside! Best food and even better people. Free range egss only and fresh squeezed orange juice squeezed right there in a great big orange machine that would BUT I can always tells when Chris is cooking... : )
Laurie Longo
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 7:37 p.m.
Oh, this keyboard - it makes its own typos...lol What I wrote (as opposed to what showed up) was "fresh squeezed orange juice squeezed right there in a great big orange machine that would fascinate anyone who was or will someday be ten years old and, although all the cooks are wonderful, I can always tell when Chris is cooking..." Love you guys...xoxoxox
golfer
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 6:28 p.m.
an egg is an egg. depends on the fries and toast. most of all the service.
southsiderez
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 5:49 p.m.
Fun video. I would also add that if you want to over easy your egg without it breaking, in addition to cooking it slow/being patient, flip with a very thin metal spatula (like he's using in the video). Typical plastic spatulas aren't sharp enough to cleanly lift the egg.
Julie Baker
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 5:32 p.m.
Great video. I've never been very good at the whole fried egg thing. My efforts to flip it are pretty pathetic! (Same issue with pancakes.)
Melanie Maxwell
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 5:46 p.m.
What I learned from Chris at Northside is that a griddle or flat top is the most ideal cooking surface for eggs. And also to use some sort of fat (they use a soy-based product) to help the process! Don't worry Julie, tomorrow we have a video all about pancakes!
newsboy
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 4:03 p.m.
My chickens are free range coming and going as they please. They are fed tasty diet of corn and medical marijuana to help them lose track of their miserable low paying jobs. The courage to standup to your employer; is hard to find when you're a chicken.
Bertha Venation
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 9:22 p.m.
Awwww.... Bless you... my son! You are a true humanitarian.
Atticus F.
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 3:33 p.m.
Soft boiled! hard to get them at a restaruant.
Radlib2
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 2:40 p.m.
Don't forget, for every egg produced, a hen must spend 72 hours in miserable, filthy conditions, unable to move.
UpperDecker
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 4:19 p.m.
Radlib, because of your comment I plan on throwing at least a dozen eggs against the wall. YOU have to live with the consequences of those wasted eggs and the countless hours of chicken abuse that took place in order for me to waste them.
a2cents
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 2:59 p.m.
Doesn't/can't read? Just spews...
Billy
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 2:43 p.m.
Derp? Did you miss the part about free-range chickens?
Ignatz
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 1:25 p.m.
Nice place. I just wish they opened earlier.
YpsiLivin
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 1:20 p.m.
How about "Over Easy" for the poll?
Jessica Webster
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 5:08 p.m.
RiverRat76 - when were you a Denny's cook? I was a waitress at the Denny's on Washtenaw for a year back when I was in college (89-90).
RiverRat76
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 3:21 p.m.
I was a cook a Denny's for seven years! This list from wiki is how we also called our "fried" egges: A style known simply as "fried" — eggs are fried on both sides with the yolks broken until set or hard. "Sunny side up" — cooked only on one side; yolk is liquid; the egg white is set. This is often known simply as "eggs up". Gently splashing the hot cooking oil or fat on the sunny side uncooked white, i.e., basting, may be done to thoroughly cook the white. Covering the frying pan with a lid during cooking (optionally adding a cover and half-teaspoon of water just before finishing) allows for a less "runny" egg, and is an alternative method to flipping for cooking an egg over easy (this is occasionally called "sunny side down"). "Over easy" or "over light", cooked on both sides; the yolk is a light runny and the egg white is fully cooked. "Over medium" — cooked on both sides; the yolk is of medium consistency and the egg white is thoroughly cooked. "Over well" — cooked on both sides until the yolk has solidified. "Over hard" or "hard" — cooked on both sides with the yolk broken until hard. "Overcook" — cooked on both sides until the egg white and yolk have hardened and started to brown.
Billy
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 2:43 p.m.
I disagree....you will get two COMPLETELY different eggs depending if you asked or "over easy" or "fried."
Kyle Mattson
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 1:29 p.m.
That would fall under 'fried' YpsiLivin!
HB11
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 11:40 a.m.
How about an address for Northside Grill?
Kyle Mattson
Wed, Mar 6, 2013 : 2:33 p.m.
Sure! I've added a link above to their basic info.