56 ways to prepare eggs??

I don’t know who’s read the book *How to Be French*.
But there’s a section in that book that has me puzzled. It’s about Alexandre Dumas (author of *The Three Musketeers*, among other works), who wrote cookbooks. His last, massive book (1,150 pages) is said to include 56 ways to prepare eggs. 
So here’s my question: off the top of my head, I can think of:
#1 boiled egg
#2 fried eggs
#3 scrambled eggs
#4 egg salad
#5 pancakes
That leaves only 51 more to go :)))
Can you think of any others?

Poached eggs, egg custard,

Best regards, Inge

Wow, now there are already #14 in the blink of an eye

Oh, egg custard is listed twice
So #13

# poached eggs
# cloud eggs
# egg custard
# omelet
...
 

Oh, someone else beat me to it!

# 14 Cloud eggs
I don’t know them at all, I’ve never heard of them.

Egg muffins with vegetables (I just Googled it). I wonder if that tastes good?

# 15 Egg muffins
might actually be tasty, though 

- Frittata 
- Meringue
- Sponge cake
- Macarons
 

- Zabaione / wine foam cream
- Macaroons

Egg Liqueur

 

- Soufflé
- Chocolate mousse 

# Egg fricassee
# Eggnog
# Kaiserschmarrn
# Stuffed eggs
# Mayonnaise

# 1 Hard-boiled egg
# 2 Fried eggs
# 3 Scrambled eggs
# 4 Egg salad
# 5 Pancakes
#6   poached eggs
#7   pickled eggs
#8   shirred eggs
#9   egg custard
#10 Omelet
#11 Eggs in a glass
#12 Egg muffins
#13 Frittata
#14 poached eggs
#15 Mustard eggs
#16 Cloud eggs
#17 Egg liqueur
# 18 Egg fricassee
#19 Egg punch
#20 Egg ragout
#21 Stuffed eggs
#22 Kaiserschmarrn
#23 Mayonnaise
#24 Meringue

I’m not sure if I’ve listed them all now. Some of them seem to me more like baking recipes, maybe?

My grandma always used to say: “Egg, egg, egg, and another egg—that makes a pancake” :-) ;-)

Love, Inge

#25 - Pancakes—well, Inge, the simplest things aren’t always the first to come to mind ;))

You’ve listed poached eggs twice 😉 #6 and #14

 

Hollandaise sauce
Century eggs
 

Eggs Benedict
 

I have this ancient cookbook (by A. Escoffier), and if I add up all the different ways listed there, I’m sure I’ll come up with 50 or even more.

• Baked Eggs
  
• Eggs au gratin
  
• Devil-style roasted eggs
  
• Eggs in puff pastry
  
• Alexandra-style cold eggs
  
• Alsatian-Style Eggs
  
• Fried Eggs with Anchovies
  
• Andalusian-Style Eggs
  
• Eggs English-style
  
• Antwerp-Style Eggs
  
• Archduke-style eggs
  
• Eggs with Asparagus
  
• Eggs with Aurora Sauce
  
• Eggs with bacon
  
• Balzac-Style Scrambled Eggs
  
• Benetton-Style Baked Eggs
  
• Eggs in a Cradle
  
• .............................
  

and, and, and many, many more. If you list all the “styles à la…,” it really adds up to quite a lot.

Maybe that’s what Dumas meant.




 

Deviled eggs. They’re hard-boiled and cut in half; the yolks are mixed with mayo and spices and then filled back into the egg halves.
Best wishes, Marita 

Scottish eggs 😁

Menemen (a Turkish breakfast dish).
Very tasty—you don’t need anything else with your bread...

Have you seen that egg video on WhatsApp? It has some funny tips, but I’m not sure if each one has its own name.

Any cake that contains eggs would also count as a way to prepare eggs.
For example, any sponge cake. Also, egg noodles with any kind of sauce.