Eggbeaters

Do they sell eggbeaters here? 
While I normally use real eggs, and prefer real eggs, sometimes I am a bit lazy making french toast or omelets and don't want to spend 5 seconds cracking eggs and 5 seconds beating them ( ), I'd rather just pour.  Just curious...   

I don't think so. I think there are a few old threads on them here if you can get the search to work!

No.  I missed them horribly for a start, but I can't eat them now anyway as I'm quite sure they're from caged hens.  I think if you separate some eggs in advance, you can freeze them and pull them out as needed, like the egg beaters.  Whites freeze fine with no issues, but if you're freezing the whole beaten egg you may want to add a little salt to keep the yolk from having issues.   

Oh thanks- freezing eggs sounds like a great idea.

It'll certainly be available somewhere as at work in the canteen they use liquid egg (I've seen the cartons)  for making omelettes, maybe it's just available for caterers though and not generally....in which case somewhere like costco.

Oh thanks- freezing eggs sounds like a great idea.

Wouldn't the cracking, separating the whites, freezing & defrosting take longer than cracking & beating fresh eggs? 

yeah, probably would actually! Guess I just may need to crack up the eggs and beat!
;-)

I used to love Eggbeaters for the reduction in calories, not convenience.  I'd consider doing a few minutes' work to separate out the whites and freezing the results simply so I could defrost the night before I want to make an omelette. 

Yeah- there are times where I like the calorie reduction too, but mostly the convenience factor...  still may try to freeze these though... 
But I know that egg beaters, while is really just egg whites- tastes more like egg than just egg whites, or it could be just me- but I don't really enjoy just egg whites

You can make it taste more like egg by using mostly whites and a few yolks.  Still cuts down the calories, but helps with the flavour.  That would probably be my reason for taking the trouble to do it in advance.   

Thanks for the tips

Convenience?!  How long does it take to break some eggs and beat them?! As long as it takes for your pan to heat up.

Convenience?!  How long does it take to break some eggs and beat them?! As long as it takes for your pan to heat up.

I believe she's already covered that!

don't want to spend 5 seconds cracking eggs and 5 seconds beating them ( ), I'd rather just pour. 

I have to say that eggbeaters, although maybe I'm wrong, can sometimes create a completely different texture or taste in a dish. I have a recipe for the best bread pudding that calls for eggbeaters. I've tried to make the same dish using regular eggs and it's not the same. I thought maybe it was just the one time and tried it again. Still not the same. I would normally not use them as it is easier to use real eggs but sometimes those things are just easier and make sense.

You can probably get bottles of liquid egg from catering wholesalers, but not for domestic use.  Have to stick with the old fashioned method I'm afraid.

Vicky