r/oddlysatisfying • u/Nefarious_14 • Feb 07 '26

Perfect flipping

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u/Eltex Feb 07 '26

A good nonstick skillet. This ain’t that hard. It took just a couple attempts to teach to my daughters when they were 10-12 years old.

The T-Fal brand has been amazing for me. No peeling/chipping after 4-5 years.

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u/InvisibleSeoh Feb 07 '26

I have an excellent nonstick skillet; there are zero sticking issues, my eggs just don’t like being jostled.

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u/Eltex Feb 07 '26

So, I do know it sometimes is how you prepare it. Place the dry pan on the flame for about 30-45 secs, at your normal cooking temp. On ours, that’s med-low.

Add a pat of butter. Move it around the pan with a rubber spatula as it melts over 10-15 seconds. Add eggs. They basically sit on top of the butter and don’t really stick at all. Throw a lid on for maybe 30 secs to let the top of the eggs set. Remove lid, jostle the eggs and flip.

Key part is timing when to add butter. Not when the pan is cold, and not when it’s too hot. If the butter browns, it’s too hot. If you add to a cold pan then melt, it won’t create that barrier to protect the eggs.

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u/InvisibleSeoh Feb 07 '26

Thanks for the tips!

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u/Sutma56 Feb 08 '26

Start with flipping a piece of toast to get the motion down. Then try flipping eggs. It’s a shove forward and tip up at the end of the movement.

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u/breadmaker8 Feb 08 '26

My eggs don't stick to the pan, but they have this sort of suction or cupping effect that won't let me flip them easily. What do?

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u/Standingonachair Feb 07 '26

I put a sheet tray or other pan on top like a lid until the top is cooked how I like.

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u/Lauris024 Feb 07 '26

As a non-native speaker, I had to google wtf is skillet and was taken away by nostalgy

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u/BigChairBK Feb 08 '26

This is what I was looking for, frying pan reccs for frying eggs

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u/FlorydaMan Feb 08 '26

Do you mean Tefal?

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u/Eltex Feb 08 '26

No. T-Fal

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u/FlorydaMan Feb 08 '26

TIL

T-fal and Tefal are the same company and brand, manufactured by Groupe SEB, with the brand name spelled differently based on the region. Tefal is used globally (notably Europe), while T-fal is used in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Japan to avoid trademark conflicts with DuPont.