Egg free cooking

[KnightofNi]

one of my friends found out she is pretty highly allergic to eggs. also, shelfish and nuts. (someone hit the lotto on that one )

a favorite food is bacon wrapped hot dogs and we had designs on making them into corn dogs because, well...that would just be better. Now that the epi pen isn't constantly at the ready the idea is back on the table and i am determined to make this happen.

I have no idea how to cook without eggs. I have looked up a few recipies, but they all call for an egg substitute but i haven't figured out which to use. I figure it needs to be a leavening agent so baking soda seems like it would be the way to go. apparently some of the commercially available egg replacments have egg product in them 

Does anyone have any real world experience with this? I'm trying to find what works best for fried foods.

[ducpainter]

Look into flax seed.

[zooom]

can you use a modified polenta?

[KnightofNi]

Look into flax seed.

I found that, i'm just not sure if it will give the same texture as the egg would.

can you use a modified polenta?

that would be really thick wouldn't it? i might try it anyways. if nothing else i could wrap the polenta in bacon and stuff it with cheese..

[brimo]

If you're only using it for binding the mixture, you could use something like cornflour and water. If it's a bit doughy try a little bicarb/baking soda to lighten it up a bit. Use a bit more salt to counteract any baking soda taste.
Soda water  makes a nice light batter and have the batter really cold prior to cooking.

[teddy037.3]

not necessarily a corndog, but what about using a beer batter?

[KnightofNi]

not necessarily a corndog, but what about using a beer batter?

deosn't that have an egg in it?

[triangleforge]

We've had pretty good luck using ground flax seed as Nate suggests as an egg substitute in baking. The consistency is close enough that I can't really tell the difference.

[WarrenJ]

Once you combine ground flax seed with water and let it sit for a bit, it produces an albumin like texture.  Sometimes I just grind it, add water, make patties and fry like burgers. 

[Howie]

deosn't that have an egg in it?

12 oz beer and 1+1/2 cup flour will work fine.  

[ducpainter]

We've had pretty good luck using ground flax seed as Nate suggests as an egg substitute in baking. The consistency is close enough that I can't really tell the difference.

He never listens to me.

[teddy037.3]

deosn't that have an egg in it?

flour, beer, baking powder? def. eggless

I always used AB's recipe, lemme go look it up.


http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/chips-and-fish-recipe/index.html

[Le Pirate]

I have the perfect solution for you.

Ran into this a while back when my brother was visiting, and we wanted some pancakes. Google "eggless pancake recipe" and use the first link that comes up...it's like egglesscooking.com or something. great pancakes...that'll also make great corndogs (just leave out stuff like the vanilla)

It should be about perfect, as I've had pancake rapped sausages before...pretty dang close!

[KnightofNi]

I have the perfect solution for you.

Ran into this a while back when my brother was visiting, and we wanted some pancakes. Google "eggless pancake recipe" and use the first link that comes up...it's like egglesscooking.com or something. great pancakes...that'll also make great corndogs (just leave out stuff like the vanilla)

It should be about perfect, as I've had pancake rapped sausages before...pretty dang close!

thanks for the breakfast idea.
served with warmed maple syrup. just have to find the right sausage.
and a supplier for lipitor.