This is a long shot, but as a child I remember watching what I believe was an episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show (or possibly The New Dick Van Dyke Show) which featured a segment involving garlic scrambled eggs. During the scene in question someone used a garlic press to add garlic to the eggs before scrambling them. As a result of seeing this I've been making scrambled eggs that way ever since!

No, this wasn't a cooking show; it was a sitcom that I'm certain was the Dick Van Dyke Show. Anyone happen to know what episode this was?

I can't believe this! When I said my question was a long shot I figured the odds were fair to nil anyone would have the answer. Thanks so much, Alan Brady's Hair, for solving this one; and so quickly, too. I've watched the Hulu episode and it's definitely the one I recall from my childhood. It even included a second garlic press bit about 19 minutes in when Rob asks Laura if his orange juice had been run through a garlic press!

So at last the mystery has been solved over a half-century later — the original source of my lifelong passion for garlic eggs! In honor of this I think I'll have garlic eggs for breakfast tomorrow morning while re-watching the episode on Hulu!

Thanks again.

what a funny question!

Garlic scrambled eggs sounds interesting. My big thing is to grate some zuchinni in the eggs with some Parmesean cheese. For my taste buds: heavenly. I think adding a little garlic to this would work nicely and will try it next time.

If I recall correctly Ritchie had learned the trick of making scrambled eggs with a garlic press at school and then showed it to his Dad the next morning at breakfast.