fried eggs

Message Bookmarked
Bookmark Removed

american fried egg ordering styles

Poll Results

OptionVotes
over easy 32
sunny side up 25
over medium 21
over hard 18
other (i guess? i can't think of any...) 1


how's life, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 12:52 (thirteen years ago)

It really depends on the application and accompanying food.

Jeff, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 12:55 (thirteen years ago)

over easy every time

just sayin, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:23 (thirteen years ago)

gettin down on fried eggs

Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:27 (thirteen years ago)

egg in a basket

fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:32 (thirteen years ago)

I like over easy, but household food safety regulator requires scrambled or over hard. Feel like my kids are being deprived.

goodbye normative genes (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:38 (thirteen years ago)

household food safety regulator

Can someone googleproof Hunt3r's wife's name?

how's life, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:40 (thirteen years ago)

I like a pretty hard fried egg myself, sometime over the years I changed from liking a runny one.

Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:49 (thirteen years ago)

over easy every time

― just sayin, Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:23 AM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otmfm

an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:01 (thirteen years ago)

whichever method leaves the yolk the runniest

乒乓, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:02 (thirteen years ago)

What is over hard?

I hate runny yolk - it disgusts me and makes me feel sick. They need to cook the shit out of them so they're well done. Is that over hard? That's what I like.

go to party leather (ENBB), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:36 (thirteen years ago)

that's over hard, enbb.

how's life, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:36 (thirteen years ago)

Over easy 98% of the time; occasionally sunny side up. But a fried egg with a hard yolk is a waste of perfectly good cholesterol and goes into the dog's bowl.

WilliamC, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:37 (thirteen years ago)

over easy

dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:40 (thirteen years ago)

Why would you have them over hard when you could have them scrambled or in an omelette even?

Sunny side up is the only acceptable answer to this question.

Matt DC, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:40 (thirteen years ago)

OM

Still S.M.D.H. ft. (will), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:49 (thirteen years ago)

i like it to crawl, not run

Still S.M.D.H. ft. (will), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:51 (thirteen years ago)

Which of these would be "runny yolk for dipping chips in"?

nate woolls, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:51 (thirteen years ago)

Either of the first two.

WilliamC, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:54 (thirteen years ago)

I grew up on scrambled eggs, it took working in a kitchen and frying eggs for approx 70 people a day to realize the genius that is over medium. Over medium, all the time, every time.

grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:55 (thirteen years ago)

Over medium, definitely. Runny yolk but no creepy bits of runny whites.

xanthanguar (cwkiii), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:57 (thirteen years ago)

om best for a fried egg sandwich imo

Still S.M.D.H. ft. (will), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:58 (thirteen years ago)

over medium if I'm just eating the egg, over easy if I have toast to sop up the egg yolk

mh, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:58 (thirteen years ago)

Which of these would be "runny yolk for dipping chips in"?

― nate woolls, Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:51 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

A practice known in Maryland and Pennsylvania as dip-dip eggs or dippy eggs.

how's life, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:58 (thirteen years ago)

'Sunny side up'. That's what fried eggs are for - dip your buttery slither of toast right in it. If you don't want it runny, have scrambled eggs.

all the people on the right, boogaloo (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:59 (thirteen years ago)

Mmm, I'm about due for one of my One Step Closer to Delicious Death sandwiches: bacon, fried egg, sharp cheddar and green chilies.

WilliamC, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:00 (thirteen years ago)

one of the wisest things ever said about egg yolks:

for me the thing with yolks is, like, I have nothing against male ejaculate, I just don't want to mop it up from a plate with toast

― gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, August 9, 2010 12:44 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:03 (thirteen years ago)

om best for a fried egg sandwich imo

egg over medium, cheddar cheese, salsa, and frank's red hot on a toasted kaiser roll (or english muffin) is my go-to breakfast sandwich.

xanthanguar (cwkiii), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:04 (thirteen years ago)

(w/ plenty of black pepper)

xanthanguar (cwkiii), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:04 (thirteen years ago)

poll would have worked better with definitions of each term tbph but whichever one means dippy yolk

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:08 (thirteen years ago)

that's a quality breakfast sandwich xp

an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:10 (thirteen years ago)

wait, male ejaculate tastes like egg yolks?

...

mh, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:12 (thirteen years ago)

No.

go to party leather (ENBB), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:12 (thirteen years ago)

i wish

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:14 (thirteen years ago)

poll would have worked better with definitions of each term tbph but whichever one means dippy yolk

I managed to work it out for myself, but I'm happy to help out here. A clue: the sun is yellow.

all the people on the right, boogaloo (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:15 (thirteen years ago)

no wait what

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:15 (thirteen years ago)

according to wikipedia over easy is the "dippy egg" variety

mh, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:16 (thirteen years ago)

Why would you have them over hard when you could have them scrambled or in an omelette even?

it's totally different. you still get the separation of white and yoke, and the full hit of pure yoke.

Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:23 (thirteen years ago)

deep hit of pure yolk

mh, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:23 (thirteen years ago)

both egg sandwich recipes itt sound pretty boss

Still S.M.D.H. ft. (will), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:26 (thirteen years ago)

my boss recipe: the fried fried egg sandwich. fried egg in fried bread. ketchup. egg style as you prefer. heart attack optional.

ledge, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:30 (thirteen years ago)

deep hit of pure yolk

better

Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:30 (thirteen years ago)

over medium but i more into poached these days

✧ (am0n), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:35 (thirteen years ago)

i more

✧ (am0n), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:35 (thirteen years ago)

Why would you have them over hard when you could have them scrambled or in an omelette even?

Sunny side up is the only acceptable answer to this question.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:40 AM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

max, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:39 (thirteen years ago)

if you dont like yolk you shouldnt be eating eggs

max, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:39 (thirteen years ago)

i don't eat eggs

crüt, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:40 (thirteen years ago)

the thing about a good sunny side up egg is you can put it on almost anything and it improves the dish exponentially. salads especially. over hard eggs dont do that

max, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:40 (thirteen years ago)

get out of this thread youre not wanted here

max, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:40 (thirteen years ago)

Sunny-side, but I baste the yolk with the fat just before removing from the pan. Cooked & runny & tasty. Uncooked white bits are gross tho.

give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:40 (thirteen years ago)

Latest egg things:

Omelette Arnold Bennett - smoked cod or haddock poached in milk with a few peppercorns and bay leaf, make white sauce from the poaching liquid, return poached fish chunks to the sauce, add tarragon and fresh flat parsley. Three egg omelette in frying pan, on low-ish heat until base firms up, layer fish sauce over omelette surface, scatter some grated parmesan over the top, then run it under a hot grill for a minute or two until top goes a bit golden. DO NOT FOLD.

Mushroom and goat's curd omelette - sauté a bunch of mushrooms, set aside. Drizzle the mushrooms with truffle oil if you've got it, thyme if not. Two egg omelette in pan. Three/four teaspoons of fresh goat's curd on omelette surface, let it firm up a bit, return mushrooms to pan and add chopped parsley, fold over.

Chorizo home fries - if in London, buy chips on the way home. The next morning, chop up the chips into cubes. Next, fry c. 100g chorizo sliced from a ring (as opposed to salami-style chorizo slices) in some olive oil, take out sausage from pan, leaving amaaaazing frying oil sweated off the chorizo. Fry a small chopped onion and a de-seeded, finely chopped red chilli in this oil, return chorizo to pan. Add as many of the chopped chips as the pan will allow, then mix thoroughly with the chorizo/chilli/onion and season. Pour 100ml water into the pan to deglaze it and send all the flavour into the potatoes. Let the base brown, then flip over in stages and make sure you've got a lot of golden bits throughout as if these are hash browns. Crack an egg for each person (minimum 2 eggs), dust the yolk with paprika, salt and pepper, cover pan until eggs are set but yolk is still runny. If you are really hung over, this one's a winner.

voodoo rage (suzy), Friday, 20 November 2015 20:58 (ten years ago)

I have a toaster that cooks eggs now.

Jeff, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:01 (ten years ago)

Technically speaking, I'll bet any toaster can cook eggs.

Say Goodbye To That Blood (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 November 2015 21:07 (ten years ago)

and boil water

the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 20 November 2015 21:09 (ten years ago)

I have a toaster that cooks eggs now.

― Jeff, Friday, November 20, 2015 4:01 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the heck is this?

call all destroyer, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:10 (ten years ago)

buy chips on the way home. The next morning, chop up the chips into cubes.

i'm sorry, what

kinder, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:10 (ten years ago)

http://www.amazon.com/West-Bend-TEM4500W-Muffin-Toaster/dp/B008LTIYN2

Jeff, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:11 (ten years ago)

It does soft and hard boiled eggs really well. Poaching less so.

Jeff, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:12 (ten years ago)

pfft, haven't you even got one of these
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/15/kitchen-gadgets-review-egg-master-horrifying-unholy-affair

kinder, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:12 (ten years ago)

http://nerdapproved.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/egg_toaster-590x388.jpg

the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 20 November 2015 21:12 (ten years ago)

lol the eggmaster looks like a fleshlight

call all destroyer, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:13 (ten years ago)

It is truly a fallen world.

Say Goodbye To That Blood (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 November 2015 21:14 (ten years ago)

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b9/3d/80/b93d8052443a0db3f1664582cbd09f69.jpg

the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 20 November 2015 21:14 (ten years ago)

xxp DON'T get them confused tho feel like that would be a diminished experience for either appliance

INTOXICATING LIQUORS (art), Friday, 20 November 2015 21:15 (ten years ago)

fried eggs on short-grain rice w/ soy sauce is one of my favorite late-night snacks.

mattresslessness, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:18 (ten years ago)

Chips = French fries! Traditionally bought by Europeans/Britishers while drunkenly making their way home at the weekend. Americans can use leftover baked potatoes, because that's the source of the potato in yr standard East Coast diner home fries.

I've pretty much turned my back on the standard three-minute soft-boiled egg in favour of poaching an egg, then having it on sourdough toast with a piece of Serrano or Parma ham, lobbing a heaping teaspoon of warm Maille Hollandaise over the egg, then scattering a bunch of chopped pea shoots over the top. Pea and ham together is a winner, always (as is pea and chorizo slices but for vegetarians, go for either spinach or asparagus with chopped parsley over the top).

voodoo rage (suzy), Friday, 20 November 2015 21:18 (ten years ago)

wonder how many eggmaster owners have saved themselves some embarrassment by claiming "no no that is a fleshlight in my kitchen. it's just a fleshlight."

the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 20 November 2015 21:19 (ten years ago)

suzy I am aghast at the idea of resisting eating chips at any point in the night

kinder, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:21 (ten years ago)

Well, I wind up eating half and saving the rest for the chorizo home fries experience.

voodoo rage (suzy), Friday, 20 November 2015 21:27 (ten years ago)

fried egg on top of a roasted sweet potato, maple syrup, salt, pepper. don't poke the skin before roasting the sweet potato.

mattresslessness, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:27 (ten years ago)

nuevo sw0le cuisine

mattresslessness, Friday, 20 November 2015 21:28 (ten years ago)

yes, maple syrup and egg so good

the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 20 November 2015 21:30 (ten years ago)

I love maple syrup on pancakes, never even thought of trying it on a fried egg before - that sounds delicious, will deffo be trying it. I only ever get standard, cheap Clarks maple syrup. I noticed some of the fancier brands are like £8 a bottle in the supermarket the other day but didn't dare push the boat out.

There is something about seeing a fried egg on top of chips that makes me drool. Probably linked to memories of occasional trips to Wimpy in the austere late 70's, when it seemed like divine cuisine.

Lately I have been having my egg fried on a drizzle of olive oil, over easy between two slices of seeded wholemeal toast with some HP sauce and the yolk nicely spread over the toast. Not very imaginative I know, but it seemed beautiful a few months ago, getting bored of it now.

xelab, Friday, 20 November 2015 22:49 (ten years ago)

I do a soft-boiled egg (firm white, runny yolk) sliced on toast with ketchup, sprinkle of salt. Can't beat it.

kinder, Friday, 20 November 2015 22:51 (ten years ago)

hello, mcgriddle xp

j., Friday, 20 November 2015 22:52 (ten years ago)

Nothing like a fried egg or 2 next to a stack of pancakes and dipping some bites in syrup and some bites in egg yolk, and having the whole thing be a unified egg-thickened sweet sauce by the end of the stack.

phở intellectual (WilliamC), Friday, 20 November 2015 22:55 (ten years ago)

yeah and the egg needs to be sufficiently salted for best results imo

the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 20 November 2015 23:01 (ten years ago)

ketchup sounds good! and i never think that for anything other than fries. xp

i have been having steak for dinner lately, because i love it and because it seems like it will/should be illegal soon and maybe i get a pathetic thrill of the forbidden from eating it. anyway, i fry two at a time and have the second one the next morning, chopped and warmed, on top of an unfolded omelette ("egg disc"), prinkled with A1 sauce. that shit is way too good.

mattresslessness, Friday, 20 November 2015 23:02 (ten years ago)

mang steak's expensive now

j., Friday, 20 November 2015 23:05 (ten years ago)

and apparently the ability to cook one properly is a lost art

phở intellectual (WilliamC), Friday, 20 November 2015 23:06 (ten years ago)

Just fry the fucking eggs

MONKEY had been BUMMED by the GHOST of the late prancing paedophile (darraghmac), Friday, 20 November 2015 23:27 (ten years ago)

Christ

MONKEY had been BUMMED by the GHOST of the late prancing paedophile (darraghmac), Friday, 20 November 2015 23:28 (ten years ago)

poach them in your tears

the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 20 November 2015 23:32 (ten years ago)

LOOOOOL

I buy a kilo of skirt/onglet steak - which I can get for £8/kilo - parcel it off into 125g steaks after thumping it a bit with a cleaver*, and have one rare on a bed of rocket/a, with sauce Bearnaise and mustard. The steak can also be sliced into really thin pieces for a posh version of Philly cheesesteak.

*marinate in olive oil, fresh rosemary, one smushed garlic clove.

voodoo rage (suzy), Friday, 20 November 2015 23:36 (ten years ago)

dmac <3

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 21 November 2015 00:02 (ten years ago)

My fried egg makes me sick first thing in the morning

hunangarage, Saturday, 21 November 2015 00:06 (ten years ago)

nine years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTAa4h_822Y

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 24 November 2024 21:36 (one year ago)

trying to master sunnyside this week

flopson, Sunday, 24 November 2024 21:41 (one year ago)

the right amount of oil, the right temperature, and adding a splash of water and covering briefly at the end

bad love's all you'll get from me (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 24 November 2024 21:54 (one year ago)

cracking it on a flat surface, rather than the side of pan is sound advice. It took me decades to learn that!

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 24 November 2024 21:57 (one year ago)

i saw something about cooking it in oil and then just adding a bit of butter for flavor. cause otherwise the butter burns. tried it today, seemed good

flopson, Sunday, 24 November 2024 22:00 (one year ago)

scrambled eggs in butter and nothing else other than salt & pepper is my fave. But also do over easy in olive oil.

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 24 November 2024 22:03 (one year ago)

pretty much stick to shirred eggs or French Toast when I'm in the mood

papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 24 November 2024 22:33 (one year ago)

trying to master sunnyside this week

I do them Spanish style. Preheat a stainless steel pan to med to med-high heat, add lot's of olive oil, then add the egg from a small dish (not directly from the shell). After a minute or so, tilt the pan slightly and use a soup spoon to repeatedly scoop the oil on top of the yoke to just set it. It should take 2-3 minutes I think.

il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 25 November 2024 01:35 (one year ago)

I’ve been making this open faced breakfast sandwich ever since covid started with a piece of toast, two fried over easy eggs, bacon and a slice of Swiss cheese melted briefly in the broiler. The best is taking a bite and the yolk dripping down my chin. No, I will not see a doctor

Heez, Monday, 25 November 2024 12:55 (one year ago)

Ohh, I love eggs, top 5 simple culinary pleasures.

- Top favorite is scrambled, plain with (half-)cream, you cut the heat early, serve immediately when it stops being runny to become perfectly soft. Salt and coarse ground pepper.
- Second best is Shakshouka. In a pan, you cook a rich tomato sauce with olive oil, onion, garlic, peppers, paprika, cumin, salt, pepper. You poach the eggs in there. You can briefly cover to make the yolk medium.
- I like sunny side-up. Over easy is fine but seems a little pointless. We also do a barbaric thing which is to briefly toss / scramble the egg in the oil, effectively destroying its appearance, but making sure the yolk and white have the same (soft) consistency.
- I was shown how to poach an egg in water (without instrument, just turning) and never mastered it (and I don't have the instrument), but Eggs Benedict are up there if a little decadent.

Nabozo, Monday, 25 November 2024 13:12 (one year ago)

And I forgot to mention the soft hard-boiled that the Japanese put in Ramen soup, that's among the best.
I'm going to try that Spanish style olive oil frying, sounds intriguing except I'm not sure I want my eggs greasy.

Nabozo, Monday, 25 November 2024 13:25 (one year ago)

Love an egg cracked into congee, keep it simmering, put a lid on until the whites firm up, drizzle with your toppings of sesame oil, chili crisp, etc. I started making congee and taking it to work for breakfast this year, microwaving eggs doesn't work quite as well as stove heat so in that case maybe soft boil them instead but either way congee + eggs is a winning combo.

Ima Gardener (in orbit), Monday, 25 November 2024 14:20 (one year ago)

that over medium in the viddy is my ideal egg place

gneiss, gneiss, very gneiss (outdoor_miner), Monday, 25 November 2024 14:50 (one year ago)

We started doing our ramen eggs in these little silicone cups, with soy sauce on the bottom, steamed in a covered pot with shallow amount of water. About 6.5 minutes.

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 25 November 2024 15:23 (one year ago)


You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.