# Do you ever put jam on your eggs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259 "2018-06-01T14:30:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/21 "2018-06-01T19:40:29Z")
My Daddy always put mulberry jam on sunny-side-up eggs. He then chopped it all up with his fork and scooped it up with toast or biscuits. I have done it occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/22 "2018-06-01T19:54:00Z")
Based on your feedback I have to conclude that jam and eggs are not a thing… English or otherwise. Perhaps it’s a genetic mutation from my grandfather, to my mother to me. My brother thinks its’s repulsive. I will continue to torment my wife (never show your weaknesses)… for better or worse. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/23 "2018-06-01T20:10:38Z")
Jamón, but not jam on. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/24 "2018-06-01T22:38:26Z")
Two words - jelly omelet I need to go make one now… ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/25 "2018-06-02T04:07:45Z")
I worked the breakfast shift at McDonalds circa 1983, and I was puzzled the first few times a customer asked for some strawberry jam to go with their Egg McMuffin. Out of curiosity I tried it, and it was surprisingly tasty. Grape jam just didn’t work at all, only strawberry would do. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/26 "2018-06-02T04:17:23Z")
To be honest, that sounds horrible. The only thing that belongs on scrambled eggs is pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/27 "2018-06-02T05:42:42Z")
Nooooooooooo! Any decent egg is meant to be savory. Here’s a heaven breakfast: Grits (without butter) Egg with runny yolk on top A wedge of avocado and jack cheese on the side. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/28 "2018-06-02T06:19:14Z")
I like to eat my eggs with toast. I like to eat my eggs with ham. If it won’t upset my host, I’ll even eat my eggs with Spam. But I will not eat eggs with jam. I won’t, I won’t, Sam-I-Am. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/29 "2018-06-02T06:31:27Z")
Not on purpose, but I imagine that if I’m having a big breakfast and some jam from my toast gets on my eggs, that would be fine. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/30 "2018-06-02T07:59:10Z")
A woman I spent the night with made us, for breakfast, scrambled eggs on toasted brioche spread with butter and orange marmalade. She melted grated sharp cheddar on top of that. It was delicious, like an orange breakfast souffle. Perfect with a cup of coffee. I haven’t seen the woman again but I have had the breakfast dozens of times. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/31 "2018-06-02T10:13:05Z")
Nope- I am English, and I’ve only encountered it once, working at a cafe. One family of regular customers had a child around the age of 4 who would always get scrambled eggs, toast and strawberry jam. His family all thought it was weird as well. Never tried it myself, I assumed it was the sort of thing that only a four year old would appreciate. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/32 "2018-06-02T14:27:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Never tried that. For me, eggs cry out to be topped with salsa, hot-sauce, savory chutney, and the like. Same here. I can maybe see it as part of a breakfast sandwich that has some salty meat component like sausage or bacon on it, but just eggs and jam? I’ll pass. I don’t like sweet breakfast foods (10 times out of 10 I will pick something savory over pancakes or waffles for breakfast. The only reason I make pancakes is because I have kids and a wife who like them. Otherwise, I could happily live the rest of my life without ever having a pancake again. ETA: Well, except for savory pancakes. Those I do like. But that’s not what people typically think of when they think of pancakes.) ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/33 "2018-06-02T17:27:03Z")
My dad used to eat jelly omelettes. He was a child in the 1930s, and apparently they weren’t especially freaky back then. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/34 "2018-06-02T19:04:18Z")
Oh it was delicious! I tried it today, creamy scrambled eggs with a bit of whipped cream cheese stirred in. I salted and peppered the eggs as usual. Then I stirred in some raspberry preserves. I didn’t even scoop it on to toast, I just had it in a bowl with a little bacon crumbled on top. The salty sweet was perfect! ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/35 "2018-06-02T23:27:55Z")
There’s only one thing to ‘top’ scrambled eggs with and that is smoked salmon. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/36 "2018-06-02T23:33:14Z")
I’ll add strawberry jam to an Egg McMuffin but never anything else. ---
**Author:** ![missouri65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@missouri65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missouri65)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/37 "2018-06-03T02:16:51Z")
I just had a similar conversation with my dad who talked about having jam and eggs as a child. Everyone else in the room was rightfully horrified at the idea. But hearing it from two people in a short time frame makes me think it might be a thing. This would’ve been 40s and 50s upper south, so not a regional thing. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/38 "2018-06-03T02:54:54Z")
Not regional, OK… Could it be a 1930s “Well, this is all we’ve got… Say, this is actually not too bad!” kind of situation? ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/39 "2018-06-03T19:45:38Z")
Never. I greatly prefer my eggs to be savory and will even put a utensil beneath the egg side of the plate to keep the syrup on it’s own side. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259/40 "2018-06-03T19:56:06Z")
No, but I can see the sweet/savory combo working. I might give it a try. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259.md?page=1)