# Do you like eggs sunny side up? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 12, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958 "2023-05-12T17:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/21 "2023-05-12T19:22:55Z")
Same here. It will be overdone if it’s not turned to firm up the yolk to my liking. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/22 "2023-05-12T19:28:27Z")
As long as the yolk is runny, I don’t care. In terms of my usual prep for fried eggs, it’s over easy and “steam-basted” eggs (mentioned up thread, where you put a little liquid in the pan at some point and cover to help set the white), followed by regular ol’ sunny-side up. Oh, I also do like the crispy Asian style where you get a good bit of oil going rollickin’ hot, crack your egg in there, and get they all nice and crispy on the edges and puffy, and with a perfect warm yolk. That one may be my favorite, but I try to take it easy on the oil and extra calories these days. Medium yolks are okay to great sometimes, depending on the application, but a hard yolk in a fried egg is just pure undistilled sadness for me. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/23 "2023-05-12T19:33:28Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > But if you cover the pan and keep the heat low, you don’t have to turn the eggs and the tops of the whites will cook and the yolks will film over slightly. > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > - Crack the egg in the skillet per normal. > - Put 1-2 Tbsp water in a small lid that fits inside the skillet while completely covering the egg. > - Cover the egg with the watery lid. > - Wait about 2 minutes. This method with the water is what I was going to recommend as well. 1-2 Tbsp of water seems like way too much though. Just a few drops just before covering, sprinkled directly in the pan toward the outside, creates enough steam to cook the tops, I find. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/24 "2023-05-12T19:37:48Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > The yellow innards of an egg only turn into food when they are completely solidified by the cooking process. I completely understand this, as that used to be my feeling as well. I’m not sure when or why I started to feel differently. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/25 "2023-05-12T19:50:19Z")
There was a poll on fried egg styles in the Polls Only thread. Sunny side up got 10% of the vote. I don’t know how to explain the vastly different result in this poll > [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2747): > > Good morning! How would you like your fried eggs? [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2747) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/26 "2023-05-12T19:53:32Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > The yellow innards of an egg only turn into food when they are completely solidified by the cooking process. Yeah, I prefer mine to be solid, but a bit creamy. So hard fried, but not _really_ hard fried. I occasionally don’t watch the clock or don’t get the heat right, and get some gelatinous spots. I can live with that. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/27 "2023-05-12T20:08:03Z")
The trick to keeping the yolk liquid while cooking the whites entirely is to use a pan much bigger than the eggs you are cooking, and to tilt it around, spreading the whites thin. Using a spatula to cut holes in the cooking egg white and letting it fill in with liquid egg white to be cooked is also a valid strategy. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/28 "2023-05-12T20:15:14Z")
I mean, they’re different questions. I don’t see any mystery or anything that seems incongruous with this poll. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/29 "2023-05-12T20:43:00Z")
I prefer over easy eggs. The runny yolk mixes well with grits. I use a spoon to splash hot grease onto the yolk. That sets the yolk and fully cooks the white. I will eat them sunny side up. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/30 "2023-05-12T21:08:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If there is even a _hint_ of liquidity in the yolks the dish is getting sent back. I want my eggs fried **hard.** Damn near vulcanized. +1000. I’ll add that I also want them covered in a shitload of pepper. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/31 "2023-05-12T21:45:22Z")
yeah, and a couple squirts of Blair’s MegaDeath hot sauce. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/32 "2023-05-12T21:51:50Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Over easy. That way the white is fully cooked, but you still get a nice runny yolk I baste the egg sunnyside up and end up with full cooked albumin and liquid yolk. In fact, one of my culinary achievements was making my gf a sunnyside up goose egg which was absolutely amazing. I wish I’d taken a picture. ---
**Author:** ![Blindmellowjelly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindmellowjelly/32/13920_2.png) [@Blindmellowjelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blindmellowjelly)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/33 "2023-05-12T23:16:24Z")
Sunny side is too “raw” for me. Over Easy or Basted… ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/34 "2023-05-13T00:57:15Z")
Over easy, sizzled in bacon fat or olive oil. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/35 "2023-05-13T01:12:33Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > There was a poll on fried egg styles in the Polls Only thread. Sunny side up got 10% of the vote. I don’t know how to explain the vastly different result in this poll That poll only let you vote for one, so people voted for their favorite. In both that poll and the discussion here, over easy is the winner. This poll is just about sunny side up. I voted yes here, because i do like sunny side up eggs. Not as much as i like over easy, or lightly poached, or soft boiled. But still, a sunny side up egg can be nice. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/36 "2023-05-13T05:23:07Z")
didn’t vote as the choices were not clear to me. I prefer basted to sunny side up. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/37 "2023-05-13T10:40:54Z")
but Guy doesn’t EAT eggs–ever (well, once on Tonight show) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/38 "2023-05-13T11:11:31Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > How else can you dip your hashbrowns in that delicious runny yolk? Yes, this! I don’t typically have hashbrowns – the dipping is done with toast, but same idea. > [@CairoCarol](#): > > Over easy. That way the white is fully cooked, but you still get a nice runny yolk. I simply cover my sunny-side-up eggs with aluminum foil over the skillet, shiny side down. I wait about half a minute and put the toast in the toaster. When the toast is done, the eggs are done. I tried making eggs over-easy when making bacon and egg sandwiches, and for my taste, it somehow ruined the texture. Instead, for sandwiches I break the yolks so they cook moderately firm using my foil-cover method without flipping over. ETA: The point of the aluminum foil instead of a pan cover is that (a) it sits closer to the eggs being cooked, and (b) it’s shiny and has a very low thermal mass, so it starts reflecting heat down almost immediately. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/39 "2023-05-13T11:55:50Z")
Doesn’t that result in substantially cooking the yolk? (Also, your toaster must be a lot faster than mine. I need to start the toast first, or it won’t be done when i want to remove the eggs from the heat.) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958/40 "2023-05-13T12:01:41Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I tried making eggs over-easy when making bacon and egg sandwiches, and for my taste, it somehow ruined the texture. Instead, for sandwiches I break the yolks so they cook moderately firm using my foil-cover method without flipping over. A good breakfast sandwich is one of the great pleasures in life, for me. However, I think that they turn out a little better if the egg is cooked over medium. The yolk will still be liquidy but the greater firmness helps the overall experience, IMO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958.md?page=3)