# Favourite Way To Fix Eggs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675 "2010-10-19T17:08:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/1 "2010-10-19T17:08:09Z")
Thinking about my other “egg related thread,” I thought I’d ask this question. Which is your favourite way to fix eggs. I mean the egg itself, not part of a bigger dish. Like Eggs Benedict is not a method of cooking eggs but rather an egg dish. I mean just the method, not like scrambled eggs with cheese, but rather just scrambled eggs? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/2 "2010-10-19T17:21:16Z")
Over easy. I hated it that way as a kid but now it’s my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/3 "2010-10-19T17:23:40Z")
Egg-allergic family member. I no longer remember why anyone would eat them. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/4 "2010-10-19T17:25:08Z")
Souffléd; savory or sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/5 "2010-10-19T17:26:33Z")
I prefer poached but usually end up making sunny side up. One way or another, I _must_ have plenty of runny golden yolk for toast dipping. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/6 "2010-10-19T17:27:54Z")
I’ve never been able to fix eggs. Whenever they get broken, they just stay broken, no matter what I do. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/7 "2010-10-19T17:39:08Z")
I voted other because I like to make omelettes, but I guess you might see it as part of a bigger dish? I mix up the eggs in a cup and add ingredients to it (onions, bacon bits, etc.) then pour them in a hot pan. I lift the edges to let the uncooked egg run underneath. What would you call this, prescrambled? ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/8 "2010-10-19T17:43:39Z")
Omlettes here too—I only learned to make them properly in recent years, and now it is something I do on a semi-regular basis, (even though I have never been much of a breakfast person) since it’s SO easy once you know the move… ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/9 "2010-10-19T17:45:50Z")
Don’t have a favorite, they’re all good. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/10 "2010-10-19T17:47:29Z")
I chose scrambled. Especially since I adopted Alton Brown’s method (start on low heat until curds begin to form then turn up to med-hi/hi) which turns out creamy, moist, custard-like eggs. Sometimes I like over easy or poached, but I’m weird about yolks: sometimes a runny yolk is delicious, sometimes quite off-putting. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/11 "2010-10-19T17:53:22Z")
Anything with a runny yolk, so over-easy, sunny-side up, poached, and soft boiled I all like equally well. I do also like scrambled, but I take the opposite to Alton’s approach, and do them high-heat and fast. Basically, they’re done in about one minute. You have to keep stirring them like a risotto and be very careful to pull them before they look done–there’s plenty of residual heat to keep them cooking. I usually add a dab or cream or creme fraiche at this point to make them silky and to cool down the eggs and prevent them from overcooking. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/12 "2010-10-19T17:56:35Z")
Scrambled is the most fun to prepare: mix em up, throw some stuff in, and toss them in a pan. Over easy is the most suspenseful. I’m good at flipping them and not breaking the yolk, but there’s always that moment of trepidation… can i do it? Can I do it??? YESSSS!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/13 "2010-10-19T17:58:46Z")
The [Julia Child Method](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWmvfUKwBrg). I add some feta cheese, fold the egg over it and flip it, though. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/14 "2010-10-19T17:58:51Z")
Scrambled or fried **hard**. Runny yolks are a sign of moral decay and general degeneracy. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/15 "2010-10-19T18:03:56Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Scrambled or fried **hard**. Runny yolks are a sign of moral decay and general degeneracy. Get thee behind me, Satan! 😉 ---
**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:** [October 19, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/16 "2010-10-19T18:13:45Z")
I usually poach mine until the yolk is just a little runny. I order them Fried over easy at restaurants. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/17 "2010-10-19T20:04:15Z")
I chose scrambled as it is my favorite (read: easiest) way to _fix_ eggs. I prefer them sunny-side up, but I can’t fix them that way… at least, not all the time. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/18 "2010-10-19T20:08:23Z")
I said scrambled (although I like hard-boiled, too), but I prefer to make a quiche if I’m going to eat eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/19 "2010-10-19T20:32:33Z")
Poached, except we don’t have a very good poacher at the moment so I usually end up making a sandwich–grilled or fried, depending on my mood. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675/20 "2010-10-19T20:35:43Z")
The best way to fix eggs is to hire All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men. Granted, they do not have a 100% success rate. Still, there has to be a reason they’re in the business. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-way-to-fix-eggs/557675.md?page=2)