# How do you like your breakfast eggs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128 "2010-03-20T13:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/1 "2010-03-20T13:15:00Z")
Just a simple question that’s been on my mind. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/2 "2010-03-20T13:22:41Z")
Scrambled with ketchup and toast. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/3 "2010-03-20T13:27:09Z")
I chose “other”. Frittata (can’t spell it, but I sure make a good one). ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/4 "2010-03-20T13:29:20Z")
No sunny side up? I understand, I think they’re disgusting that way, too. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/5 "2010-03-20T13:43:27Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I chose “other”. Frittata (can’t spell it, but I sure make a good one). heh. Just realized that although I _prefer_ my eggs in a frittata, I typically do not have the time to make one. But, my fallback choice is also not listed; namely raw in a smoothie! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/6 "2010-03-20T13:44:52Z")
I did multiple choice. If I had to pick just one, the order would be: 1. Scrambled 2. Fried, over easy 3. Omelet 4. Hard boiled 5. Benedict I like Egg Foo Yung, too, but as it’s a glorified omelet I didn’t click on Other. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/7 "2010-03-20T13:51:32Z")
I usually scramble them, but I like them over easy and in an omelet as well. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/8 "2010-03-20T13:53:06Z")
[QUOTE=parthenokinesis] No sunny side up? I understand, I think they’re disgusting that way, too. [/QUOTE] Seconded. Anything short of over medium is raw. For the sake of being annoyingly complete, another fairly well forgotten way is [basted](http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/561809). I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone order eggs this way outside of an old black and white movie. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/9 "2010-03-20T15:00:44Z")
Good Eggs Benedict is to die for. An Egg McMuffin is a pale imitation (but acceptable in a pinch). ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/10 "2010-03-20T15:11:37Z")
Sunny side up, but with a lid on the pan to cook the chalaza, if we’re just talking normal eggs and not breakfast recipes made with eggs. Other than that, I make a killer traditional Eggs Benedict. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/11 "2010-03-20T15:19:02Z")
I almost always eat them sunny side up. But I voted for Eggs Benedict because those artery hardening delicious wonders are the best. I am sensible enough to only eat them about once a year, usually in Vegas, where all health considerations are out the window any how. And I also make a killer traditional Eggs Benedict, even though I’ve only tried once. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/12 "2010-03-20T15:30:33Z")
Other: Sunny side up, where the whites are set and the yolks are liquid. I could have chosen medium, over, since they’re virtually the same; but I like the classic ‘egg look’ of sunny side up. Another way I like them is to fry up some bacon and cut it up. Fry up some onions and potatoes in the bacon grease. Add the cooked bacon. Then make a couple of depressions in the top and crack an egg into each one. Cover, and cook until the eggs are ‘poached’ by the steam. Serve, open the yolks and let the yellow goodness ooze over the potatoes, and hit with a few shots of Tabasco sauce. I’ve been practicing French omelettes. I like those. I use scrambled eggs for sandwiches. But fried, sunny side up, is the most common. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/13 "2010-03-20T15:50:00Z")
I once saw John Wayne order his eggs by asking for them “lookin’ at me.” So now I always order them that way, too. At home, though, it’s simpler just to scramble them. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/14 "2010-03-20T15:54:06Z")
I voted omelette, but it could have been scrambled. After all, scrambled is just a messy omelette. But with cheese. Always with cheese. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/15 "2010-03-20T15:59:08Z")
Scrambled unless I’m having an egg sandwich. Then it’s over hard. No, harder than that. If there is the slightest bit of the yolk that isn’t solid, I’m sending it back. Although there is a lot to be said for a Spanish omelette with hash browns. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/16 "2010-03-20T16:00:05Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > For the sake of being annoyingly complete, another fairly well forgotten way is [basted](http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/561809). I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone order eggs this way outside of an old black and white movie. That’s how I fry my eggs. It never occurred to me it had a particular name. I picked several options, because I like variety, but my favourite is a soft-boiled egg with Marmite soldiers to dip in it. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/17 "2010-03-20T16:02:30Z")
I scramble mine, with a bit of salt and pepper. I usually also mix in vegetables, either chopped broccoli or spinach. Then a splash of Tabasco sauce, and voila, breakfast. ETA: A comfort food from my childhood was soft-boiled eggs mashed together with saltine crackers. I still like it on occasion, although everyone I’ve ever met thinks it’s completely disgusting. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/18 "2010-03-20T16:06:27Z")
“Bacon egg and cheddar on a roll, well done”. Add Blair’s Mega Death when I get to the office. Mmm! 🙂 When I cook them myself, I use English Muffins instead. If I want really really excellent eggs, I have to be in Albuquerque, and go to the Frontier Restaurant across from UNM and order their huevos rancheros. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/19 "2010-03-20T16:09:02Z")
I’d just like to add that if there are any leftover deviled eggs from whatever event, I would prefer them to all the typical breakfast preparations. But I didn’t even think of that for the Other option. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128/20 "2010-03-20T16:10:07Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Seconded. Anything short of over medium is raw. > > For the sake of being annoyingly complete, another fairly well forgotten way is [basted](http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/561809). I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone order eggs this way outside of an old black and white movie. Whenever we took my grandmother out for breakfast, she ordered her eggs basted. Sometimes they knew what she meant, but often she just wound up with poached. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-breakfast-eggs/533128.md?page=2)