# How do you like your eggs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375 "2012-12-08T00:16:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/21 "2012-12-08T02:15:08Z")
Sunny side up, with Tabasco, salt and pepper. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/22 "2012-12-08T02:17:10Z")
Over hard. I like the yolk broken and fried thoroughly on both sides. ---
**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/23 "2012-12-08T02:18:15Z")
There should be an “All of the Above” option… (X) All of the Above ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/24 "2012-12-08T02:24:48Z")
Since this is about food, I’m going to move it to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/25 "2012-12-08T02:35:53Z")
I admit I have never understood the difference between over easy and sunny side up. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/26 "2012-12-08T02:38:26Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Shoulda allowed multiple picks! I picked scrambled, but also love sunny-side up. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I admit I have never understood the difference between over easy and sunny side up. The egg has been flipped over and the yolks barely cooked so as to remain partially cooked and partially runny. In sunny side up the egg is not flipped and the yolk remains runny. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/27 "2012-12-08T02:40:13Z")
Anything with a soft , runny yolk. Although I like scrambled eggs, too, although a bit on the wet side, and hard boiled has its uses, especially pickled. I love eggs! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/28 "2012-12-08T02:40:22Z")
What do you mean, this isn’t a multiple-answer poll?? (X) Hard Boiled (X) Over Easy (X) Scrambled (X) Deviled Eggs (X) Omelets (X) Frittatas (X) Quiche (X) Some off-the-wall way that did not occur to me when I was typing this? – Egg Foo Yung, eggnog ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/29 "2012-12-08T02:41:09Z")
Can I please get an explanation to why basted eggs were not included on the list? It’s not some weird off-the-wall way to prepare eggs, and every cafe or restaurant I’ve ever been to has never even batted an eye when I ask for my eggs, “Basted, medium.” Thank you. _huff_ ---
**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:** [December 8, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/30 "2012-12-08T02:42:53Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > The egg has been flipped over and the yolks barely cooked so as to remain partially cooked and partially runny. In sunny side up the egg is not flipped and the yolk remains runny. Over easy should be pretty runny. Some say the white should even be slightly runny. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/31 "2012-12-08T02:44:44Z")
And what do you mean by just plain “fried”? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/32 "2012-12-08T02:45:51Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Can I please get an explanation to why basted eggs were not included on the list? It’s not some weird off-the-wall way to prepare eggs, and every cafe or restaurant I’ve ever been to has never even batted an eye when I ask for my eggs, “Basted, medium.” Never heard of it. What is it? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/33 "2012-12-08T02:46:36Z")
Sunny side, with the white firm, but the yolk runny. Well, that or a Western omelet, but sunny side is what I make most often. Omelets are too much work to be more than an occasional treat. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/34 "2012-12-08T02:49:01Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Never heard of it. What is it? You basically make a fried egg and finish cooking it with water without flipping it over. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/35 "2012-12-08T02:52:24Z")
I love scrambled eggs that have been cooked just until they’re firm. I don’t want them browned; neither do I want them runny or mushy. Yecccccch! Something absolutely delicious is a fried or poached egg\* on buttered toast with Marmite. Grate some white cheddar cheese (XO) on top for more salty goodness. Yum-O! \*Please, no runny yolk for me here either. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/36 "2012-12-08T02:53:36Z")
You forgot “none of the above”. Eggs… ugh. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/37 "2012-12-08T02:53:58Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Over easy should be pretty runny. Some say the white should even be slightly runny. Oooh, I guess because I never made it this way I didn’t know that. I hate runny whites, it feels like snot. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/38 "2012-12-08T02:54:11Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I admit I have never understood the difference between over easy and sunny side up. [Sunny side up.](http://www.landolakes.com/assets/images/recipe/orig/14512.jpg) [Over easy.](http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/breakfast-at-moms.jpg) > [@SCAdian](#): > > And what do you mean by just plain “fried”? That’s a good point. To me, “fried” is the implied part of all the variations of _sunny side up, over easy, over hard, over medium,_ and even a _basted egg_ is also a fried egg. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/39 "2012-12-08T02:57:17Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Shoulda allowed multiple picks! This. The “pick one” only makes sense if you limit the choices to the things you can pick when you order something that comes with eggs. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-eggs/643375/40 "2012-12-08T02:57:40Z")
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