# How many eggs do you eat for breakfast? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [November 6, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692 "2023-11-06T14:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/1 "2023-11-06T14:22:00Z")
I love eggs. I have eggs almost every day. I like all styles and cooking methods, but most commonly I’ll have my eggs over-easy or soft-boiled. For over-easy, I’ll typically have 4, often with toast, grits, or white rice. For soft-boiled, I’ll have up to 6, usually with nothing on the side. They never seem to fill me up – so I often have cereal or something like that afterwards. How many do you eat, and how do you prepare them? ---
**Author:** ![martyg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@martyg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martyg)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/2 "2023-11-06T14:22:40Z")
Generally in a sandwich of some sort and only ever one. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/3 "2023-11-06T14:23:32Z")
Never more than 2 at a time. Except for some restaurants that make 3 egg omelets. I can eat the pretty often, but in practice usually just on weekends. Typically, I’ll have them scrambled, ham and cheese omelet, or over medium. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/4 "2023-11-06T14:25:37Z")
> [@martyg](#): > > Generally in a sandwich of some sort and only ever one. This, but rather than “of some sort” it’s always a single egg fried in bacon grease to solid yolk consistency then draped across a toasted English muffin with the bacon and a generous hunk of cheddar cheese, which then gets retoasted until the cheese is melty. With a shake of hot pepper sauce. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/5 "2023-11-06T14:30:01Z")
In an Egg McMuffin, just one. On buttered toast with Marmite and cheese, just one. With corned beef hash, just one. In a British full breakfast, just one. On a plate with breakfast meat, hash browns, and buttered toast, two. In Purgatory, one or two. In an omelet, two or three. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/6 "2023-11-06T14:34:25Z")
Most mornings I cook eggs in some form. Two Jumbos and a large for the dogs and birds, an occasional egg white omelette for my gf, and a one egg low carb wrap for me. If I do not eat an egg on any given day it’s likely because I’m fasting. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/7 "2023-11-06T14:37:16Z")
At home, 2. If someone offers a 3 egg omelet I will order that at a restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/8 "2023-11-06T14:40:48Z")
None, save in French Toast. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/9 "2023-11-06T14:40:56Z")
The famous “Go To Work On An Egg” ad slogan (UK, 1960s) often sneakily showed someone eating two eggs, I think that sowed the seed of eggflation. > **[Go to Work on an Egg](https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/09/22/go-to-work-on-an-egg/)** > > Before she made a living as a novelist, Fay Weldon, who’s eighty-three today, was a copywriter “at O&M, a copy group head in charge of the Little Lion egg account, first-generation IBM computers, and goodness knows what else.” As she tells it,... ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/10 "2023-11-06T14:42:39Z")
I try to avoid man eggs whenever possible. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/11 "2023-11-06T14:43:57Z")
They’re a pain in the ass to lay, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/12 "2023-11-06T14:49:00Z")
Two eggs, sunny side up, with three little turkey sausage links. Not daily, I usually eat either breakfast or lunch but not both but, when I do cook breakfast, that’s what I eat. I might order an omelette when eating out and don’t think too much about how many eggs its made with. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/13 "2023-11-06T14:52:53Z")
Zero regular eggs, zero man eggs. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/14 "2023-11-06T15:06:20Z")
I would love to eat lots of eggs for breakfast, but my waistline wouldn’t. I skip breakfast. So I eat roughly one every other day, usually boiled, peeled and in a salad with some grilled oily fish (eg salmon or tuna), and at the weekend I might treat myself two poached eggs on toast. A bit of avocado if I’m really pushing the boat out. Sometimes I might make myself an omelette for lunch if the cupboard is looking rather bare. 2-3 eggs for that. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/15 "2023-11-06T15:20:58Z")
If I have eggs it’s usually when we have breakfast for supper. (I rarely cook eggs for breakfast.) I like my eggs over-easy or scrambled. Broken over-easy eggs are ok too. In both of those egg versions, I would have two eggs. If I make an egg McMuffin type sandwich, I’ll only have one. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/16 "2023-11-06T15:23:13Z")
At home I have one poached egg nearly every day. Used to be two, but my appetite is not what it once was. I like poaching for the low dietary grease aspect, but more so because I can cook and eat from the same bowl, meaning no pan to wash and no stovetop grease spatter to clean up. Most of my homemade meals are designed around easy to make / easy to clean, rather than about their taste. Elaborate is the enemy. 30 minutes cooking and 3 minutes devouring is not a good effort / reward ratio. When eating out out I often order a variation on a benedict, or two over easy. Which I sometimes don’t finish. Omelets or frittatas occasionally, but I despise the common habit of putting raw vegetables in omelets; everything must be thoroughly sautéed first, then added to the eggs. Hard to get most restaurants to do that. I rarely finish the typical restaurant 3-egg omelet. Quiches are another egg-centric breakfast (or lunch) meal I enjoy. I’d say a typical week I eat 8 eggs over 6 days, and skip the egg part of breakfast one day. More for lazy or change of pace than for any dietary concerns. Eggs at any other meal are very rare. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/17 "2023-11-06T15:27:17Z")
Typically two eggs scrambled when I have them. However, I usually have them at most once a week. More like once a month the last few months. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/18 "2023-11-06T15:30:19Z")
I can’t tell whether the unborn chicken will be a man or a woman but I’m pretty sure of the sex of the chicken that laid them. I’ll usually eat 2 large eggs of either sex for breakfast. Occasionally 3 eggs. I might add a single fried egg to corned beef hash. I’ll eat eggs for breakfast 3 or 4 days a week, or none at all because sometimes I don’t digest eggs well for unknown reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/19 "2023-11-06T15:31:24Z")
Just give me all the bacon and eggs that you have. Wait, wait…I worry that what you just heard was “Give me a lot of bacon and eggs.” What I said was, “Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.” Do you understand? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/20 "2023-11-06T16:31:42Z")
Usually two. And usually chicken eggs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692.md?page=2)