# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**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 7, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/61 "2023-11-07T17:14:42Z")
I had one egg this morning, over hard, with tocino-flavored Spam, fried bread, and a slice of American cheese. My beverage was hot tea with honey and lemon, to cut through all the accompanying grease. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/62 "2023-11-07T17:56:13Z")
I almost never eat breakfast at all. So the median number of eggs I eat for breakfast is zero. That would also be the mode. The mean would be somewhere in the neighborhood of .01 or .02; I’m sure that in the past year, I’ve had no more than half a dozen eggs for breakfast, total. ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/63 "2023-11-07T18:54:14Z")
Despite my HS French teacher explaining with great amusement that one egg is un oeuf, I generally eat 3 for breakfast, pretty much daily if there are enough eggs in the house. When I WFH during Covid, this was as an omelet but now that I go to the office I bring 3 hard-boiled ones. I rarely have toast or potatoes, both because of carb-avoidance and time. If I’m in a restaurant where they offer all the extras, I would get 2-3 fried eggs, to soak the potatoes in the yolk, and sop up the rest with the toast. ---
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/64 "2023-11-07T21:55:01Z")
None. I make a quiche once or twice a month. Other than that we only use eggs for baking. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/65 "2023-11-08T22:59:21Z")
I rarely have eggs for breakfast, but if I do it is one in an egg sandwich, or two scrambled. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/66 "2023-11-09T02:36:20Z")
Lefou, I’m afraid I’ve been thinking… ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/67 "2023-11-09T12:06:30Z")
A dangerous pastime I know… ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/68 "2023-11-09T12:07:50Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > How many do you eat, and how do you prepare them? Two is it, no more, no less. Boiled, poached, omelette (usually smoked trout and mozzarella), scrambled, shirred, egg in a basket (not the fried egg version, [I mean like this](https://www.eggs.ca/recipes/egg-baskets)) or my personal favourite, shakshouka: > **[Shakshouka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakshouka)** > > Shakshouka (Arabic: شكشوكة : šakšūkah, also spelled shakshuka or chakchouka) is a Maghrebi dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, olive oil, peppers, onion, and garlic, commonly spiced with cumin, paprika and cayenne pepper. According to Joan Nathan, shakshouka originated in Ottoman North Africa in the mid-16th century after tomatoes were introduced to the region by Hernán Cortés as part of the Columbian exchange. > The word shakshouka (Arabic: شكشوكة) is a Maghrebi Arabic term for "a mixtur... ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/69 "2023-11-09T12:17:24Z")
One egg if its eggy-in-the-basket, or a boiled egg with soldiers, or a muffin with an egg in it Two eggs if it’s part of a full English, or if it’s a fried egg sandwich in sliced bread Two or three if they are scrambled Three in an omelette ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/70 "2023-11-09T13:12:32Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > egg in a basket (not the fried egg version, [I mean like this](https://www.eggs.ca/recipes/egg-baskets) Huh, I’ve never seen that preparation. It looks good. Maybe too much bother just for me, though. (Buying ham, which we don’t usually have, pulling out the muffin tin and cleaning it. Putting away the muffin tin. Why yes, the muffin tin lives in a marginally accessible spot.) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/71 "2023-11-09T13:52:47Z")
We have a silicone muffin tray so clean-up is not an issue. I generally make it with just egg or egg with cheese gratin, no meat. ETA: Or with smoked fish (snoek, trout or haddock) and Japanese seasoning (furikake) I also make a full tray (6) even if it’s just me, they keep for a couple days refrigerated. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/72 "2023-11-09T14:05:01Z")
Shakshouka with duck eggs is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/73 "2023-11-09T14:17:18Z")
0-4, but usually 0 ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/74 "2023-11-09T14:17:26Z")
…and the number of the counting shall be one. Two is Right Out! Seriously, just one for me each morning. Scrambled usually, often in a homemade chorizo. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/75 "2023-11-09T14:36:23Z")
My muffin tin makes 12 muffins, and is large, and lives on a high shelf underneath the popover tins, which get more use. When i make muffins (or cupcakes) at all, i usually make a lot and bring them somewhere. Hmm, a small silicone muffin “tin”. Something to think about. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692/76 "2023-11-09T14:41:36Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Hmm, a small silicone muffin “tin”. Something to think about. They cost like $10, and are so worth it. Silicone bakewear generally is, but this, especially. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-eat-for-breakfast/992692.md?page=3)