# How many eggs do you want? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154 "2014-11-20T13:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/41 "2014-11-20T16:18:50Z")
I like 4 egg but limit myself to 2. With sides I am usually satisfied pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/42 "2014-11-20T16:19:28Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > That’s another thing the northeast is lacking in… hash browns. Dammit. Haven’t had a good plate of them in years now. The few diners that will attempt them do no better than I do at home… which is not very good. (Just can’t seem to master getting that perfect crispy/tender/ungreasy blend. I don’t attempt them often enough to learn, nor when I have time to fiddle around and throw out failed batches, and no one else here much likes them. Doooomed.) I learned how to make pretty good home fries when I worked at a diner many years ago. The trick is to use potatoes that are boiled but not quite soft. Then you chop and fry them. I wonder if that would work for hashbrowns; I’ve never made them from scratch. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/43 "2014-11-20T16:25:25Z")
1, and properly fried. I assume a big cup of milk and small pile of “digestive” style cookies doesn’t count as a side. When I was little my Dad would sometimes have two. I once asked if I could have two as well and was told “when you’re a father you’ll have two”. Since I already knew that little girls do not eventually become fathers, I got very angry and said “when I’m a MOTHER, I’ll have THREE!” In family meetings, I have been known to use as my excuse for not having children the avoidance of high cholesterol levels 😛 ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/44 "2014-11-20T16:25:40Z")
> [@Elemenopy](#): > > Eastern European breakfast. Well, in my house, that would include some, but not all of the following: pita or gibanica (basically cheese strudel, sometimes with spinach or potato-onion-bacon), ham, fried or soft-boiled eggs, crepes (palacinki), or pancakes with sour cream and stone fruit preserves, cream cheese or kajmak on good bread with ham, pickled peppers in some form, hot corn mush (either as a cereal or fried like cakes) with butter and brown sugar, and lots of coffee. Sometimes leftover bean soup, too. Small shot of plum brandy if it’s the holidays. Wow! :eek: Have never heard of this! It’s always been my impression that only North Americans and Brits are inclined to eat (at least on occasion) a huge breakfast. I floated the idea of opening an American-style breakfast joint (like Al’s in Minneapolis, which, in addition to being right around the corner from where I used to live, has been featured on _ **Triple D** _) to some entrepreneureal types in Prague and Riga. I was told it would never work because both Czechs and Latvians normally have only a roll and some coffee before heading off to work. Germans, I’m pretty sure, tend to have their main meal in the middle of the day, and the French and Italians stick with the Continental bread-and-coffee breakfast. In Russia, the heartiest breakfast I’ve ever seen (outside of McDonald’s) is kasha and maybe cafe au lait. (On the other hand, hotels and resorts in Europe do usually offer a generous breakfast buffet with cold cuts, cheeses, a variety of eggs, and so on.) Wherever your ancestors were from, they sure knew how to start the day! ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/45 "2014-11-20T16:25:39Z")
> [@Elemenopy](#): > > I learned how to make pretty good home fries when I worked at a diner many years ago. The trick is to use potatoes that are boiled but not quite soft. Then you chop and fry them. I wonder if that would work for hashbrowns; I’ve never made them from scratch. Hashbrowns I do by grating, then pressing out the excess moisture (a ricer works a treat for this step), and frying in plenty of butter. Let the potatoes sit (that is, don’t move them around) until browned on one side, then flip and finish the other side. I fry them over medium-high heat. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/46 "2014-11-20T16:29:18Z")
Three eggs, plus toast which I’m assuming doesn’t count as a “side”. Though I could go for more if I know it’s going to be a long day. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/47 "2014-11-20T16:29:59Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I floated the idea of opening an American-style breakfast joint (like Al’s in Minneapolis, which, in addition from being right around the corner from where I used to live, has been featured on _ **Triple D** _) to some entrepreneureal types in both Prague and Riga. I was told it would never work because Czechs and Latvians normally have only a roll and some coffee before heading off to work. Yeah, Polish are kind of the same. Hungary, too. Breakfasts are usually pretty quick and simple there. A spread of cold cuts, cheese and bread is pretty common. They do fried eggs and stuff, too, but the big American-style gluttonous feast breakfast is pretty much unheard of. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/48 "2014-11-20T16:31:29Z")
> [@Elemenopy](#): > > I learned how to make pretty good home fries when I worked at a diner many years ago. The trick is to use potatoes that are boiled but not quite soft. Then you chop and fry them. I wonder if that would work for hashbrowns; I’ve never made them from scratch. Don’t get me wrong, I like good french fries, and good soft “country fries,” and home fries with a little onion and green peppers… but those are all I’ve had for four years now, no side of good crispy-tender hash browns. I am a pretty damn good cook; I can turn out almost any recipe on the first pass; I know how HB’s are made and how it’s supposed to be done… and just can’t quite learn the trick. I think it’s much easier on a big, hot grill and even a cast iron pan isn’t quite the same. Maybe one day. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/49 "2014-11-20T16:33:43Z")
terentii–I don’t make ALL of those things at once, that would be nuts!! Or Christmas brunch. Family is Serbian. So the most of the time, you’re just supposed to have the coffee, the brandy, and a cigarette. 😉 ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/50 "2014-11-20T16:40:53Z")
> [@Elemenopy](#): > > terentii–I don’t make ALL of those things at once, that would be nuts!! Or Christmas brunch. Family is Serbian. So the most of the time, you’re just supposed to have the coffee, the brandy, and a cigarette. 😉 Coffee and brandy is always a good way to start the day! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/51 "2014-11-20T16:42:07Z")
I don’t like eggs. A neighbor served lumpy gross eggs to me as a kid and since that time I do not consume plain eggs scrambled, deviled, fried, over easy, over difficult, poached, free-range, or however else. But pass the bacon. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/52 "2014-11-20T16:44:21Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > I am a pretty damn good cook; I can turn out almost any recipe on the first pass; I know how HB’s are made and how it’s supposed to be done… and just can’t quite learn the trick. I think it’s much easier on a big, hot grill and even a cast iron pan isn’t quite the same. Maybe one day. I turned out decent hash browns for the first time not long ago using a cast-iron skillet; I used corn oil instead of butter, meaning I could crank up the heat a bit without burning anything. I find that to be as essential as squeezing out all the moisture. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/53 "2014-11-20T16:49:05Z")
I was going to ask for my usual 1 egg with sides until I saw someone mention french toast. I could go for some french toast with cinnamon honey butter melting on top, with 2 pieces of bacon, and a splurge of an 8 oz glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/54 "2014-11-20T22:03:08Z")
2 eggs with sides (bacon \*and \*sausage, toast, and hash browns would be nice), please. If there aren’t any sides, then it’s 3 eggs. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/55 "2014-11-20T22:14:27Z")
I’m with the majority. I don’t really ever want more than two eggs. If I’m hungry, I just want more sides. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/56 "2014-11-20T23:42:26Z")
Two eggs over easy with hash browns, sausages, white pudding, and HP sauce. Diner toast on the side. Mmm . . . ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/57 "2014-11-20T23:59:55Z")
Eggs are rounded and don’t have sides.\* \*Grumpy because I wanted two poached eggs on buttered toast. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/58 "2014-11-21T00:19:29Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Nobody ever eat 50 eggs. Eating eggs over here, boss! ---
**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:** [November 21, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/59 "2014-11-21T00:22:36Z")
I’d love a two egg western omelet with hash browns and biscuits and gravy. That’s all I’ll eat all day though, cause I’ll be stuffed. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-eggs-do-you-want/705154/60 "2014-11-21T00:26:56Z")
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