# I'm making breakfast; how do you want your eggs? (Old thread, MMM may no longer be offering. ) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 2, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843 "2010-10-02T15:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Pantani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pantani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantani)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/81 "2010-10-04T00:51:32Z")
Over uneasy ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/82 "2010-10-04T01:19:50Z")
The Rambler Scrambler Fry up all of the leftovers in your fridge with potatoes and onions in a cast iron skillet, add 4 beaten eggs to the hash at the last minute and scramble gently. ---
**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/83 "2010-10-04T18:56:08Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > > [@wolfman](#): > > > > Over easy,only 8 seconds on the second side please. And some buttered sourdough toast for dipping and sopping. > > This. In addition, the eggs must be cooked white, without fried brown bits on the bottom or edges. The true test of a good egg chef. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/84 "2010-10-04T20:40:51Z")
Sunny side up is where you don’t flip them at all, just cover the pan to let the tops steam a bit, right? Because that’s how I like them, if an omelet is off the menu. With toast or fried slice to eat the yolks on, if available. And while I won’t say that brown crunchy bits are essential, they are certainly good. I’ll skip the coffee, though. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/85 "2010-10-04T21:04:30Z")
Eggs is eggs. As long as they meet some definition of cooked, Ill eat them. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/86 "2010-10-04T21:06:37Z")
Scrambled, well done. Or hard boiled. If necessary, fried solid - no goo or even clearish bits of the yolk, please. I dislike any taint of runniness in my eggy experience. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/87 "2026-04-06T22:40:13Z")
This thread was suggested at the end of one of the recent egg threads. So many posters i miss. MMM, if you are in the mood for cooking again, I’ll have my eggs over easy on buttered toast. If you are out of bread today, medium boiled, leaning towards soft boiled. I want the yolk all runny and delicious, with as much of the white cooked as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/88 "2026-04-07T00:24:36Z")
You are just in time. I was just going to close the kitchen. I do happen to have bread, which is very unusual; it is leftover from Easter. Two dippy eggs on a raft comin’ up. mmm ---
**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:** [April 7, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/89 "2026-04-07T00:26:18Z")
Scrambled with cheese, please. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/90 "2026-04-07T00:35:59Z")
I did some short order cooking as a kid. I knew the menu pretty well and all training was on the grill, very little. I found people were not all that fussy if you were close. The one thing I used to do that I thought I would get called on was when I cooked an overhard I always popped the yolk, no one ever complained. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/91 "2026-04-07T15:39:56Z")
How do I want my eggs? Generally I prefer an omelet or scrambled, with onions, mushrooms, ham, and just a light sprinkle of cheese. Occasionally I’ll have two over easy, with a side of bacon. I have been known to carefully eat all the white, leaving the yolk intact and then popping the whole thing into my mouth. A friend of mine will mix over easy eggs with grits and crumbled crisp bacon. The problem is getting the grits properly firm; runny grits affects the texture of the finished product. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/92 "2026-04-07T16:01:18Z")
My favorite is poached, but I generally order over easy. I dislike most forms of scrambled eggs and anything cooked hard. If I can pick a dish, I like huevos divorciados (one egg with red salsa, one with green) or Turkish cımbır (poached egg on lebneh/yogurt with a red chili pepper flake infused butter drizzled over it.) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/93 "2026-04-08T14:21:49Z")
Scrambled or over easy - we called them dunkin’ eggs when I was a kid. Even better if the dunkin’ eggs were fried in bacon grease. We called those dirty eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/94 "2026-04-08T16:46:05Z")
Huevos Rancheros or Migas/Chilaquiles or Chorizo & Egg a la Mexicana taco or some type of Bennies. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/95 "2026-04-08T22:46:44Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Generally I prefer an omelet… > [@pulykamell](#): > > I like huevos divorciados (one egg with red salsa, one with green) or Turkish cımbır… > [@Jack\_Burden](#): > > Huevos Rancheros or Migas/Chilaquiles **From the OP:** > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Just eggs. No fancy omelets, benedicts or souffles. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/96 "2026-04-08T23:57:42Z")
Well, I did answer the OP strictly in my first two sentences and just offered “if I can pick a dish” out there. So I guess, no, no I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/97 "2026-04-09T00:08:33Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > **From the OP:** > > > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > > Just eggs. No fancy omelets, benedicts or souffles. Welp, there goes my shakshouka. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/98 "2026-04-09T00:16:52Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Well, I did answer the OP strictly in my first two sentences and just offered “if I can pick a dish” out there. So I guess, no, no I can’t. No, you are correct. My bad. mmm ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/99 "2026-04-09T00:36:11Z")
I’ll never give that up ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843/100 "2026-04-09T14:17:48Z")
I had missed that in the OP. In that case, over easy, which I can never do properly. This is my general philosophy if someone else is preparing my food; order something that I wouldn’t necessarily fix myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843.md?page=6)