# Things You Might Not Have Thought Would Need An Egg On Them, But Did **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372 "2010-01-25T16:47:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/1 "2010-01-25T16:47:11Z")
A fairly trivial OP, but . . . I had fried rice topped with a fried egg this weekend, and it was good. Let’s see – I was well into my 20s before the concept of puncturing a poached egg over a frisee salad swam into my ken. Hmm. Some Austrian schnitzel concoction with a fried egg – that was good. Red Robin (and for all I know, others) does a burger-with-egg. And I guess I’ve been instructed to break an egg into various Asian soups/congees. All to good effect. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/2 "2010-01-25T16:49:08Z")
Pizza. Also, fried egg is essential to fried rice, but yes it is usually broken up. But even given that a whole egg on top is sort of unusual. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/3 "2010-01-25T16:56:15Z")
Turning a [croque monsieur](http://lhsfrenchclasses.wikispaces.com/file/view/croque_monsieur.jpg/77023607/croque_monsieur.jpg) into a [croque madame](http://www.taste.com.au/images/recipes/del/2004/04/5330.jpg) generally goes well. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/4 "2010-01-25T17:19:14Z")
I used to dump a can of corned beef hash into the frying pan and scramble a couple of eggs into it. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/5 "2010-01-25T17:26:05Z")
I have a hard time eating a stack of cheese enchiladas without a fried egg on top (aka Enchiladas Montadas). ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/6 "2010-01-25T17:34:30Z")
> [@troub](#): > > Pizza. I’ll second that. One of the best pizzas I ever had came out of a brick oven and had an egg on top of it. It was in Istanbul in 1990 and I couldn’t tell you the place or if it’s still there. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/7 "2010-01-25T17:44:08Z")
Spinach pie, especially for breakfast. It has to be over easy though, you need the yolk to mix in with the pie! Mmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/8 "2010-01-25T17:49:39Z")
Oatmeal. A fried egg and crumbled bacon. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/9 "2010-01-25T18:19:40Z")
Everything benefits from having an egg broken on it! ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/10 "2010-01-25T18:55:08Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > Red Robin (and for all I know, others) does a burger-with-egg. This is funny because just last night my son was telling his little sister about the differences between the McDonald’s here in the States and those in Japan (he spent 2 weeks in Japan each school year during high school on school-sponsored trips, my other children have never been- outside of the Narita airport). He was telling her that they had “this weird hamburger with an egg on it” and that it was good “even though it sounds kind of gross”. And we have a Red Robin not too far away from home which we have never, ever been to. I will tell them they sell this “strange” hamburger/egg sandwich. He will be pleased to find such an odd concoction without having to travel abroad. 🙂 And back to the point of the OP… My son likes me to make German Pancakes (with no sugar) with either a baked or poached egg on top. He says its good…I’ve never tried it. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/11 "2010-01-25T18:59:54Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Oatmeal. A fried egg and crumbled bacon. Ah, a fellow oatmeal & egg lover! I sometimes get lazy and crack it straight in, but a fried egg with some scallions and hot sauce is the best. Burgers with fried eggs are just made for each other. Thai basil chicken with fried egg (pretty normal in Thailand from my understanding, but usually you have to request it at American Thai restaurants) is delicious, too. I can probably do a fried egg on most savory dishes. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/12 "2010-01-25T19:13:36Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > A fairly trivial OP, but . . . I had fried rice topped with a fried egg this weekend, and it was good. I just saw a recipe for fried rice with a sunny-side up egg on top, sprinkled with browned garlic and ginger. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/13 "2010-01-25T19:37:50Z")
> [@MitzeKatze](#): > > My son likes me to make German Pancakes (with no sugar) with either a baked or poached egg on top. He says its good…I’ve never tried it. Take 2-3 American pancakes, and slide a fried egg between two cakes. Add butter and syrup, mmmmmmmm. Eggs and pancakes are not that unusual together, but its the yolk seeping through the pancakes that makes extra yummy. Second the egg on corned beef hash. I usually do a fried egg mixed in with the hash. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/14 "2010-01-25T20:26:44Z")
“Here’s egg in your beer.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/15 "2010-01-25T21:06:41Z")
> [@troub](#): > > Also, fried egg is essential to fried rice, but yes it is usually broken up. But even given that a whole egg on top is sort of unusual. I think it depends on the cuisine. In Chinese cuisine, the egg is beaten before going into the pan, so you end up with bits of scrambled egg mixed throughout. However, in Vietnamese restaurants, the fried rice I’ve seen usually comes with a whole fried egg on top instead. If you’ve never tried the Vietnamese style, I highly recommend it. It’s delicious with a squirt of hoisin sauce (at least, I think that’s what it is… it’s the sweet-ish brown sauce they place on the table) and another squirt of sriracha. There’s another common dish on Vietnamese menus around here which consists of marinated pork chops and steamed rice topped with a fried egg, which is also quite tasty. And speaking of meats with an egg on top… one of my favourite Portuguese meals is _prego no prato_, which consists of a pile of fried potatoes and a pan-fried minute steak topped with a fried egg. It’s like classic steak frites, but with an extra bonus of dipping your fries into a runny egg yolk. Greasy and delicious. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/16 "2010-01-25T21:24:13Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I’ll second that. One of the best pizzas I ever had came out of a brick oven and had an egg on top of it. It was in Istanbul in 1990 and I couldn’t tell you the place or if it’s still there. Mmmm, yeah - egg on pizza is quite surprisingly tasty. It seems to be pretty common around Eastern Europe as far as I can tell. I thought it would be gross, but I learned something. On the other hand, I could definitely have done without trying corn on pizza. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/17 "2010-01-25T21:33:43Z")
Just curious - As an aussie fried eggs in/on stuff is commom ie aussie style pizza, Hamburgers witht the lot, fried egg sandwhich etc. Do Americans have egg and bacon rolls, McDonalds egg and bacon McMuffin - stuff like that? ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/18 "2010-01-25T21:40:48Z")
> [@madrabbitwoman](#): > > Do Americans have egg and bacon rolls, McDonalds egg and bacon McMuffin - stuff like that? The latter – yes. The former – if you mean a muffin or roll with egg, cheese, sausage – yes, any deli will serve that. If you’re thinking more like a closed meat pie – those aren’t real popular in the U.S. outside of ethnic food (burritos, empanadas, Jamaican patties). ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/19 "2010-01-25T21:41:52Z")
In honor of Burns Night – I guess to stretch my OP, I do have to take off my hat to the guy who thought sausage meat could be augmented by wrapping it around a boiled egg and deep frying. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372/20 "2010-01-25T21:45:05Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > Mmmm, yeah - egg on pizza is quite surprisingly tasty. It seems to be pretty common around Eastern Europe as far as I can tell. Pizza with egg on it (and spinach) is also very popular in Italy - it’s called pizza Florentine. I suspect that’s the origin, but you never can tell with pizza. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-might-not-have-thought-would-need-an-egg-on-them-but-did/526372.md?page=2)