# You like eggs.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566 "2016-02-19T17:43:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/41 "2016-02-19T22:59:22Z")
I think I checked all but 2 or 3 possibilities. I love love love eggs and am so glad all the healthy lifestyle pundits are not scolding us for eating them any more. I still ate them, but I hated being guilted for it. Now I’m guilt free and happy. 😃 According to my mother, ‘eggs’ was my first word as a little child. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/42 "2016-02-19T23:00:25Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Close. Over easy on TOP of the hashbrowns. I use this method with steak. I’ll cook a steak then lay it over a bed of garlic rice. That way, when you cut into the steak, all the yummy juices soak up into the rice making for a divine meal in my opinion. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/43 "2016-02-19T23:10:34Z")
I really hate it when my eggs [scream at me](https://www.flickr.com/photos/43200610@N07/24505661294/in/datetaken/). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/44 "2016-02-20T00:04:16Z")
I checked nearly all the options, too, and since we’re allowing Brits to vote would like to add “Scotch Eggs.” “Aigs! AIGS!!” – Edie (Edith Massey), in _Pink Flamingos_, 1972 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/45 "2016-02-20T00:09:08Z")
Re: soft-boiled. I love the IDEA of egg cups. We own at least a half-dozen. The Ukulele Lady uses them regularly. But a big ruddy healthy fellow like myself needs more than one egg for breakfast. I usually butter a piece of toast, rip it up and drop it into the bottom of a small bowl (those are yer "soldiers), and scoop a couple of softly simmered slightly underdone eggs out of their shells and over it. Salt and pepper and ready to go. Where do you all stand on the “egg cup” issue? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/46 "2016-02-20T00:13:30Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I checked nearly all the options, too, and since we’re allowing Brits to vote would like to add “Scotch Eggs.” This man knows his tasty egg-based snacks. Scotch eggs made with quail eggs… ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/47 "2016-02-20T00:19:53Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Where do you all stand on the “egg cup” issue? Like you say, one is not enough for an adult, and an array of egg cups at breakfast is probably a bit silly. But hot buttered toast and egg yolk is a wonderful thing. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/48 "2016-02-20T00:20:14Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Where do you all stand on the “egg cup” issue? Love them. They make an egg cup that’s shaped like an hourglass, with the bottom half much larger. It’s to stash your second soft-boiled egg under, so that it’ll stay warm until you can get to it. I like a soft-boiled egg in an egg cup, accompanied by buttered “toast soldiers” so you can dip them down into the egg. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/49 "2016-02-20T00:28:15Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I usually butter a piece of toast, rip it up and drop it into the bottom of a small bowl (those are yer "soldiers), and scoop a couple of softly simmered slightly underdone eggs out of their shells and over it. Salt and pepper and ready to go. I often do a couple of soft boiled eggs, mashed up in a mug with salt and pepper, and then dumped on top of a couple of slices of toast. I’ll have a go at your method, it has one fewer thing to wash up. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/50 "2016-02-20T01:02:41Z")
I’ve had soft-boiled in an egg cup: marvelous! What does “in a basket” mean? I don’t grok the phrase. (I voted yes on everything except that.) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/51 "2016-02-20T01:03:59Z")
I like eggs. Period. EDIT: Okay, maybe not raw. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/52 "2016-02-20T01:05:03Z")
Dunno the difference between hard and soft scrambled eggs - so I checked both. Also quiche and fried. Loves me some eggs. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/53 "2016-02-20T01:18:50Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I’ve had soft-boiled in an egg cup: marvelous! > > What does “in a basket” mean? I don’t grok the phrase. > > (I voted yes on everything except that.) Cut a hole in the middle of a slice of bread. Place in pan, egg goes in the hole, fry as usual. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/54 "2016-02-20T01:22:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the difference between hard and soft scrambled eggs - so I checked both. Also quiche and fried. Loves me some eggs. I think there may be a little variation on this, but, to me, “soft scrambled” means scrambled but they’re still a bit on the wet side, even runny sometimes, and “hard scrambled” means cooked all the way through, no runniness whatsoever, like the difference between “soft boiled” and “hard boiled.” ---
**Author:** ![May\_20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@May\_20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/May_20)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/55 "2016-02-20T01:31:11Z")
ninja’d ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/56 "2016-02-20T02:02:52Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Scotch eggs made with quail eggs… Oh my god. MUST…TRY THIS. I’m going to a fancy-schmancy food shop in Brighton Beach tomorrow for Riga-style sour cream…it’s the sort of place that would sell quail eggs. Just have to figure out where to get a worthy grind of bulk sausage. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/57 "2016-02-20T02:18:30Z")
Egg cups are for pommy gits. 90 year old grannies use egg cups. They are one of the primary reasons Britain doesn’t have an empire anymore. Runny eggs are a sign of Sloth and show a decided lack of Moral Fiber. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/58 "2016-02-20T02:46:50Z")
I usually have them scrambled, but that’s just because I’m too impatient in the kitchen to try to make them any other way. If I’m at a restaurant, I really like Eggs Benedict. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/59 "2016-02-20T02:57:34Z")
“In a basket…” > [@running\_coach](#): > > Cut a hole in the middle of a slice of bread. > > Place in pan, egg goes in the hole, fry as usual. Hot diggity! Gotta try that! Sounds yum! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566/60 "2016-02-20T03:21:17Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I think there may be a little variation on this, but, to me, “soft scrambled” means scrambled but they’re still a bit on the wet side, even runny sometimes, and “hard scrambled” means cooked all the way through, no runniness whatsoever, like the difference between “soft boiled” and “hard boiled.” Ah, thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-eggs/746566.md?page=4)