Fried eggs! Cooked ‘properly’ - or not.

If the top of the white is still ‘snotty’, try finishing it off under the grill for a few seconds. It really works, but timing is everything!

Mollygo

Always baste eggs to cook the top, but I might try the pan lid way now you’ve mentioned it.

The pan lid is the way to go. If you have a good non stick pan you only need a teaspoon of oil - or even less.

It can be a lid from another pan as frying pans aren't often sold with lids.

They are almost like poached eggs, which I have never been able to cook in the conventional way

Elizabeth27

There is not a cooked properly as people have different preferences.

When I was young and we were having egg and chips my mother would drop the egg into the ‘chip pan’. They formed a crispy ball with a soft yolk, not something I would do now as I do not deep fry but they were my favourite way of having a fried egg.

My mother used to do the same ?

Was a breakfast chef for years, I know how to cook eggs ?

My late parents argued about fried eggs.

Mum maintained that there was such a thing as the "right way" to fry eggs whereas Dad said the right way to fry eggs was the way that the person about to eat them wanted them fried.

They seemed to have this argument almost every time fried eggs were on the menu. It was amazing that they stayed married for over sixty years.

Yes me too. Can’t stand that yucky jelly on top

I only eat free range I take the connecting bits out before I can cook them. I never eat eggs unless I prepare them I never eat them anywhere else. Not a fan of fried food but if I do I splash oil over the yolk so it's cooked. I am fussy don't deny it.

I’m with you Witzend fried, poached or boiled, no yucky runny stuff thanks.
And no free range around here, Avian flu.

My mum couldn't eat eggs that weren't covered over on the top.
She said they looked like eyeballs staring at her.

My mum basted them for herself and me, my dad liked them dropped into the chip pan. They came out all crisp and sizzled with a soft middle my gran his mum cooked them that way.
I hate that little brown spot you get in some after a school biology lesson said it was the actual chick. I had never thought of it that way before.

Ooh yes, the brown spot. I’ve never forgotten about that either.

I use a spoon to scoop hot fat over the top, I thought that was normal lol

If you cook in a non stick pan, with no oil for basting, I use my Kitchen Blow touch to cook the yoke.

In a non stick pan flip the egg over for just a couple of seconds before serving

I was reading about the avian flu the other day yes it did make me worry I have to admit to that. I don’t eat many eggs that might put me off altogether.

The uncooked bit on the top put me off fried eggs completely when I was small. Still only eat any kind of egg when they are hard all the way through.
OH likes them runny but with the top basted - the lid method sounds like a great idea, thank you.

I love a fried egg, but cooked properly not runny. ?

I can't stand the white being crispy.
It's as if the pan has shed its non stick coating.

I have never eaten nor fried an egg in my life and wouldn’t manage to do either without throwing up! I can eat eggs in disguise eg in cake, Yorkshire pud but the thought of anything even vaguely eggy makes me feel ill.

If I have a decent non stick pan I like my eggs easy over, if not I baste them. I don't eat soft boiled eggs because it's almost impossible the get the white cooked through while keeping a runny yolk.

Oh to just have a fried egg, I'm intolerant to any eggs and miss them so much.

I can't eat a snotty egg no matter how it is cooked. It just turns my stomach. I even like my scrambled eggs firmer rather than sloppy. It isn't difficult to cook the white on top of a fried egg but I'd rather it was flipped than served uncooked.

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Food or heat is the big question and I’m reading about fried eggs. Hereby lies too much free time.

Whether boiled, fried or poached its got to be set white, dippy yolk and definitely no ‘snot’

Same goes for poached or boiled eggs! My mum was a brilliant cook, but she could either boil an egg so it was still half raw or solid - even with an egg timer !