Fried eggs! Cooked ‘properly’ - or not.

I've never heard of basting the egg, and I don't use enough butter to try. I usually put a lid over the egg at the end of cooking to firm up the white. Love runny yolks!

I remember the first time I ordered eggs at a restaurant, and got laughed at (by friends, we were young adults) when the waitress asked how I would like my eggs and I replied 'fried'. I was not aware there were varieties of fried...
Here in common usage;
sunny side up
over easy
over medium
over hard

I love a breakfast for dinner evening once in a while!

Eggs seem to do their own thing, these days, in terms of cooking times.
Probably because there are so many different types around now. .

I always have free range, and I have to kind of get to know the egg personally before I bash it's head in.

I don't fry anything, and poach eggs. Healthier. Just the thought of someone spooning fat over something makes me queasy. Bleurgh

LovelyLady

The world’s falling to pieces, COVID, resettlement, hunger, homelessness, addiction issues, lack of self discipline. Price rises and lack of free speech.
Food or heat is the big question and I’m reading about fried eggs. Hereby lies too much free time.

Oh, dear - there’s always one, isn’t there?

Oh dear, LovelyLady, maybe you would prefer it if we wore scratchy sacking and beat ourselves with a stick! For goodness sake, we are all well aware that there are many, many troubles in the world, but life has to go on you know, and sometimes, discussion about more mundane matters is just what we need.
Incidentally, no one is forcing you to read this thread. If you find it so offensive, perhaps you should bypass it.

Returning to the topic, I too, baste the eggs on the rare occasion I fry them. It’s what my Mum taught me to do. I dislike runny egg white, it has to be cooked for me.

Purplepixie I so agree with you. Anyone wanting a fried or poached egg in our household cooks it for themselves to their taste.

I will never comment or say anything derisory, but I know I could never cook a satisfactory fried egg because I dislike them so much so I let those who love them cook them and enjoy them.

The slimey bit can still rear it's ugly head on a well cooked egg.
I think that is the part that anchors the egg innards to the shell.

MeowWow

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 ?

Yess!!! Lovely!!! My Mother did the same for me on the days when the rest of the family had fish & chips. (I have always disliked the taste of fish).