Fried eggs! Cooked ‘properly’ - or not.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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'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!

Snotty eggs are devils food. Baste them with oil or I will quickly flip. If they have crispy bits all the better. And a bit of brown sauce :-)

I like runny yolk, but can't abide slimy white! So I flip over for a few seconds to cook the slime. Hopefully not breaking the yolk as it's not so nice rubberised

LtEve

I put a lid on the frying pan so the steam cooks the top of the egg as I hate uncooked egg white. It also stops fat splattering over the hob.

I do this too. My SIL likes hers paralysed-broken yolk and frilly white. Makes me cry.

I'm not a great lover of eggs - especially fried eggs. In fact, I would say I've not eaten one for several years although I do quite like a poached egg. The thought of a slimy, snotty white and a runny yolk makes me feel nauseous and I would never, ever eat an egg away from home. I'm probably quite neurotic but if I'm going to eat an egg of any description I need to have cooked it myself, and have it on toast doused in Worcestershire sauce or ketchup to take the edge off the "egginess".
DH loves a fried egg and cooks his own splattering it with oil.

^From what I understand, chickens have had to be kept inside since November and yet I bought six free range eggs yesterday.
Does that mean that my eggs are already four months old^

No, JJ. DEFRA permit the Free Range label to be used for up to 16 weeks after the order is issued to keep chooks inside. Eggs produced this week, I think it was from Tuesday, will have to be sold as Barn Eggs.

Love a fried egg butty, always vaste them though so that the white is white and the yolk stays runny , yum

Me ….I cannot eat a slimy uncooked egg. I flip them or splash the yolk with oil .No ‘sunny side up’ for me!! Yuk

What a great description from someone-snotty eggs?. I hate eggs cooked any way if there are residual ‘snotty’ bits ?

I’ve faced being unable to cook a fried egg and only order them at one local cafe when the owner’s Mum is cooking! Must admit I haven’t tried a lidded pan though. I DO try to put oil on top but only manage to harden the yolk.

I don’t like egg white either except in boiled or scrambled eggs or omelettes. I thought I was the only one!

Apparently as a baby I would push egg white away and squash it into the corners of my highchair tray - still do it today - egg white makes me gag. O - with the exception of meringue, of course.

I use a lid too. It’s so easy and no splattering of oil. Can’t eat snotty eggs either Yuk.

I absolutely adore eggs of any kind, but when I fry I always turn them just for a second. What Americans call over easy. I don’t use enough oil to baste. My mum would use bacon fat. Can’t do snotty eggs, aka sunny side up.

My husband is the egg cook in our house and he cooks them perfectly, no slimy bits anywhere

I used to "pink" them as my mother did. It's a new phrase to.me too! These days we have a fantastic non stick frying pan so they get a quick flip over. I can't bear a fried egg with a hard yolk, nothing to dip the bacon into!

Ill