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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

...Medium? I like them fried over easy so I can dip toast in the yolk, but the whites aren't runny at all.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At Waffle House, that's over medium, or just an "order". Over easy / "order lite" has some runny white.

[–] Flames5123@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Waffle House is just wrong in their designation then. Over light is supposed to be slightly runny whites. Sunny side up is not flipping the egg so the white on top isn’t fully cooked. Over easy is supposed to have fully cooked whites and runny yolks. Over medium is jammy yolks that won’t quickly flow out if popped.

Waffle House just is saying over light = over easy and that’s not correct.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

“Over medium well” for jammy yolks if you’re lucky in California… over medium = undercooked, can’t imagine over easy

Sunny side up post to be basted with hot oil to ensure zero runny white, since runny albumen is danger town… yes?!

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Runny whites are terrible, way undercooked. We call them snotty here, due to the consistency similarities. Nobody I know likes a snotty egg, glad you seem to be in the same boat :)

Over easy is fantastic in a sandwich with bacon, but I go for a soft-boil if dipping. Precut toast soldiers when feeling particularly childish.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

Entropy side up please

[–] h4x0r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] protist@mander.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

EGGGGGG SALAD

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

Has science gone too far?

[–] lemsip@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Damn, I actually thought that was real for a sec

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~Isn’t scrambled lower entropy? Like how dye in water moves from fully concentrated at one point to fully diffused throughout the water?~~

~~You had to do work to scramble them and now it would take a lot more energy to get them back to separate the white from the yolk so it looked like the hard boiled.~~

This is all completely wrong, I was thinking about Gibbs free energy decreasing with spontaneous reactions.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Leave too long and you'll end up with balut

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the perfect amount. Too long is when it hatches.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

No other food will reward you with a free duck if you forget about it 😂

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not overcooked, not scrambled.

There is another one...

There are tons of ways to prepare eggs.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish you'd take them raw.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Straight to the break room for misspelling the Founders name.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't think I've ever noticed it spelled out on the show, tbh. I'm sure it has been and I just missed it though.

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[–] irishPotato@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Don’t discriminate based on entropy level, but each level has a best in class:

Low: Soft boiled (8:30 sec)

Medium: Over easy

High: Propper fluffy scramble (10% butter, constant whisk)

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't like the softness of a constant whisk. Diner style scramble. Literally crack the egg in the pan and scramble with the spatual. Dunno feels "homier"?

poached eggs tho 🤤

[–] irishPotato@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Haha, yeah totally get that! Also, how did I forget poached!! Okay, those tie over-easy for me

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Soft boiled (8:30 sec)

Wait what? I've been soft boiling eggs once a day since lockdown and must have tried every variation going. 8:30 would risk me a hard boiled egg. 7:00 - 7:30 the sweet spot for soft and 8:00 ish for medium. Below 7:00 and I risk not cooking the white enough.

What devil's eggs are you using?

[–] irishPotato@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lol, 60g healthy european chonkers, straight from the fridge into boiling water, then ice bath right after (if more than 2-3 eggs i’ll go a tad shorter because of post-cook thermal load)

Whites firm and yolks perfectly runny, sliced in two with maldon salt to top. Perfection in two bites.

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[–] UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Softboiled 10min. Egg type was never specified

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Either, eggs are amazing in all forms... but those are both overcooked.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Those scrambled eggs are separated into small clumps. I bet they're too dry, have overcooked bits, and weren't mixed well.

Someone needs to go back to scrambled egg school.

And now I feel like an egg snob.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago

Green. With ham.

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

CrEdit: Sidney Harris

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 2 points 1 year ago

I like mine boiled until the yolk has the delicious consistency of earwax

Mmmmmm high entropy ægggggsssss

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago
[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

so, when you drop an egg on the floor, you increased its entropy too much, and since entropy isn't reversible, your dropped egg isn't recoverable

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