How do you like your eggs?

[Structaural]

Poached, if I can be bothered, otherwise scrambled. With bacon and beans.

 

[Ms T]

Amazingly, they didn't smell! She fried them til they were practically dry discs, anyway. And years later she found these shrivveled, rock hard things behind the sideboard and didn't have a clue what they were!

I'm not overly keen on eggs either, but I like them scrambled or hard-boiled, or in a tortilla-type thing. Can't stand them if the yolks are runny.

 

[Crispy]

Poached (the shallow pan method), on buttered toast. Slice yolk, spread yolk, eat yolk, yum.

 

[Structaural]

or egg white omlettes.

urgh... egg yolk omelette more like sod the cholesterol...

 

[Detroit City]

whats a soldier?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Fried, with the yolk soft, but only when I'm feeling courageous, and ready to risk salmonella.

 

[Crispy]

whats a soldier?

A slice of toasted, buttered bread. Dip it in a beheaded soft boiled egg.

 

[Kanda]

Not toasted!!! Noooo!

 

[Structaural]

whats a soldier?

 

[Crispy]

Not toasted!!! Noooo!

What? You crazy, mister.

 

[Structaural]

What? You crazy, mister.

be like shagging without an erection.

 

[Detroit City]

oh that's cute

 

[Crispy]

That china set is ridiculously cute, yes.
It's also traditional to use the leftover shell-cup to hold a small helping of salt, for the pre-dipping of the soldier before the egg.

 

[Fuchs66]

Fried and between 2 slices of bread with loads of ketchup. Mmmmmmm egg banjo

 

[Structaural]

My two year old ensures I see everything through a child's eye's these days .

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Absolutely any way at all as long as the white is set.

Current fave: scrambled with chorizo!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Poached so that nearly all the white is cooked. Then add pepper and salmon.

 

[zenie]

What? You crazy, mister.

I've never had soldiers toasted?

I like mine like MissFran with a kiss and a cup of tea

 

[nino_savatte]

Poached, fried, scrambled or as an omelette.

 

[Roadkill]

Pretty much any way: boiled, over easy in a sandwich (there's something magnificently decadent about fried egg sandwiches ), scrambled or, best of all, poached and on toast.

 

[Crispy]

I've never had soldiers toasted? )

How do you get them to dip properly? raw bread is all bendy!

 

[Detroit City]

That china set is ridiculously cute, yes

that's an understatement!

 

[Kanda]

How do you get them to dip properly? raw bread is all bendy!

Try it

Toast is a lazy option, much nicer with untoasted bread and loads of butter

 

[Detroit City]

Toast is a lazy option, much nicer with untoasted bread and loads of butter

but I eat untoasted bread all the bleedin' time....the only time i eat toast is at brkfst.

 

[Kanda]

but I eat untoasted bread all the bleedin' time....the only time i eat toast is at brkfst.

Was I talking to you?

 

[dolly's gal]

i have a preference for scrambled

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I've never had soldiers toasted?

I grew up with untoasted soldiers too
Toasting would have been an unnecessary extravagence

 

[Crispy]

deprived child

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Yes - we were only allowed a thimbleful of orange juice once a week as well

 

[ymu]

whats over easy mean?

Perfect over easy eggs.

I like 'em "over easy", verging on "over medium". I can never understand why we don't have these specifications here - "sunny side up" (the usual default in Britain) usually leaves you with bits of raw white unless done with great skill and care. This is fine if you like it, but it ruins a good breakfast for me.

When ordering eggs in North America, one is invariably asked "how would you like your eggs?" This often bewilders visitors from Britain or Ireland, where this terminology is rarely used. North Americans may choose between the following methods (and refer to the British and Irish method as 'Sunny side up'):

* 'Over hard', also called 'hard' — cooked on both sides until the yolk has solidified.
* 'Over medium' — cooked on both sides until the yolk is fairly thick but still a liquid.
* 'Over easy', also called 'runny' — cooked on both sides (not clear) but yolk is still liquid. This is occasionally called 'sunny side down.' These are also commonly referred to as 'dippy eggs' or 'dip eggs' by Marylanders and by Pennsylvania Dutch persons living in southern Pennsylvania. Also called 'treasure eggs' in southwestern Pennsylvania.
* 'Sunny side up' — cooked only on one side; yolk is liquid (the oil or fat may be used to baste the sunny side, however. ) This is often known simply as 'eggs up'.
* 'Scrambled', Eggs are poured into a bowl and beaten with milk added and then fried.
* Another style known simply as 'Fried' - eggs are fried on both sides with the yolks broken until set or hard. These are common in Asian variations of western breakfast, as well as fried egg sandwiches. These eggs saw an uptick in popularity in American breakfasts after Salmonella in eggs became a concern.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_egg