Silly question warning... egg cooking name.

[colinuk]

Bit of a silly question but thought id ask anyway.

Some types of cooking have names to them, as in a buttie with no marge or butter is asked for by saying DRY at the end of the order, soa tuna/mayo on white, dry, would get you a white bread buttie with tuna/mayo and no marge or butter on it.

With me so far?

So, if i wanted a fried egg, but have the yoke broken while cooking it so it mixes into the white, has this got a name or do i just discribe what i want and hope they understand.

ColiN - bored at work

 

[Dolph]

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

Not so much in the UK, but in the US this would be 'over x' where x is how solid you want it cooked.

 

[titchard]

Sunny side down...I think

It's something along the lines of sunny side up / down - but I think sunny side up is not broken yolk.

Rich

 

[platypus]

Over easy, sunny side down usually.

 

[Snakedoctor]

Sunny side down...I think

It's something along the lines of sunny side up / down - but I think sunny side up is not broken yolk.

Rich

No, that means if its cooked one one side or both. Not broken yolks. Not a technical term I am aware of, however are they not called "sandwiches" after the Earl of Sandwich?

 

[joey1211]

I hate all this american diner lingo. Just say "break the yolk, please".

 

[Subby]

Just ask for English Cafe style. Bound to be broken and mxed up that way.

 

[Jonny69]

You walk into the caff, ask for a fried egg with the yoke broken so it mixes into the white. They will know what you mean and ask the cook to do you a fried egg with the yoke broken so it mixes into the white. If you waltz in there asking for an egg beater over easy they'll pause for a second before telling you to **** off to California, DUDE

 

[titchard]

Guess I got my egg terminology all mixed up!

What does it mean "Over easy" anyway? Doesn't actually link to breaking the yolk at all!

Rich

 

[platypus]

Guess I got my egg terminology all mixed up!

What does it mean "Over easy" anyway? Doesn't actually link to breaking the yolk at all!

Rich

It's like 'well done' I believe.

 

[SideWinder]

What is it called when it looks like a fried egg but the yellow stuff is...solid?

 

[platypus]

It's called a fried egg with a solid yoke.

 

[SourChipmunk]

"Sunny side up" means they don't flip the egg while cooking, which leave the yolk runny, intact, and usually juicier. edit: it also means grease only touches one side of the egg.

"Over easy" will have a runny yolk, but still intact. "Over well" means the yolk is cooked through. Both require flipping the egg during cooking.

Ask for your egg fried with a broken yolk.

 

[banja]

I'd say 'broken and turned'.

Heard that on a movie / TV somewhere.

 

[Jonny69]

Over easy in the US usually gets you a soft yolk fried egg that's been flipped over. Over light gets flipped and very runny.

Egg beater is an omlette with no yolks I think we decided, I can't even imagine how bland that tastes.

 

[Bubo]

The aboriginy way of requesting this would be "yolk belong chook egg gone bugger up"

 

[Jonny69]

You want your egg over hard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_egg

 

[gillywibble]

It's called a fried egg with a solid yoke.

 

[Bubo]

So, if i wanted a fried egg, but have the yoke broken while cooking it so it mixes into the white, has this got a name or do i just discribe what i want and hope they understand.

Ask them to make you an omelette, but yell out "STOP" just after they have started to beat it, then politely ask them to cook it from that point.

 

[SourChipmunk]

You want your egg over hard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_egg

Incorrect. That will have a solid yolk that is cooked through.

Ask for your egg fried with a broken yolk.

This, coming from an American.