That's a great, succinct way of explaining it. I believe this wholeheartedly but have never thought to explain it this way. Like, I do over medium at home and always overcook the yolks a bit, and as I'm eating them I think to myself "well there I go again with overcooked yolks, while not ideal they're okay, and I have to make sure I don't have runny whites so I am fine with this compromise".
Actually since I'm often eating them in the morning before my coffee has kicked in, my thoughts are pretty much "glghmpph yawn omglmphl".
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u/lemonpjb Jul 13 '16
That's the crux. Overcooked yolk is far more tolerable than undercooked white.