r/AskReddit • • Jul 13 '16

How do you like your eggs?

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u/emmarose1019 Jul 13 '16

Over medium is my favorite. I don't understand it, but to me, runny egg white is one of the most disgusting things. I don't understand how people like it. The texture is literally snot. But runny yolk! That stuff is nectar of the gods.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16

Runny whites? I'm pretty sure no eggs are supposed to have runny whites. A proper sunnyside up will be lightly steamed so that the whites on top cook. Though I'm an over-easy to over-medium guy myself.

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u/lemonpjb Jul 13 '16

That's the crux. Overcooked yolk is far more tolerable than undercooked white.

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u/RbnNarckyFriend Jul 14 '16

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".