What kind of egg is this?

elleykat

Ordering eggs is even more intimidating than ordering coffee and alcohol - all this jargon that means nothing to me. Like "wrecked" means break the yolks? Anyway, can someone tell me how this egg is likely cooked? I needs must try an egg that looks as delicious as this. Is this what a soft-boiled egg looks like? What do I hafta do to make this egg?

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elleykat

abadvat

Soft boiled - 3 minutes

neanderthin

Looks like 3 1/2 to me. lol

TishTash1616

This is a soft-boiled chicken egg.
To make one, you can either cook in already boiled water for 3.5(for a medium egg)-4 minutes(for a large egg), or start with cold water and boil for 6-7 minutes. The egg should be covered by at least half an inch of water

glennat229

I think it is medium boiled because soft usually still has some translucent slimy stuff. 4 min if the egg is completely submerged in water that is already boiling.

glennat229

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RosieWest8

That is generally the way 'soft boiled' eggs are served but that one looks more like 'medium boiled'. I don't know how long you have to cook it to be like that but I actually like that level of done-ness on my eggs. Even when I make 'over easy' eggs at home I cook them a bit longer because I like the yolk to set a little like a gel instead of being so much like liquid.

elleykat

RosieWest8 wrote: »

That is generally the way 'soft boiled' eggs are served but that one looks more like 'medium boiled'. I don't know how long you have to cook it to be like that but I actually like that level of done-ness on my eggs. Even when I make 'over easy' eggs at home I cook them a bit longer because I like the yolk to set a little like a gel instead of being so much like liquid.

I love when the yolk sets into that sort of gel. So much yum. That's how I prefer my "over easy" eggs as well, and someone once told me that's over-medium, but then I try to order over-medium sometimes and get this blank stare like "that's not a thing, you dummy." So now I'll say "over-easy, with the white set and the yolk just starting to set." Sometimes that works out for me, sometimes not, haha.

Thanks all. I'll have to give 4-minute eggs a try.

kayeiam

Like "wrecked" means break the yolks

If you order scrambled eggs at a resturant, you would most likely hear the waitress holler. need 2 and wreck'em (meaning scramble the eggs)

Francl27

I love soft boiled eggs. Man I need to buy some of those egg cups again.

fevrale

It seems like there are some egg cooking experts here. I LOVE whenever I can get the egg to be like a gel but a little more set than the egg in this picture. I order over-medium and no one's every given me a weird look but it's often too runny or hard. Would my ideal egg be a 5 minute egg, maybe? Egg experiment time.

P.S. I grew up calling over easy eggs (the runny kind you can dip in toast) "dippy eggs." So, when I moved to different places across the country I learned that almost no one else orders their eggs "dippy." What do you call them?

Ginaaa71

Over medium and if they give you blank stare, they haven't waited tables long.

terricherry2

fevrale wrote: »

It seems like there are some egg cooking experts here. I LOVE whenever I can get the egg to be like a gel but a little more set than the egg in this picture. I order over-medium and no one's every given me a weird look but it's often too runny or hard. Would my ideal egg be a 5 minute egg, maybe? Egg experiment time.

P.S. I grew up calling over easy eggs (the runny kind you can dip in toast) "dippy eggs." So, when I moved to different places across the country I learned that almost no one else orders their eggs "dippy." What do you call them?

My Grandma used to give me "dippy" eggs and soldiers!

HeySwoleSister

This thread forced me to have a poached egg for breakfast. I regret nothing.

questionfear

I already had my eggs for breakfast but damn that looks good. I usually go over easy with veggies or hard boiled if I'm on the go, but I might need to reincorporate some soft boiled goodness into my life.