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The egg doesn't look cooked

Looks fine to me Indium 01:31, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup attempt

Does it look better now? Lenin & McCarthy 15:56, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I did a bit more work. Looking OK now? The Singing Badger 16:09, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you put the cleanup note on. If you think it's better Lenin & McCarthy 16:16, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

scrambled

Scrambled eggs — eggs, which are beaten and then fried, and sometimes mixed with milk or cream; in the British Isles these are regarded as distinct from a 'fried egg'.

The distinction is made in the U.S. as well. Go to a diner and order eggs, and they will ask you, “Fried or scrambled?”

Michael J 21:46, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I've been all over the US, and I've never seen anyone call scrambled eggs "fried". Kafziel 14:45, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm removing the reference to scrambled eggs in this article - there's already a page about scrambling eggs on wikipedia ahpook 11:10, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Scrambled eggs are different to fried. 217.28.6.80 (talk) 18:13, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Uhh, scrambled eggs are necessarily fried. It's like removing Canada from the North America article. I'm putting it back in. -Iopq 03:29, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

uhh, scrambled eggs have their own article. "fried eggs" doesn't just refer to the specific method of cooking, fried eggs inpliesvthe yolk is not broken. 71.236.105.175 15:31, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the russian section there is some talk about 'yaichnitsa' being a generic term for either the fried egg or omelet. It also states that the same is true for the Polish 'jajecznica'. Well, i can say for SURE that the polish jajecznica means scrambled eggs and not omelet and not fried egg. I have corrected this by removing the polish word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.87.238.229 (talk) 19:16, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

About scrambled eggs being necessarily fried, this is not true. The best scrambled eggs i have made are almost poached in butter. I don't even think they reach 100 degrees Celcius, so it's not even boiling temperature. Frying i think implies a much higher temperature.Scroogy (talk) 21:00, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Argument

I'm in a heated debate with some friends. Is a Fried egg still considered sunny side up if you put a lid on the pan and let the steam cook the top, or does that become over easy?

I say it's technically still sunny side up because you never flip it, however the result is like an over easy egg in taste because the top gets cooked some. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.207.108.22 (talk) 23:26, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is sunny side up unless you flip it over. Steam cooking the top just makes the whites less runny; it doesn't change the fact that the sunny side is up. They are also delicious prepared that way and recommend that everybody go have some now. ;-)

It's only "sunny side up" if it is *both* not flipped *and* you can see the yolk through the top (The "Sun"). If you cook the top, it's now "Up Easy". In fact the whole section should be clarified. There are two factors: up or over, and the degree of doneness. "Sunny side up" is a special case. e.g You can prepare eggs "up hard". Kazens (talk) 14:52, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have never come across the term "bullseye" for fried eggs in India, in fact it is often called egg fry egg half-fry and so on. If the term "bullseye" is indeed used, it must be very specific locales. Could the author include some references to this effect? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mayfair void (talk • contribs) 10:08, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Omelettes

a fried egg should be cooked all the way (term_fried egg sandwich) meaning hard form egg including yolk. being boken or whole when fried but still well done. Removed this:

Omelettes are fried eggs mixed with various fillings and spices.

Omelettes may be cooked by frying, but they are not fried eggs within the usual meaning of the term -- besides which, omelettes don't necessarily include any fillings or spices. -- Picapica 14:04, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Omlette reference still present in Russian SurDin (talk) 14:44, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Other Meanings

Are either of those really necessary to this entry? Nobody's going to come to this page looking for "fried eggs" as slang for small breasts. That's pretty much what UrbanDictionary.com is for. 74.76.142.137 20:02, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I removed that item. Possibly the entire "other meanings" section should be removed. 98.207.94.47 01:32, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just removed some ethnic slang (which referenced the urban dictionary). It doesn't seem like such things should be here, but I'm ok with the golf reference. I'm not up on my wikipedia policies/guidelines, but perhaps Wikipedia:Avoid statements that will date quickly is relevant here. 98.207.94.47 (talk) 19:58, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted the "Other Meanings" section. There is a line at top of this entry which says "This article is about the food. For other meanings of the term "fried egg", see Fried egg#Other meanings." It links to a wiki page that repeats the golf usage (the only "other meaning" discussed) verbatim. Irish Melkite (talk) 04:41, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The link at the top of the page went to the part you removed. You sort of broke it :P. I went ahead and removed the whole thing - I don't think we need slang terms to play a role in this article. ^Law_shoot! 04:47, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Variation...

The recipe under this section is in the form of instructions, which are not appropriate for inclusion in Wikipedia. See, for example, Wikipedia is not a manual... The recipe can be incorporated into a description - otherwise it should be deleted. Jimjamjak (talk) 11:54, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dippy eggs?

I grew up in Eastern Pennsylvania and moved to Western Pennsylvania as an adult, and I think there is some confusion about what a "dippy egg" is. From what I know, "dippy eggs" are a Western Pennsylvania term to describe the eggs with liquid yolk for dipping with toast. Here's a Pittsburgh Post Gazette source attesting to that [1]. More specifically, I think that "dippy eggs" are the "sunny side up", per this [2] food critic review from a food critic. As far as I know, it's not really a Maryland or Pennsylvania Dutch term, but it's possible. After some research, I also think that there is a British dish called "dippy eggs" that is kinda like soft boiled. I'm not an expert on this, so I wanted to bring it up.--Blargh29 (talk) 01:13, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I grew up in the Philadelphia area; we always called sunny side up eggs dippy eggs, but we also sometimes called over-easy eggs dippy eggs, too, on account of you can still dip your toast in them, something I wish I were doing right now because all this talk about eggs is making me powerfully hungry. Also, I love eggs.

I agree. A Dippy Egg is English for a soft boiled egg with the top removed. Strips of toast or other food is then dipped into the egg yolk. (food strips are often called soldiers) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.3.210.37 (talk) 17:29, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why are refs needed for the dish of Huevos rancheros...???

http://scholar.google.com.hk/scholar?hl=en&q=sunny+side+up+Huevos+rancheros&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0

--222.67.205.0 (talk) 02:54, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Full English Breakfast image description

The description on the image of the full English Breakfast is incorrect. The image shows a hash brown, a common component of the full English Breakfast, not 'fried bread'.

Compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_breakfast#Full_English_breakfast and also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Full_English_Breakfast.JPG —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.118.22.166 (talk) 16:22, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Egg in a basket

I noticed that the section on here doesn't follow Wikipedia form in style or language with a lot of opinionated claims that can't be verified as general, common, or fact. I'm going to tag those parts with citation requests. I'm also proposing that the section is moved under US with mentions of Britain and Australia as there seems to be no evidence that it's more international. It seems that it's not only a dish specific to those regions, but there are many different sub-regional variations as evidenced by the many different names given to the dish. As of now, the section has more than the main article, too and that's not Wikipedia form either. I'll check back later to see if there's any edits or comments on my proposal. --173.15.125.225 (talk) 15:02, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

HP sauce only?

The statement for the UK section specifically states "and a variety of condiments such as HP Sauce." Is there any reason why that can't be changed to sauce in general? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrZoolook (talk • contribs) 12:10, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

History?

Is there any information about how, when or where the idea of frying an egg got started? Most likely the exact person, place and time are obscured into the distant past, but I doubt I am the first person to wonder about this. It just seems to me someone must have found the answer. Rod Lockwood (talk) 11:28, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Any real first occurence is probably pre-historic. Eggs are incredibly nutricious and are a meal for many animals. So eggs as a food source predecesses the evolution of mammals. The idea of cooking eggs seems trivial once the idea of fire exists. Frying (as used in fried egg) is just cooking the egg outside of its shell. It's like the idea of cooking meat or drinking milk. Who would have been the first human to do these things? We are unlikely to ever find out as it was done way before people wrote things down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scroogy (talk • contribs) 11:18, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sunny Side Up

Sunny side up is a chiefly American term and is used throughout the article before being explained in the American section, either another term should be used or the term sunny side up should be explained in the header. 86.13.119.97 (talk) 06:05, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

UK and Ireland

I removed a bit of gratuitous Americana that seemed to have snuck in here.109.155.168.26 (talk) 21:51, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

India

Why are "fried eggs are most commonly called "poached"" in India and Nepal? Poached are not the same as fried! Is this an example of "Indian English" - i.e. distorted meanings due to ignorance?Royalcourtier (talk) 02:01, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Russia

Yaichnitsa (polish jajecznica) is the name of the Scrambled eggs, also the descrition here is about the Scrambled eggs. --212.122.206.18 (talk) 12:43, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]