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Jun 03 '08 by stubby43
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ask a stupid question... how do you fry an egg?

I'm doing sauages beans and I want to fry an egg but it just occured to me that I dont know how to fry an egg.

I know, stupid.

I know that you brake an egg into a pan but I was wondering do you put oil on the pan?

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SoldierofGondor on Jun 03 '08 at 6:24am

Put some butter in the bottom.

Tonteau on Jun 03 '08 at 6:24am

Yeah, use oil and also put a lid on the pan to reflect the heat back down on to the top of the egg to cook it off.

SoldierofGondor on Jun 03 '08 at 6:24am

Then put some salt and pepper on it.

Break the center if you want the middle cooked or leave it and let it be liquid (liquid ftw.)

tesco on Jun 03 '08 at 6:26am

I use a little bit of butter and keep the yolk runny

phones on Jun 03 '08 at 6:26am

dude i asked myself the same question a few months back then found this video!

i've never looked back

stubby43 on Jun 03 '08 at 6:26am

Thanks I know it sounds stupid but this is the first meal I've cooked using an egg, I can make a mean spagetii bolognaise (even if I cant spell it) but I havent tried much else.

bafocomics on Jun 03 '08 at 6:26am

after that send it to me because i�m hungry.

Tonteau on Jun 03 '08 at 6:27am

The key is to use duck eggs. The you can fry them on both sides and still have a runny yolk.

fatheed on Jun 03 '08 at 6:28am

Tont is right. Circulate the heat over the egg. If you're an egg novice, which it sounds like you are, then break the egg into a small bowl first and check that its a clean break with no shell pieces! Enjoy!

tesco on Jun 03 '08 at 6:28am

srsly?

fatheed on Jun 03 '08 at 6:29am

Duck eggs sounds yum. Not sure I've ever had one.

tesco on Jun 03 '08 at 6:29am

although duck eggs seem a bit kinky to me

fatheed on Jun 03 '08 at 6:31am

If you want a really sinful fried egg, use more than a dribble of oil and tip the pan and repeatedly spoon the boiling oil over the egg. This negates the need for a lid. and fries it all over for a proper greasy spoon fried egg.

Tonteau on Jun 03 '08 at 6:31am

The yolk of a duck egg is massive. And they taste nice too.

Used to get them from a little shop 'round the corner from me when I was at university: 99p for a half doz. That on a sausage sandwich was pretty much perfect..........and a total hangover killer, too.

Tonteau on Jun 03 '08 at 6:32am

When I 'massive', I mean bigger than your usual chicken yolk.

eskimokiss on Jun 03 '08 at 6:33am

I fry eggs in a rather unorthodox way.

1st break a couple of eggs into a bowl.

then add salt, and stir them up with a butter knife.

put some oil into a frypan, heat it up.

pour eggs into pan.

it should look like an omelette

eskimokiss on Jun 03 '08 at 6:34am

also, when cooking with my method...

do what aled said in comments above..

I like my eggs well cooked and not runny

Tonteau on Jun 03 '08 at 6:34am

Is that not just scrambled eggs, pascal?

fatheed on Jun 03 '08 at 6:34am

That is and omlette!

fatheed on Jun 03 '08 at 6:34am

an!

fatheed on Jun 03 '08 at 6:35am

Cook your own eggs, Jake!

eskimokiss on Jun 03 '08 at 6:37am

yeah aled is right, it's more an omellete tont, although there are no other ingredients other than egg and salt.

eskimokiss on Jun 03 '08 at 6:41am

Another simple egg dish i like to cook now and eggain (oh god) involves dicing up some potatoes into small cubes, browning them in the pan, then when nice and brown adding the eggs in and scrambling them all together.. more like what you europeans would call a spanish omellete

stubby43 on Jun 03 '08 at 6:44am

I just went for the simple brake the egg and put a lid on.

One broke perfectly the other not so perfectly but still edible.

cassiepaige on Jun 03 '08 at 6:44am

I call what you want dippy eggs and an never make them.

Scrambled eggs are pretty good, but you have to add milk or they smell gross. I haven't ate eggs in quite a while.

elleevee on Jun 03 '08 at 6:45am

i made scrambled eggs using butter instead of milk this morning, it's like crack on toast

stubby43 on Jun 03 '08 at 6:47am

Well I've baked with my mum, but its a good ten years ago now atleast.

I've managed to avoid cooking for myself for the majority of university, in total I'll of done one semester cooking the rest I'll of been on a meal plan.

eskimokiss on Jun 03 '08 at 6:51am

fer shaw!

bafocomics on Jun 03 '08 at 6:55am

I was shocked when i learned that in the usa they uses milk in the omelet recipe.

cassiepaige on Jun 03 '08 at 6:57am

It's a must!

bafocomics on Jun 03 '08 at 7:04am

yep, it�s way better with milk.

It was my "secret" ingredient when i want to impress my friends with some omelet

jimiyo on Jun 03 '08 at 7:10am

watched the video....

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-a-fried-egg-sandwich

What is Brownsauce?

noodlezoop on Jun 03 '08 at 7:11am

didn't watch the video...but anything that is called "brownsauce" sounds like a dark roux to me

fatheed on Jun 03 '08 at 7:11am

Houses Of Parliament Sauce.

By Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen.

Tonteau on Jun 03 '08 at 7:12am

Brown sauce is like ketchup but full of other fruits and vegetables and with way more vinegar.

Tonteau on Jun 03 '08 at 7:13am

...and less sugar.

fatheed on Jun 03 '08 at 7:13am

noodlezoop on Jun 03 '08 at 7:15am

also, yes, pat of butter in the bottom of the pan for an over-easy or sunny-side-up egg. if your fried meat is greasy enough, just use the leftover fat from that, no butter necessary.

also, for scrambled eggs/omelettes/"spanish omelettes" aka "egg mess" I used to be a "1 Tbsp water : 1 egg" girl but now I am a total milk convert.

squatterjohn on Jun 03 '08 at 7:15am

You should buy a pan with the little rings already in it. I don't think I've ever fired an egg. If I want eggs that way, I poach them in the microwave.

stubby43 on Jun 03 '08 at 7:22am

If theres a meal you can have brown sauce with I'll have it, its the one reason why couldnt with living in america, no brown sauce, thankfully they have it in canada.

I've never noticed before but it has a royal seal on it.

noodlezoop on Jun 03 '08 at 7:23am

oh, I see, steak sauce. huh. that sounds neat, maybe I'll try that this weekend on my eggy-in-a-basket (best way!)

fatheed on Jun 03 '08 at 7:24am

fatheed on Jun 03 '08 at 7:11am

Houses Of Parliament Sauce.

By Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen.

stubby43 on Jun 03 '08 at 7:25am

Well I always just assumed it was called hp sauce.

noodlezoop on Jun 03 '08 at 7:36am

hm? was that at me? I was just trying to indicate that I thought I understood what you were talking about and that supplying my regional analogue. 'scuse.

stubby43 on Jun 03 '08 at 7:40am

Nope, it was aimed at me noodlezoop.

P.S I had too look up what eggy in a basket was.

deboraborialis on Jun 03 '08 at 7:52am

I have issue with fried egg (I have issues with just about everything). You need to use enough oil, and not have the pan too hot. Otherwise it will stick and break, and then cannot be consumed my humans. That is just the way it is. Runny, perfect yoke, or in the bin it goes.

noodlezoop on Jun 03 '08 at 7:54am

oh, oks, stubby.

P.S I have also heard it as "toad in a hole". I recommend a wide spatula if you want to try it. butter the top side of the bread, remove the egg spot with a cookie cutter (or water glass, or knife), put a pat of butter in the pan and melt it, put the bread in (butter-side UP), wait a bit for it to sizzle, crack the egg in, wait some more, flip the whole business and wait a teensy bit longer, serve. The trick is to toast the bread without overcooking the egg. And the trick to not overcooking eggs is to take them out just before they look done.