What is the difference between fried and sunny side up?

[shortylickens]

I honestly cant tell!

 

[Sluggo]

I always thought fried was cooked two sides, sunny side up cooked one side.

 

[Veliko]

Sunny side up means an unbroken yoke. Fried means the egg will be flipped over to make sure the yolk is cooked properly.

 

[shortylickens]

I always thought fried was cooked two sides, sunny side up cooked one side.

Thats over easy, over medium, or over hard, depending on how long they're cooked.
I like over medium most days.

 

[Nebbers]

"Fried" is not a specific type... it means it was fried in a pan or on a griddle. Sunny side up eggs are fried too.

 

[Nebbers]

... just because:

Over easy/medium/well/hard are flipped and cooked equally on both sides. Easy means the whites are barely done, yolk is runny but intact. Medium means whites are done and yolk is sorta-done and intact. Well means the whole thing is cooked completely through and still intact. Hard means the yolk is broken and cooked similarly to well. Sunny side up is about the same as easy, but not flipped over.

Scrambled... well, yeah. Pretty sure everyone who's ever eaten breakfast knows what this means.

All of the above are fried.

Basted aren't flipped and are steamed on the top, but technically still fall within the fried category.

Poached/Boiled are the only methods that aren't within the fried category. Think that pretty much covers it.

 

[Perknose]

For most women over 45, their eggs are pretty much fried. With many, though, you can get 'em over easy. Even better if you've got a nice warm sausage.

 

[Baked]

I just get it scrambled 'cause there's no confusion w/ that.

 

[FoBoT]

For most women over 45, their eggs are pretty much fried. With many, though, you can get 'em over easy. Even better if you've got a nice warm sausage.

please, try the veal, he'll be here all week folks

 

[lxskllr]

I've only recently become aware that people use "fried egg" to describe a specific style. The feeling I get, is they mean over hard. I always specify exactly, and fried to me means anything fried; from sunny side up, to scrambled.

 

[waggy]

i like my eggs same as i like my women. over easy and cheap.

 

[Engineer]

For most women over 45, their eggs are pretty much fried. With many, though, you can get 'em over easy. Even better if you've got a nice warm sausage.

:hmm:

 

[silverpig]

... just because:

Over easy/medium/well/hard are flipped and cooked equally on both sides. Easy means the whites are barely done, yolk is runny but intact. Medium means whites are done and yolk is sorta-done and intact. Well means the whole thing is cooked completely through and still intact. Hard means the yolk is broken and cooked similarly to well. Sunny side up is about the same as easy, but not flipped over.

Scrambled... well, yeah. Pretty sure everyone who's ever eaten breakfast knows what this means.

All of the above are fried.

Basted aren't flipped and are steamed on the top, but technically still fall within the fried category.

Poached/Boiled are the only methods that aren't within the fried category. Think that pretty much covers it.

I roast eggs from time to time...

 

[CrazyAznDriver]

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Perknose
Forum Director

I got a little sausage for them

 

[coldmeat]

I always order over easy when I'm eating out. The best way for me to get my eggs like that when I'm at home is by covering the pan. It cooks it just perfect on top and bottom but leaves the yolk runny. I'm not sure what that's called though.

 

[herm0016]

i cover the pan at home too. sunny side up and cooked just till the whites are done. yum.

at a restaurant i usually go with over med.

 

[PottedMeat]

for me -
sunny side up = splashing hot oil on the yolk until however i like it
'fried = flipped over

 

[Zeze]

My parents owned a breakfast diner. I managed and served in the damn place.

Fried = not an identifier. It just means cooked on the grill, not boiled or poached.

5 years of working there in college, no one said "I want my eggs fried" only. It is naturally followed by the actual style (sunny, over ez/med/hard, broken, scrambled, etc).

"I want my eggs friend, over medium."

 

[Engineer]

Thanks to this thread, I just fried two eggs over easy. Then fried 4 pieces of bologna and made two pieces of toast. Ah, it was good! :yummy:

 

[Nebbers]

My parents owned a breakfast diner. I managed and served in the damn place.

Fried = not an identifier. It just means cooked on the grill, not boiled or poached.

5 years of working there in college, no one said "I want my eggs fried" only. It is naturally followed by the actual style (sunny, over ez/med/hard, broken, scrambled, etc).

"I want my eggs friend, over medium."

But what if the cook is not your friend?

 

[Zeze]

But what if the cook is not your friend?

 

[zokudu]

i cover the pan at home too. sunny side up and cooked just till the whites are done. yum.

at a restaurant i usually go with over med.

'Sunny side up' — cooked only on one side; yolk is liquid; the egg white is often still a bit runny as well. This is often known simply as 'eggs up'. Gently splashing the hot cooking oil or fat on the sunny side uncooked white, i.e., basting, may be done to thoroughly cook the white. Covering the frying pan with a lid during cooking (optionally adding a cover and half-teaspoon of water just before finishing) allows for a less "runny" egg, and is an alternate method to flipping for cooking an egg over easy (this is occasionally called 'sunny side down').

Wiki says thats referred to as Sunny Side down.

 

[micaturbo]

"I want my eggs friend, over medium."

^^

 

[eits]

For most women over 45, their eggs are pretty much fried. With many, though, you can get 'em over easy. Even better if you've got a nice warm sausage.

i see what you did there. i approve

 

[Iron Woode]

instant rimshot

please, try the veal, he'll be here all week folks

FTFY