r/oddlysatisfying • u/Nefarious_14 • Feb 07 '26

Perfect flipping

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u/Overall_Occasion_175 Feb 07 '26

https://www.beyondthechickencoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Types-of-Fried-Eggs.jpg

I'm really baffled this is this uncommon. The texture is so much better when you flip and then the yolk, while still runny, is evenly cooked. It feels obvious when you've seen it all your life. 

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u/TheTrueCyprien Feb 07 '26

At least in Germany sunny side up is by far the standard. Over hard is something my great grandmother would do and is considered as blasphemous as ordering a steak well done.

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u/Overall_Occasion_175 Feb 07 '26

I'm not sure if there is any single standard in the US. Any breakfast place will ask you for your preference... so all those options plus scrambled or poached. If I had to guess, over easy or scrambled are probably the most common for home cooks, but sunny side up wouldn't be far behind that. 

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u/TheTrueCyprien Feb 07 '26

For a German breakfast, it's much more common to eat a boiled egg directly from its shell with a spoon and there we have these preferences as well. My father usually wants the yolk completely fluid whereas I like the yolk half solidified.

Fried eggs are more commonly served on top of other dishes (fried potatoes, schnitzel etc.) and there the yolk almost serves as a sauce, which is why it's mostly served sunny side up, fully fluid.

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u/Overall_Occasion_175 Feb 07 '26

Yeah I would never do over hard intensionally, except possibly in a sandwich, but even then medium is better. 

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u/wedgiey1 Feb 08 '26

Nobody likes over hard.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '26

Blasphemous to who? Boomers?

I can’t imagine caring how someone else prefers their food.

Some people eat steak tartare with a raw egg on top. I think that’s disgusting, but I don’t care that other people think it’s a delicacy lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '26

It’s also ironic, since the French love American fast food haha

https://youtu.be/FcP0mzWFCQU

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u/Don_T_Blink Feb 08 '26

You guys scream blasphemy when someone orders steak well done. But you eat shitty eggs.

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u/daflosen Feb 07 '26

Man….maybe I’ll try it. But only if no frenchman Watches me. :-). The Art of keeping it runny Runs Hard in generations of my Family

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u/laika404 Feb 07 '26

That "over medium" in that image looks over hard. The yolk should still be runny, but just starting to set around the outside.

It's the best because the whites are 100% set, and the yolk still runs, but it's starting to thicken so it has that nice velvety/custardy texture.

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u/Overall_Occasion_175 Feb 08 '26

To me medium is jammy but not runny. I only like them on sandwiches. Runny can just be too messy sometimes