What it is with runny egg yolks?

[Disney_Alli]

Eggs on burgers has been popular up here for well over a decade and eggs benedict has been a VERY popular brunch dish for eons. As I like eggs but don't particularly like my foods mixing and don't want yoke all over my plate I'll ask that they be poached medium to hard and for "over easy" eggs to be made "over medium" instead. Problem solved.

 

[Pygoplites]

Putting eggs on pizza has been popular in France and portions of Italy for a long time.

Better restaurants use pasteurized eggs in raw/undercooked preparations, but the practice should be more prevalent.

Most foodborne illness comes from noroviruses. You stand a MUCH higher chance of getting sick from buffet food than from eating undercooked eggs.

 

[Haygar2]

I love eggs on burgers and pizza! So good. I make a ramen soup that right before I serve it, I put a poached egg in it. The yolk makes it so good.

 

[Jennasis]

It is by no means a new thing.

 

[tinkerhon]

Why do so many menus seem to be inundated with runny yolks? Poached eggs, sunny side up eggs.

Half of the brunch entrees at Homecoming have a runny yolk egg! It's even worse at Raglan for the bruncy mains.

I don't get it. Is this a new trend in food?

Having really noticed it at wdw, but this thread is making me crave ! Runny eggs with fries !

 

[NotUrsula]

Ironically, it follows on the heels of the "bacon on top of everything" trend. As another poster noted, eggs on pizza has been common in Europe for decades, but you're right, that's a trendy thing in US restaurants -- lightly fried eggs on top of savory non-breakfast entrees. I'm allergic to eggs, so I'm sure you can guess how I feel about it.

Soft eggs in breakfast dishes, however, are rather traditional. It's moreso a return to the way Americans commonly ate them before the USDA started the salmonella warning campaign. New hen management and egg-handling practices make salmonella not at all as likely to be transmitted on them as it was back in the early 1970's. Soft eggs at Raglan Road doesn't surprise me at all; I've never seen anything BUT soft egg yolks served in any egg dish in Ireland, except scrambled, which really isn't all that normal there except as babies' food.

 

[kiramay]

Do you mean over-easy? I thought that was common. I live in Chicago for reference..

Mmmmm, a fried egg with white buttered white toast, sopping up all that egg yolk....breakfast for dinner!!!

I’m from the Chicago suburbs. That’s exactly what we eat! Over easy egg on toast! Sometimes I’ll add cheese or avocado. Yummy.

 

[goofyintoronto]

Am a bit surprised so many restaurants now seem to offer undercooked eggs since usually they are very particular about following safe food handling/preparation techniques. It is recommended eggs should be cooked until firm.

https://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/types/eggs/index.html

Ya, cause that would go over very well at Denny's for example.

Me: Can I have my eggs sunnyside up?
Server: Nope. Sorry.
Me: Over easy?
Server: Nope. Scrambled or over-hard only.

Its not unhealthy to eat eggs over easy/with a runny yolk. I've been eating it that way for decades. BTW a runny egg on a burger? DELICIOUS!

 

[MamaBelle4]

You guys. I feel like I need to educate you on the correct terminology.

It isn't "over-easy". They're called "dippy eggs". Because you can dip your toast in them.

You're welcome.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Why do so many menus seem to be inundated with runny yolks? Poached eggs, sunny side up eggs.

Half of the brunch entrees at Homecoming have a runny yolk egg! It's even worse at Raglan for the bruncy mains.

I don't get it. Is this a new trend in food?

Not really but if you don't want your poached eggs runny just ask your server if you can have your egg with the yolk fully cooked but still tender; it's quite doable.

 

[goofyintoronto]

You guys. I feel like I need to educate you on the correct terminology.

It isn't "over-easy". They're called "dippy eggs". Because you can dip your toast in them.

You're welcome.

Wonderful, I had no idea. I've been saying it wrong all this time. Thank you.

 

[UncleMike101]

You guys. I feel like I need to educate you on the correct terminology.

It isn't "over-easy". They're called "dippy eggs". Because you can dip your toast in them.

You're welcome.

Right......
And if you want crispy edges on the whites you ask for "frizzled" eggs.
I've had young waitress's look at me like my forehead had split open when I ask for them that way.

 

[EscalatorKid]

It's definitely a trend, but it isn't a new thing at all. I've been doing eggs over-easy for years now. Eggs on burgers or on top of dishes is a new trend (as is avocado everything.)

My mom hates eggs that aren't scrambled or hard fried, so she orders them as such. If it comes with an undercooked egg, then she'll order it without or on the side, or cooked to her preference. If a restaurant can't accommodate that, you probably don't want to eat there.

 

[rg35]

Maybe the eggs are preparing for marathon weekend.

 

[DLgal]

Eggs on burgers or on top of dishes is a new trend (as is avocado everything.)
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The quick serve location at the Grand Californian has a dish for breakfast that is avocado toast topped with a poached egg. LOL!

 

[Mome Rath]

You guys. I feel like I need to educate you on the correct terminology.

It isn't "over-easy". They're called "dippy eggs". Because you can dip your toast in them.

You're welcome.

We call 'em "Dunkin' Eggs" in our family.

Right......
And if you want crispy edges on the whites you ask for "frizzled" eggs.
I've had young waitress's look at me like my forehead had split open when I ask for them that way.

We call it putting lace on eggs. I adore lacy eggs.

I think a sociologist/psychologist should write a book about how different people like their eggs, and what they call them. It's one of those odd things I think is fascinating. My husband and I eat our eggs completely different, and it was a culture shock back when first got married! lol

 

[kaytieeldr]

Wait what? That wasnt how I took it at all. They were asking why menus everywhere now seem to include over easy as an option is how I took it.

Over easy has always been an option, at least as far back as the very early 60s.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Putting eggs on pizza has been popular in France and portions of Italy for a long time.

Better restaurants use pasteurized eggs in raw/undercooked preparations, but the practice should be more prevalent.

Most foodborne illness comes from noroviruses. You stand a MUCH higher chance of getting sick from buffet food than from eating undercooked eggs.

But, surprise! Menus don't want of the opportunity of norovirus

 

[Lehuaann]

It is not new and not trendy. More like, cultural influences. The Loco Moco is basically a hamburger or spam covered by a fried runny egg over rice, which is why I think nothing about eating the burger at Brown Derby. It is so delicious. I am also happy to see items like Shakshouka (baked eggs dish) on the menu at CG.

 

[wdw&sonny]

Egg yolk is the new condiment. It's better than ketchup or mayo. Egg yolk is already the main ingredient in mayo, aioli, hollandaise and bernaise sauces. Might as well just use it pure.
It's better than the trend of putting ranch dressing on everything.