How do you like your eggs cooked?

[JeffOeuf]

I'm not sure there's a bad way to eat an egg...except, I'm not terribly fond of really runny fried. LIke Anna, I want the yolk to be somewhere between runny and jelly.

Had two fried in bacon grease almost every day of my life from 5 to 18. I'm 54 now, and make them for myself once or twice a week and feel totally decadent when I do.

By the way...real butter works almost as well as bacon grease if you turn the fire up just a wee bit and let the butter get just a tiny bit brown before you put the eggs in. You get that crispy egg white that restaurants apparently can't figure out.

 

[nova022]

I don't like eggs, but I love having chickens anyway!

 

[Anna-MN]

I eat an egg almost every day for breakfast, hopefully my cholesterol isn't too high!

 

[wyoDreamer]

The science is still out on eggs, but it seems every one has an opinion. There is so much nutrition in eggs, that I am not going to give up eating eggs. There is really no clear research that says eggs = high cholestrol levels = heart attack = death.

This is a really good article: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/08/sunny-side-up-in-defense-of-eggs/261600/1/ that talks about the role of eggs in the diet.

"...
It's worth pointing out that many of the nutrients found in eggs are found in the yolk. Among many other nutrients, egg yolk contains lecithin, which helps the body digest fat and metabolize cholesterol; betaine and choline which lower homocysteine levels; glutathione, which helps fight cancer and prevents oxidation of LDL; lutein and zeaxanthin, which have been shown to prevent colon cancer; and biotin, a B vitamin crucial for healthy hair, skin, and nerves."

and then at the end of the article

" ... This may be why a much larger study in The Journal of the American Medical Association found "no overall significant association between egg consumption and heart disease." In fact, the study of 118,000 people found that those who ate five or six eggs per week had significantly lower mean serum cholesterol levels than those who ate one egg per week. Plus, the daily nutrient intake of people who ate eggs was much higher than the non-egg eaters. "