Eggs. Either you love them or hate them, and it’s all because of the way they’re cooked. I personally like my eggs over-easy and only over-easy while I despise scrambled. Whether it’s the texture or a slight change in taste, there’s usually something to dislike about every way to cook an egg. We sent out a school wide survey as to how people like their eggs and got 42 responses, so let’s see what these people had to say. For the best way to cook an egg, people voted for scrambled in first, Poached and sunny-side up in second, and over easy in third. Scrambled eggs are soft and you don’t need to chew, so it makes sense that they’re in first. Both poached and sunny-side up have firm whites with decently runny yolks which can be very enjoyable. Last but not least, over-easy gets nice and crispy on both sides and still has a runny yolk, making it my personal favorite. Remember how I said scrambled got the most votes for best? It actually got more votes for worst; I agree. It got 12 votes for best and 17 for worst, so it’s a controversial topic. I hate scrambled eggs because they feel slimy, but I bet other people have different reasons. Plenty of people hate sunny-side up, I imagine they dislike the yolk, and there’s also a lot of hate for boiled. To be fair, they are pretty bland.
There was one more question though: What’s the best thing to go on eggs? The garnish is just as if not more important as the egg itself. Most people said salt and pepper, which isn’t too bad, but I really like hot sauce like 9 other people who answered do. 5 of the people like ketchup but everyone else put something different. Some of them make sense like cheese, but one has me at a loss for words. No judgement to this person, but “A1 Steak Sauce (sounds crazy, just try it)” was a little out of left field. I am curious to try it, but I want to know how you tried this in the first place. There were a couple other weird answers for other questions too, like “lemon egg” for best and “Funfeggi (funfetti egg)” for worst. I want to know why I’ve never heard of this before because apparently it’s a thing. There also appear to be a few egg haters at our school– that’s okay, but I did find it odd that 3 people all had the presence of mind to put “I hate eggs” down from the same question. Eggs are hard to get right, so maybe it’s just better to make your own.