If you love eggs, this is your bag right here. If you’re looking for a writing gem of useless information, that’ll be back in due time.
Due time.
I know what you’re asking, “But Chris, what fresh hell is this?”
It’s about eggs, so the freshest.
You say, “I eat oatmeal for breakfast.”
You will eat what you are given to eat. Here it’s eggs.
Grab fork. Feed facehole.
Those two are the last steps really, but…
I decided to write this because I have a friend – okay, I’d call him an acquaintance. Fine, I figured he’d be dead by now. Anyway, he mentioned that he didn’t know how to make a fried egg. This is for him.
A stopwatch was used during this process so, scientific.
If you’re a chef de cuisine and are thinking, “This—this is all wrong.”
I instruct you to leave. Now.
Pfft. Chef de whatever…
I have taken my limited culinary skills and condensed the steps for those new to art of edible delights on the top of a hot stovecave. Also, those who have difficulties working with live flames.
1. Get It Hot
An eight-inched pan with non-stick works wonders. Medium heat works best but it’ll depend on your advanced cookery device. The pan should have a short lip or for those with limited cookery vocab, that’s a side. Also, good soft angles are a plus; pan with curves (see second photo).
2. Slather It All Over
Cooking oil you sick bastard.
In the goddamn pan. Again, sick bastard.
Spray is the best solution here, but olive oil works too.
Or…
olive oil spray.
Allow the metal to heat for a few minutes. For you, we’ll say two.
3. Be Delicate In Your Maneuver
I just realized that the first three steps are, well, sexual.
You’re opening two former chicken embryos, and unless your either Fred and Barney or Wilma and Betty…not a pterodactyl egg. We don’t want any shell fragments in our delicious goodness.
Crack aforementioned eggs in the frying pan.
4. Drop Some Stuff While It’s Wet
For the love of food, this is way too sexual.
This is where you sprinkle with your favorites of salt, pepper, marijuana, whatever makes you happy. I prefer pepper, but sometimes red pepper flakes add zip.
So, it’s season to taste: salt, pepper, various other spices, scotch…
No. Not scotch.
*shakes head at you because, scotch in eggs*
I was just seeing if you were paying attention. If scotch made it into your eggs, then, well, you’re not. Or, alcoholic. Maybe both.
Probably both.
I don’t judge, man. I don’t judge.
Besides, everyone knows that scotch goes in the coffee, DUH.
5. Oh Yeah, Give Me More
You could add a little shredded cheese for the Midwesterner in all of us.
6. The Sounds Of…
There’ll be some cracklin’ goin on.
Don’t fret my inexperienced cooker of the oblong. It’s a normal thing. Normal’ish we’ll say.
Bubble, bubble toil and trouble are your key. Let those suckers bubble just a little on the pan skillet side. The yolks should jiggle a bit.
7. Get Aerial
Even I admit that was weak.
This is where you flip.
The eggs
Again, pay attention.
If you’re good, use the pan and a quick wrist.
I’ll assume you’re not though and you’ll need a spatula.
FOR THE LOVE OF EGGS, BE CAREFUL.
Slide your spatula underneath the eggs and flip them over. Again, CAREFUL.
8. Yolk Down, White Up That’s The Way We Like To…Have Our Fried Eggs
Now that you’ve successfully achieved ROCK STAR status and have those little suckers where you want them, be patient, but not too patient.
Patience is for losers.
You can’t handle the patience…
Oh. Sorry.
Back to the eggs.
Wait for about two’ish minutes. Then flip the eggs back to yolk-side up.
9. When In Doubt, Slide It Out
Be gentle in your release…
OF THE EGGS.
Slide the eggs on a plate or on top of your desired toast of choice. Or an English muffin. Or a bagel. Or hash browns.
Or…
well, you get the point.
10. Lick It When You’re Done
THE PLATE.
side note: apparently cooking is an erotic thing. who knew.
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