Do you know your fried eggs?
Learn all about the different (and delicious) ways to fry an egg here:
Sunny Side Up
In a sunny side up egg, the white of the egg is fully cooked, but not browned, and the yolk is warm and has begun to cook, but is still nice, runny, and smooth. It is difficult to get a sunny side up egg absolutely perfect, but in a perfect one there would be no runny white and no solidified yolk.
Over Easy
In over easy eggs, which are sometimes called over lightly (or over light) the white is allowed to set on one side and just barely set on the other.
Over Medium
Over medium eggs are cooked on one side until the white sets then turned over and allowed to cook longer than an over easy egg, until the yolk begins to solidify a little bit. This means it should still have some runny yolk, and most folks prefer a lot of it, but its okay for part of the yolk to have gone a little solid.
Over Hard
Over hard, which is sometime called over well, is a fried egg turned over and cooked until the yolk is solid. It is likely that the whites will have taken on some brown crispiness, especially along the edges. Since you can cook an over hard egg on higher heat than a sunny side up egg, it is possible to achieve this white browning effect without the white being too rubbery.
How do you like your eggs?