It can be handy to know the names of common foods and their cooking styles in English. A number of egg styles are given with a short description of how they are prepared.

1. How Do You Like
Your Eggs?

2. How Do You Like Your Eggs?
When learning English it is handy to know
some of the names of common foods and their
cooking styles.
Eggs are a popular any time of the day food.
Here are the names of some styles of serving
eggs that you will find around the world.

3. Sunny Side Up
A fried egg
cooked on one
side. A sunny
side up egg can
be served on
toast or rice or
just about
anything.

4. Over Easy
Fried eggs cooked
fully on the bottom
side then turned
and sealed lightly
on the top side.

5. Eggs in a Basket
Eggs fried
inside a slice of
bread.

6. Scrambled Eggs
The eggs are
mixed in a bowl
and then poured
into a pan to fry.
The eggs are
scrambled as
they fry.

7. Poached Eggs
The eggs are
broken and
cooked whole in
boiling water.
An egg ring or a
poaching cup
might be used.

8. Eggs Benedict
Poached eggs
on top of ham or
bacon and a
half English
muffin, covered
with Hollandaise
sauce.

9. Omelette
The eggs are mixed in a bowl and then poured
into a pan to fry. The eggs are folded over and
a filling can be put inside.

10. Soft Boiled Eggs
The eggs are
boiled for a
limited time (1 ½
- 2 ½ minutes)
to leave the yolk
runny.

11. Hard Boiled Eggs
The eggs are
boiled for about
10 minutes to
leave the yolk
firm.

12. Deviled Eggs
Hard boiled
eggs with
mayonnaise and
spices on top.

13. Shirred Eggs
Shirred eggs,
also known as
baked eggs, are
eggs that have
been baked in a
flat-bottomed
dish.

14. Chinese Steamed Eggs
Chinese
steamed eggs,
or water egg,
are beaten
similar to an
omelette then
steamed.

15. French Toast
French toast is
a dish of bread
soaked in
beaten eggs
and then fried. It
can be covered
in sugar or
anything sweet.

16. Quiche
Quiche is a
savoury, open-
faced pastry crust
with a filling of
savoury custard
with cheese, meat,
seafood, and/or
vegetables.

17. Frittata
Frittata is an
egg-based
Italian dish
similar to an
omelette or
crustless
quiche.

18. Huevos Rancheros
Fried eggs
served upon
lightly fried corn
tortillas topped
with a tomato-
chili sauce.

19. Scotch Egg
A Scotch egg
consists of a hard-
boiled egg
wrapped in
sausage meat,
coated in bread
crumbs and baked
or deep-fried.

20. Egg Tart
Egg tarts are a
kind of custard
tart pastry which
consists of an
outer pastry crust
that is filled with
egg custard and
baked.

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22. Photo Attributions
"6-Pack-Chicken-Eggs" by Evan-Amos - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons -
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:6-Pack-Chicken-Eggs.jpg#mediaviewer/File:6-Pack-Chicken-Eggs.jpg
"Fried egg, sunny side up" by David Benbennick - The egg is a Lucerne brand large grade AA, American. It is shown being cooked on a non-
stick (probably Teflon) pan.. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons -
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fried_egg,_sunny_side_up.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Fried_egg,_sunny_side_up.jpg
“Over Easy Egg” http://yesiwantcake.com/2012/07/18/how-to-make-perfect-over-easy-eggs/
"Making eggs in basket". Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons -
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Making_eggs_in_basket.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Making_eggs_in_basket.jpg
"Scrambed eggs" by Takeaway - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons -
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scrambed_eggs.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Scrambed_eggs.jpg
“Poached Egg” http://whatscookingamerica.net/Eggs/PoachEgg.htm
“Eggs Benedict” http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2_Eggs_Benedict.jpg
“Omelette” http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Salmon-Omelette
“Soft Boiled Eggs” & “Hard Boiled Eggs” http://iloveeclair.blogspot.hk/2009_06_01_archive.html
“Deviled Eggs” http://www.newenglandfineliving.com/Deviledeggs_Classicstyle_NewEnglandFineLiving.html
"Oeufs cocotte provencale" by Charlie1 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons -
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oeufs_cocotte_provencale.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Oeufs_cocotte_provencale.jpg

23. Photo Attributions
"Chinese steamed eggs (cropped)" by Tam3415 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChineseSteamedEgg.jpg. Licensed under CC BY 2.0
via Wikimedia Commons -
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_steamed_eggs_(cropped).jpg#mediaviewer/File:Chinese_steamed_eggs_(cropped).jpg
"FrenchToast" by Jonathunder - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons -
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FrenchToast.JPG#mediaviewer/File:FrenchToast.JPG
"Quiche" by Ghouston - Own work. Licensed under CC0 via Wikimedia Commons -
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quiche.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Quiche.jpg
“Fritta” http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2013/12/sunday-frittata/
“Huevos Rancheros” http://nutritiouslife.com/recipes/huevos-rancheros/
“Scotch Eggs” https://onliving.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/scotch-eggs/
"Egg custard tarts". Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons -
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egg_custard_tarts.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Egg_custard_tarts.jpg