Why do they call it "fried egg" , and "scrambled egg". Scrambled eggs are just as fried as fried eggs are. Or do some people actually eat raw scrambled eggs?
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Scrambled eggs are always fried, but fried eggs are not always scrambled.
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scrambled eggs are not fried they are cooked but not fried.
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Scrambled eggs are never fried anywhere I've ever been. You can even do them in the microwave.
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Scrambled eggs are not fried the way I do them, becasue there is no added fat and the cooking temperature is much lower. Because there is only the water-based egg, the temperature can not rise far above boiling point, whereas fried eggs are added to hot fat, which may be well above boiling.
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The end result of what people called fried eggs and scrambled eggs are very different, so if you don't want to call them scrambled eggs, what do you want to call them? Both are made in a different manner, using a different level of heat, in different types of pan (in England, at least) or even in the microwave in the case of scrambled eggs, and they look and taste different at the end - so, they're two distinct but maybe related types of egg, and that's it.
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The difference is only in the procedure of cooking ... a "fried" egg is carefully poured out of the shell onto a hot pan or griddle and allowed to cook as it just sits there, so the yolk and the egg white are not very mixed ... it may be turned over or not ... but scrambled eggs are "stirred" as they cook, so the yolk and the egg white are very well mixed.
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i scramble mine in the microwave,much more healthy
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The action of mixing the yolk with the white is the action of scrambling. A fried egg has distinct Yellow and white parts.
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iv never fried my scrambled eggs, although i tryed to make an omlet that was a disaster, so i guess that was scrambled, mmmmmm it was so good, cheese onion, garlic, bacon, mushrooms and peas... it was for dinner and was fantastic
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Scrambled arent fried at all they are kinda gently heated not usually using oil, in a frying pan... but not fried when made correctly not at all. They are never supposed to get brown color but remain opaque and fluffy.
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Scramble = mush up. Answers.com says: verb, transitive: 1. To mix or throw together haphazardly. 2. To gather together in a hurried or disorderly fashion. 3. To cook (beaten eggs) until firm but with a soft consistency. So it doesn't matter whether you are cooking scrambled eggs the US or UK way, in oil or butter, with milk or without, by whisking before they go in the pan or after, in a saucepan or a frying pan. Fried eggs are always cooked just as they come out of the shell, with the yolk still intact. Oddly enough, as an English woman, I always thought whisking up an egg and frying it in the frying pan made it a plain omelette.....
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Call it a differentiation... Fried eggs are "Sunny Side Up" or "Over Easy". In both cases, the yolk, while cooked, remains liquid, thereby allowing you to dip your toast in it. Of course, if they are a bit overcooked, you have fried eggs for egg sandwiches. Scrambled eggs, while fried, usually much more gently, there normally IS not "runny part"... The yolk and white are mixed (read: scrambled) thoroughly, then placed in the frying pan. They are usually stirred throughout to create "curds" of eggs. If they are done slowly (some consider it "right") they will remain yellow, but be thoroughly cooked into a solid. Others don't mind if a bit turns brown (consider it "well done" LOL) Omelets are really (far as I'm concerned) "scrambled eggs" that haven't been stirred up. They also usually have other food either mixed in, or folded into the egg "pancake".
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