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Well, it happened again yesterday as it always does - I ordered "eggs over medium" at a diner in Eatontown, New Jersey and I got back "eggs over easy." I don't like my yolk too runny therefore when I cook a fried egg I keep it in the pan until I can see the yolk start to gel but still runny in the middle. It's easy to do - simply shake the pan back and forth until the yolk rim stops moving.

I suppose short-order cooks at a restaurant cannot shake a grill back and forth and thus have a difficult time knowing exactly when an "over easy" turns into an "over medium." Or it could be laziness on the part of the waitress who completely ignores what I ask for and simply puts in an order for "eggs over easy."

Sometimes I get the urge to ask the waitress if I can watch the eggs being fried so I can tell the cook, "Wait, wait, wait ... Now! take the eggs off the grill now."

I never tried ordering the eggs over hard in the hope they might come out medium. I fear that I might actually get them back with the yolk hard and I can't stand chalky yolks. I can tolerate "easy" but I prefer "medium."