Love them or hate them, there is diversity in how to prepare an egg. For those that eat an egg one way, it seems from personal experience they would not think about trying them a different way.
Here is a very brief guide to egg cooking.
A soft boiled egg is cooked by placing the egg, still in its shell, in a pot of boiling water doe 3 to 5 minutes. After that time, it is removed and peeled and served warm.
Hard boiled eggs are cooked all the way through. Just like soft boiled eggs, they are cooked in a pot of boiling water, but for about seven to nine minutes so that the yolk solidifies completely.
scrambled eggs, the eggs are usually cracked into a bowl and whisked to blend the whites and the yolk. Sometimes water or milk is added to the mixture, which is then poured onto a heated pan and stirred until full curds form and all of the liquid solidifies.
Sunny side up eggs egg is cracked onto a heated pan and kept in tact: The yolk and the whites are not meant to meddle. The egg is fried on one side until the whites form a solid (signaling that they're fully cooked) and the edges of the whites begin to crisp. The egg is then removed from the pan and served
poached eggs, eggs are cracked into a bowl and then carefully poured into a just starting to simmer pot of water. The water is gently swirled so that, as they cook, the whites of the egg encase the yolk. The eggs are removed after two to four minutes, depending on the desired firmness of the yolk.
"over easy," fry the egg on both sides so that the egg whites are firm while the yolk remains runny (like the yolk of a poached or soft boiled egg). It is prepared the same way as a sunny side up egg, but turned over with a spatula.
"over medium," the egg is fried on both sides long enough so that the yolk is semi-solid.
"over hard," the egg is fried on both sides long enough so that the yolk is fully solid, like that of a hard boiled egg.
Baked eggs are cooked in the oven -- often with additional ingredients
I am an over-medium guy myself, how about you?
