[Vocabulary] "straight-up egg" V.S "egg wash"

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maiabulela

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A guy asks the chef when the latter said:

"We will dip the chicken in the egg"

The guy says:

"Straight-up egg or is it egg wash"

What is the difference between the two?

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I’m not a teacher.

Hi maiabulela,

straight-up egg = cooked sunny-side up; having to do with eggs cooked with the yolks facing up
an “egg wash” is beaten egg mixed with a small of quantity liquid

Egg Wash


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A guy asks the chef when the latter said:

"We will dip the chicken in the egg"

The guy says:

"Straight-up egg or is it egg wash"

What is the difference between the two?

Thanks.
By straight-up egg I would assume he means a beaten raw egg with no liquid added, not a cooked egg. In another example, if you order a drink "straight-up," you want it without anything else added to it.

An egg wash is a beaten egg but often has a little water, milk or cream mixed in with it.
 

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Thanks a lot. Excellent answer :up: I got it now.
 

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This, as is the case with many things, depends on where you are. On the west coast, at least, of the U.S., a straight-up egg is an egg that is fried and not turned over. It's the same as a sunny-side-up egg.

Given the context of a chef instructing someone to dip the chicken in the egg, it seems likely that it's a raw egg and not a cooked one, even on the West coast ;-)
 
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