Shortly after we moved here, the cleaning lady walked by as I was having a couple of fried eggs or breakfast. “Oh, you Americans and your eggs!” she commented.
Which is kind of strange if you’ve spent any time in Uruguay. Here’s the famous chivito:
And here’s an Uruguayan hamburger (the white stuff isn’t mayonnaise):
So it’s fair to say Uruguayans don’t have a problem with fried eggs.
But an obsession?
Potato chips with fried egg flavor?
I think I’ll pass.
Picture credits: fried eggs, chivito, hamburger
Oh you Uruwajos and your eggs, let me count the additional weird additions of eggs to dishes:
hard boiled egg on pizza, anyone?
hard boiled eggs in Olympico sandwiches?
Pasqualina?