Fried eggs

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.

fried eggs and toast

Which is kind of strange if you’ve spent any time in Uruguay. Here’s the famous chivito:

Uruguayan chivito

And here’s an Uruguayan hamburger (the white stuff isn’t mayonnaise):

Uruguayan hamburger with egg

So it’s fair to say Uruguayans don’t have a problem with fried eggs.

But an obsession?

potato chips, fried egg flavor

Potato chips with fried egg flavor?

I think I’ll pass.


Picture credits: fried eggschivito, hamburger

One thought on “Fried eggs

  1. 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?

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