Gen Z shun fried and boiled eggs as younger people opt for fancier options - but HOW do you like them cooked? By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 02:00, 10 October 2024 | Updated: 02:36, 10 October 2024 e-mail View comments Fried and boiled eggs are in danger of being consigned to breakfast history with younger generations opting for poaching as well as more exotic recipes to start the day, according to a new survey. Other trendy ways Gen Z are cooking their eggs include adding them to smashed avocados (20 percent) and cooking up breakfast burritos (20 percent), or egg white frittatas with spinach (18 percent). While 20 per cent now prefer to gently fold their eggs rather than scramble them, the method is said to create a more Instagram friendly aesthetic, according to the poll.
Turkish style 'shakshuka' (13 percent), cloud eggs (8 percent), and keto breakfast muffins (seven percent) are other ways youngsters are creating new egg-based breakfast dishes. But classic breakfast favourites, such as fried egg sandwiches (32 percent), scrambled eggs (19 percent), dippy eggs with soldiers (35 percent) and even the classic ham and cheese omelette (19 percent) are considered outdated by younger Brits. Fried and boiled eggs are in danger of being consigned to breakfast history with younger generations opting for poaching as well as more exotic recipes to start the day, according to a new survey (stock) Regardless of how you cook them, the average Brit eats five eggs a week - with Gen Z c.
