How To Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk

  • July 3, 2008
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It’s hot. You’re hungry. You’ve got nothing better to do. Why not fry an egg on the sidewalk!

You Will Need

  • Eggs
  • Aluminum foil
  • A mirror or magnifying glass
  • A very, very hot sidewalk
  • Butter or oil
  • Salt and pepper
How To Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk: Lay out some tinfoil

Step 1: Lay out some tinfoil

The easiest—and most sanitary—way to fry an egg on the sidewalk is to use a piece of aluminum foil. Take a pan-size piece of foil and bend the edges up, so the raw egg doesn’t slide onto the pavement.

How To Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk: Crack the egg

Step 2: Crack the egg

Crack an egg or two onto the foil. The sun will reflect off the surface and cook your eggs.

If you intend to eat these eggs, you might want to use some butter or oil on the tinfoil so it doesn’t stick—and season your eggs with some salt and pepper.

How To Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk: Be ready to fib

Step 3: Be ready to fib

The temperature of the sidewalk needs to reach at least 158° Fahrenheit to turn a raw egg solid. Sorry, a light colored sidewalk on it’s own won’t do the trick. You’ll need to cheat just a little.

How To Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk: Use a magnifying glass or mirror

Step 4: Use a magnifying glass or mirror

To speed up the process, use a magnifying glass or mirror to focus the suns rays onto the foil. Now you’re cooking!

How To Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk: Brag a little

Step 5: Brag a little

After your egg is cooked, tell everyone that it was so hot outside that you were able to fry an egg on the sidewalk. They’ll either think you are most egg-zelent or just egg-zagerating.

Every Fourth of July, Oatman, Arizona, has a solar egg-frying contest.

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Comments (8)

sarge657

oh snap. HD is in the house.

over 3 years ago by sarge657

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Prashant_Menon

yea

over 2 years ago by Prashant_Menon

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JellyBon

lol u dont need magnifying glass in my country,Africa!

over 3 years ago by JellyBon

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Hugo_Sandell

well we dont just need magnifying glass. we gota use flamethrowers!(Sweden)

about 1 year ago by Hugo_Sandell

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priscibug

cool

about 1 year ago by priscibug

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micheal

its totally a bad idea!

over 3 years ago by micheal

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tartesso

Make sure the sidewalk is clean!

3 months ago by tartesso

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