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Your Requisite "Frying An Egg On The Sidewalk" Video
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Jen Carlson
Published Jul 22, 2011
Modified Jul 22, 2011
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Jen Carlson
Published Jul 22, 2011
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It's hot, it's summer, it's a Friday... that means you'll likely be seeing plenty of news outlets testing out the "frying an egg on the sidewalk" schtick today, and you might even spot a "sunny side up" pun. We chose to stay indoors because Bill Nye the Science Guy says this process could take about 22 minutes at 130 degrees, but we did venture over to YouTube for some visuals—check it out: an egg frying under the sun, and it only took 120 minutes.
If you try this, leave the bacon inside... it'll only get dried out under the sun.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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