Did you know that people who like fried eggs are hot stuff in bed?

I came across a rather interesting article in the Daily Mail this morning. Scientists researched the psychology of consumer choice regarding eggs and how people like them to be cooked. It turns out that your personal preference of how you like eggs to be cooked reveals personality traits and secrets about your social class and your sex drive. So next time you go out on a date go for breakfast and see how your date likes her eggs done. Personally I like my eggs scrambled or in an omelette.

Poached, scrambled, boiled or fried. We all have our preference for how to cook an egg. But the choice reveals more than just our culinary tastes – it also highlights our personalities and reveals secrets about social class and even sex drive.

Scientists quizzed 1,010 adults and found that poached egg eaters are outgoing,boiled egg lovers are disorganised, fried egg fans have a high sex drive, scrambled egg aficionados are guarded and omelette eaters are self-disciplined. Daily Mail readers were shown to prefer scrambled eggs.

The study for the British Egg Industry Council was carried out by Mindlab International, which researches the psychology of consumer choice.

It found that the average poached egg-eater is likely to be happier than most. Boiled egg-eaters run the greatest risk of getting divorced.

Fried egg fans are usually from the skilled working class and scrambled eggs are favoured by those without children.

Andrew Joret, of the British Egg Industry Council, said: ‘It’s amazing to think that just by knowing someone’s favourite way of eating eggs, it’s possible to gauge a large amount about who they are and what they are like. But it doesn’t matter how you eat your eggs – they’re still nutritious, versatile and great value.’