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But, with regard to 'made' in connection with food, one does not 'make eggs' for breakfast. The hen/chicken has made the eggs, what one is doing is cooking them, in various ways. And often referred to as 'done'. So one might say "I've done boiled [fried/poached/scrambled] eggs for breakfast" or "How would you like your eggs, scrambled or fried?" - with no 'done'/'cooked'/'made'. It always makes me wince and realise that the author is probably US/American when I read (e.g.) a Harry Potter story where Harry comes downstairs and Snape/Hermione/Charlie/whoever says "I've made eggs for breakfast!" - and for some reason that always seems to be scrambled. And when cooked, eggs are singular, so one lifts a forkful of egg to one's mouth, rather than a forkful of eggs, which always sounds as though they're still in their shells; a rather comical image!