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Jan 9 2007 - 4:47pm
When my mom rented the movie V for Vendetta, she was pleasantly surprised by a scene that brought her back to her childhood. She paused the television and turned to me excitedly and said, "My mom used to make me those everyday for breakfast when I was a little girl!"
If you've seen the movie you know what I'm talking about.
Julia Cocco'
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DAY Birger et Mikkelsen
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It is a neater version of over-easy egg sandwich which are my favorite breakfasts!
1I'm goning to make this next Saturday.
2I can't wait.
i'm from PA & we call this dish a bullseye
3I didn't grow up eating eggs in a basket, but recently learned about them and now I can't stop making them for myself. So easy and delicious (sometimes with a little grated cheese on top, too).
4my mil makes this but with gravy (tom sauce) but they call it eggs in pergatory
5Add your favorite cheese on top of it. I like a good Manchego.
6Im still growing up, and my mum still makes me eggs in a basket. Yummy Scrumbos!
7Sounds like a delicious meal, and the movie was fantastic too.
8wow, i used to do this, but haven't for a while. tastes best when the yolk's all runny!
9can't wait to try this!
10My boyfriend has been making this for a while... and recently started making them for me. Ohhh goodness, they're delicious!!
When he saw that in one of his favorite movies, he was very excited
11that's so funny some of you guys have yet to try this... when i was a kid my mom used to make it for me but we called it a barney google. i have no idea why but i always thought that's what everyone else did.
12These are really good and easy to make, plus it helps with flipping the egg since the bread is harder. I'm always breaking the yolk on eggs when I'm frying them and try to flip them!
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Yeah!!!
OMG! My mom used to make these for me all the time when i was little (oh memories) but she always called them an "Egg in the Barn." You can bet me and my boyfriend will be having these for breakfast Sunday Morning!
14I am from MD and my Mom use to make these eggs for my sister and I all the time. We call them "cowboy eggs" though. You have to toast a piece of bread and butter it on each side. Then you cut a hole in the middle and put it on a hot frying pan and crack an egg in the middle so the yoke is in the hole. I like it the way my Mom always did... the unhealthy but yummy way with REAL butter and white bread! Anytime I have one, I think of Saturday mornings watching Pee Wee Herman with my sister! Hehe!
15it is also sometimes called a toad in the hole
16My mom made these every Saturday morning (and yes, she did call it Toad in the Hole!) We just got V for Vendetta in the mail from Netflix. Can't wait to watch!
17In the UK they're called Toad in a Hole.
18I've had or seen this until I saw the movie. One of my first comments was "...so do you think they cut a hole in the bread?"
Now I know! and this is sooo getting made this weekend.
19I used to eat this when I was a kid, but I forgot about it. I made it for my kids this morning, and they loved it! The best part is dipping the little toast circle into the yolk. Yummy!
20Its funny to see how many different names this classic breakfast goes by, when my mom made it we called it 'eggs in a boat' and now im craving some myself!
21I make those all the time.
22I have such good memories of egg in a basket. When I was younger, every Saturday, my sister and I would go to the mall with my grandparents, and then to their house for lunch, and my grandmother would always make this for me using challah (egg bread). It was always soooo delicious!
I made it this morning, but instead of whole wheat, I used rye bread, and it was equally as delish. Mmmmmmmmmm...but it will never be as good as when my bubby made it.
23I do the lazy version and just put a fried egg on top of a slice of plain toast.
24I used to do this when I was around 10 years old with my sister's Barbie cookbook! Firstly we'd cut the edges off a piece of 1-inch think bread so it becomes a circle - then we cookie-cut a circle out from the middle. Then we would soft-boil an egg and cooked one side of the bread on a hot frying pan coated with butter. Flip the bread over and break the egg into the centre and the egg would stay there even when we took it out of the pan. Then we cut bread into strips - breadsticks! And we cooked the breadfingers in butter and arranged everything into a sun on the plate!
FUN.
25ashleyk4214 - Some tips on how to not break your eggs when frying them.
Use a good non-stick skillet that hasn't rubbed off of coating.
Try reducing the heat. They take longer to cook, but a lot of times just doing that helps. Lower heat is mandatory if you are using an iron skillet or one that the non-stick coating has rubbed off.
Use a good spatula - one that is kinda "slick". Sometimes the problem is just that the underside of the egg sticks to the spatula. When it's time to flip, slide the spatula under the egg in one quick motion. And don't use too large of a spatula so it's not workable with your pan size. I don't know how to tell you what kind either - I swear by my small, metal spatula when frying eggs, but my mom swears by her big, plastic one - go figure!
Other options instead of flipping:
As soon as you break the egg into the skillet, cover the skillet with its lid. The top should cook, but the egg definitely won't be as "fried" as normal.
The following way uses more oil, so I'm sure it's majorly unhealthy, but this is how I had to first learn to fry eggs - Put more oil than usual in the pan. As soon as you crack your egg into the skillet, start flipping the hot oil in the pan onto the top of the egg. BE CAREFUL TO NOT BURN YOURSELF - FLIP AWAY FROM YOU - GREASE BURNS ARE HIDEOUS TO HEAL. That way you are frying both sides at once. Both sides should be done at about the same time.
Hope something helped you. Good luck!
Truly Outrageous,
26Daisy Mae
Funny how everyone has a different name. My mom subscribed to the toad in a hole version.
27I remember egg nests with whipped egg whites on top of a piece of bread lightly toasted, and the yoke gently nested in the foam.. drizzled with cheddar and baked on a pan with a half dozen; yummy.
28My mom called them ~Egg'n'Eyes~
29I think we were the only ones with that name.
Wow, that looks absolutely delicious! Great post, you did such a nice job presenting the pictures too...I am definitely going to have to try that recipe this weekend! Thanks
30yeah, we call these one - eyed sandwiches... I eat them for every meal
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