Almost every time I eat breakfast at my folk's house my mother makes me a "donut egg" which is a piece of bread with a hole in it, a fried egg, cracked into the hole.
I think everyone has had this breakfast. I was in line for an omelette this morning and heard two people talking about V for Vendetta and how they used to have "Eggy in the basket" (as it was called in the flick) all the time. The response was, "Yeah, me too. We called it ____." I forgot what she called it but it was something I'd never heard before.
Here are some alternate names...
Egg in a basket, spit in the eye, egg in a hole, bullseye egg, toad in the hole (note, in the UK this is a sausage pudding concoction), eggy in the basket, doughnut egg, birds nest, bird drop, rocky mountain toast, egg with a hole in the middle. It's also sometimes called a Moonstruck egg (with peppers and Italian bread, but I think that may be pushing it since the ingredients can include veggies, and seasoning.
What do you guys call it?
Eggs in Purgatory. You do it w/Italian bread, then cover it with tomato gravy & sprinkle w/Parm or Romano. The gravy should be spicy (hence "purgatory"), but it's good even with mild.
Posted by: Paisanaa | June 09, 2006 at 12:08 PM
In my family we call this Pop-eye eggs.
Posted by: kalyn | June 09, 2006 at 01:24 PM
I have never had this...wonder if it's a midwest thing? We did used to have soft-boiled eggs in a cup and then a piece of toast cut up into strips to dip in.
Posted by: Laura | June 09, 2006 at 07:24 PM
You midwesterners are so funny. Always combining your food... And putting ketchup on everything! Don't even get me started on Corned Beef! What's wrong with Eggs and Toast? Seriously...
As for other names: J, ain't choo got da internets?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_in_the_basket
Posted by: JT | June 13, 2006 at 02:33 PM
Eggs in a frame I know that dish as.. 25 years ago I heard this term and ate eggs in a frame when a friends mom made it one day I still make it myself.. the bread gets all crispy differnt then when it is toasted and served on a plate on the side.. anything cooked in butter gets better :) .. its a fun kids dish
Posted by: Jay | July 05, 2006 at 01:01 PM
my kids called this "eggs and a cookie" the "cookie" being the cutout circle which was fried along with the egg and bread
Posted by: kris | August 06, 2006 at 11:21 PM
My grandma used to make these for me all the time!!! But she called them "egg in a well"
Posted by: Josh | August 20, 2006 at 03:12 PM
My mom is from the midwest, but I ate this growing up on the east coast. And it's an Egg-in-the-Hole... c'mon, that is by far the best name.
Posted by: Alex | November 08, 2007 at 11:19 AM
We called it "swede toast"
i have no idea why.
Posted by: Liz | November 10, 2007 at 08:37 PM
We always called it "egg with the hole in the middle," even though the name really doesn't make much sense.
For the extra-hungry, try the ultimate "egg with the hole in the middle, AND hole with the egg in the middle": cook up a regular egg-with-the-hole, and then fry an extra egg. Serve both together, with the "hole" from the bread placed over the fried egg. What a perfectly delicious, perfectly symmetrical breakfast!
Posted by: Greg Jordan | January 01, 2008 at 02:45 PM
We call them "boy scout sandwich".
Posted by: Fred | November 01, 2008 at 11:48 PM
we called it egg with the hole in the middle. My grandmother has been making it for 50+ years.
Posted by: Maddy | February 05, 2011 at 09:05 AM