![]() ![]() Is "egg in a basket" a mainly US dish? I remember something about this being said when Alan Moore was interviewed about this. When I have kids, I'll call it "peekaboo toast". Heh, "egg with a hole in the middle."- Foot Dragoon 17:19, 17 September 2006 (UTC) Toad in the hole is breakfast sausage cooked in Yorkshire Pudding dough. :) like there is with Soda pop, pop, Soda, and soft drink.- P-Chan 22:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC) It's wholly appropriate to leave this article here - there is more than a simple recipe. Maybe there is some regional trend for all these names. Personally, I've always known this as toad in-the-hole. I have no experience outside of Wikipedia, so I'd like to see someone who knows how to format it put it over there, so it doesn't get lost.ĪmishCellPhone 16:21, 6 April 2006 (UTC) Yeah you're right it is cool to see all the different names for this one dish. I think the V for Vendetta reference is rather trivial, considering food has been featured in a lot of films. ![]() It was rather fun to see them all pop up from other users. The alternate names bit is a bit interesting, as when I first expanded this article, I had very few names. Go the Extra Mile: Pour bacon fat through a mesh strainer and save in refrigerator for later use.I suppose it can be moved to wikibooks-it's more of a food dish then an encyclopedia article. If your timing on dishes is off, the bacon may be reheated in the microwave (aka butter warmer), but do so wrapped in paper towels and for no longer than a minute or two, doing thirty seconds at a time.This negates some of the oven-frying properties, but to each her own. To decrease fat ingested you may want to use a wire rack to lift the bacon out of the fat. Place bacon on a single layer in a jelly roll pan (which you might call a rimmed baking sheet).bacon, thick sliced (I do not use thin because of its papery consistency upon baking).Serve with sliced fruit, juice, bacon, salsa, beans, etc…īecause I am a busy, multitasking woman I have stopped pan frying bacon and now opt to bake it as taught to me by my friend Geoff, unless I just need a couple of quick pieces in a recipe or to provide fat for a dish, though we all know I have a mason jar of bacon fat in my fridge for such need.Turn down heat to low and top with chosen cheese if desired. When egg whites are solid and starting to puff on the bottom, flip each unit.If you intend to eat on-the-go break the yolks and cook to “over hard’ for eating convenience. If making spinach I just wilt it at the end. Rotate first if needed for proper browning. Flip the bread around the veggies and the holes. Melt butter over medium heat in a nonstick pan, if available.If you do not have a biscuit cutter, you can use a glass, a cookie cutter, or even just poke out the hole. For this meal, I gave myself one perfectly contained egg, and Satyr two. When I use store-bought sliced bread (one of the greatest things since Betty White), the egg overflows the hole. With my homemade bread I have the luxury to both slice thicker and use a larger biscuit cutter, thus giving me the aforementioned flexibility in egg volume. Though, on reflection, I guess Stephen Fry’s character could have been implying there was a certain eggy-ness to the bread which he was calling a basket. While both -y and -ie serve as suffixes denoting familiarity or informality, I choose instead eggie, as to me eggy is a real word serving as the adjectival form of the noun egg, and eggie is therefore free to serve as the diminutive. You may know it from the movie “V for Vendetta” as “eggy in the basket”. Mysterious because I have no idea why it is called that or where I first heard it, but whomever taught me to make this dish called it a wagon wheel. It may also be called things like “toad in the hole”, “hole in one”, or the ever mysterious “wagon wheel”. There are many alternatives: egg in a waffle or a bagel, with cheese, with veggies, poached, scrambled, etc… I make mine with garlic, onions, cheese, salsa, spinach, and tomatoes variously. For those who are unfamiliar with these culinary gems, it is a fried egg served in a hole cut in a slice of toast. Homemade bread is perfect for it because you can fit more in the hole and it better withstands movement. Yesterday (Saturday) I asked Papa Satyr if he would like breakfast, which he usually only eats on Sundays, but due to my bread post the other day, he said, “Yes, if your making eggie in a basket’.” As a matter of fact I was, also inspired by my bread post. ![]()
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