egg in a hole
See also: egg-in-a-hole
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[edit]egg in a hole (plural eggs in a hole)
- An egg fried in a hole in a slice of bread.
- 1993, Michel Richard, Judy Zeidler, Jan Weimer, Michel Richard’s Home Cooking with a French Accent, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 70:
- One day while I was fooling around, I made a hole in a piece of toast and then cooked an egg in the hole. I thought I had created something fantastic. My friend offered another perspective. “Big deal,” he said. “It’s an egg in a hole.”
- 2012, Alyssa Shelasky, Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 220:
- […] Padma Lakshmi prevents hangovers with an “egg in a hole” before bed; […]
- 2019, Waylynn Lucas, Sunny-Side Up: More Than 100 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes from the Essential Egg to the Perfect Pastry, New York, N.Y.: Rodale Books, →ISBN, page 37:
- Believe it or not, I had never eaten an “egg in a hole” until much later in life—like, in-my-thirties later.
- 2019, America’s Test Kitchen, The Complete Baby and Toddler Cookbook: The Very Best Purees, Finger Foods, and Toddler Meals for Happy Families, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, →ISBN, page 197:
- There aren’t many classic breakfast dishes that can be described as whimsical. Even fewer that are also easy to make. Behold: Eggs in a Hole!
- 2021, Sreeja Jayaram, Happy Breakfasts, BlueRose Publishers, →ISBN, page 31:
- For the young people at home, eggs in a hole will certainly appeal but for me it is the ease of preparing this beautiful breakfast that makes it a favourite.
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