# Chopped hard-boiled eggs in gravy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397 "2013-11-21T01:35:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/21 "2013-11-21T07:30:48Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I recently found a British gluten-free cookbook from the 1970s, and they’re really big on something I had never heard of called “kedgeree”. It’s basically leftovers with a hardboiled egg grated over each serving. Anyone else encountered this? That’s the weirdest kedgeree I’ve ever heard of. Kedgeree is curry powder flavored rice, maybe with kippered fish, and hardboiled eggs. Back to the OP’s topic: I’ve heard of the eggs and gravy dish but not eaten it yet. Mostly because it’s quicker to put gravy on sunny side up eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/22 "2013-11-21T10:54:15Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Around here (middle Tennessee) , it tends to be done with pan gravy served with poultry and dressing. Don’t knockIt. It’s delicious if done correctly. Yes, that’s what you put on the cornbread dressing at Thanksgiving. (Alabama) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/23 "2013-11-21T13:00:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > James Bond ate a similar dish in _ **On Her Majesty’s Secret Service** _ (the book, not the movie). I believe it was called _Ouefs Piz Gloria_. I’ve never been able to find the recipe (assuming it exists), but the main ingredient of the gravy/sauce was apparently English mustard. [James Bond Food](http://jamesbondfood.blogspot.ca/2013/06/oeufs-gloriearecipe.html). ETA: The dish is eggs in a cheese sauce, not gravy. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/24 "2013-11-21T14:52:07Z")
The way I’ve always seen it is more along the lines of a relatively small amount of chopped boiled egg as an ingredient in the gravy, not as the food that’s en-gravied (that sounds hurl-inducing). I don’t care for it, but I don’t care for boiled eggs in any incarnation though, so YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/25 "2013-11-21T15:23:43Z")
I’ve only seen it in “giblet gravy,” which is mainly served around Thanksgiving. Pretty rare to see it anywhere else in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/26 "2013-11-21T15:53:27Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > ETA: The dish is eggs in a cheese sauce, not gravy. Watch _ **The Sopranos** _. One man’s gravy… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/27 "2013-11-21T19:08:11Z")
When I was little, our neighbor did this - the hardboiled egg in the gravy thing. Had it at her place a number of Thanksgivings. We lived in Colorado, but she was Houston (hardcore from Houston; moved back there eventually.). It was pretty good, but definitely different. Oddly enough, my mother-in-law (from Oklahoma) does not do this. ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eugene_of_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/28 "2013-11-21T19:31:18Z")
Definitely an ingredient in the giblet gravy (served with cornbread dressing) that I grew up with in Georgia. Not heavy on the eggs but definitely in there. Bon Thanksgiving Appetit! ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/29 "2013-11-22T05:45:59Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Yes, that’s what you put on the cornbread dressing at Thanksgiving. (Alabama) My mom (from Mississippi) usually puts the hard boiled egg in the corn bread dressing instead. I can remember having turkey gravy with egg in it, but I think my aunt was the one that made it that time. It’s good either way. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/30 "2013-11-22T05:51:39Z")
Yep, my Grammy from Oklahoma did the eggs in giblet gravy thing too. I miss that at Thanksgiving. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/31 "2013-11-22T15:38:47Z")
I collect old cookbooks and I’ve seen this a lot, especially Victorian era and before. I don’t think I’ve ever had it, but I think I may try it this Thanksgiving. I hate messing with giblets and usually just make gravy with neck stock and drippings. Some minced egg seems like it would blend nicely. How about soft boiled, so the yolk enriches the sauce? Or is that crazy talk? ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/32 "2013-11-22T16:31:28Z")
Crazy talk, at least how I remember my neighbor’s gravy. The egg was hard boiled, sliced equatorially, and just tossed in there. Fully cooked, hard yolk and all. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/33 "2013-11-22T16:37:02Z")
I’ve never seen it with anything but hard boiled eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/34 "2013-11-22T17:20:30Z")
For turkey day we have two gravies, one regular and one giblet. I never eat the giblet one (do we need the neck meat and internal organs, there is plenty of turkey?) but here is a recipe that is very close to my mother’s, yes we are southerners. [http://www.southernliving.com/food/holidays-occasions/perfect-giblet-gravy-00400000005968/](http://www.southernliving.com/food/holidays-occasions/perfect-giblet-gravy-00400000005968/) I think this comes from the mentality of not wasting anything edible. **Capt Kirk** Just realized that the link does not have hardboiled eggs in it, add eggs and it is very close to my mother’s and therefore relevant to the OP ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/35 "2013-11-22T20:42:16Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > I’ve only seen it in “giblet gravy,” which is mainly served around Thanksgiving. Pretty rare to see it anywhere else in my experience. This is my experience as well. Not that I eat giblet gravy. Or gravy much, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/36 "2013-11-22T22:39:26Z")
My brother has taken over making my grandmother’s [Fricassee](http://msenplace.blogspot.com/2009/04/frickin-chickin.html), and always hard boils at least half a dozen eggs in it. The only way I’ll eat eggs. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/37 "2013-11-23T00:39:11Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > European, hollandaise with chopped egg on boiled asparagus with slices of ham and boiled potatoes on the side. I’ll be there for brunch 😃 > [@pulykamell](#): > > And that describes a very common Middle Eastern egg dish, too, (_shakshuka_). That is in our dinner rotation, it is great with cheesy garlic bread. > [@Elemenopy](#): > > How about soft boiled, so the yolk enriches the sauce? Or is that crazy talk? I could see that. But then again I love poached eggs with toast soldiers for the yolks as the warm gushy yolks are my favorite part of the egg breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/38 "2013-11-23T06:58:08Z")
[My opinion of that idea.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEQDllvuy1I) Sounds like food to me. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397/39 "2013-11-23T09:54:39Z")
Raised in Virginia, Mother from Southern Georgia, never heard of this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopped-hard-boiled-eggs-in-gravy/674397.md?page=1)