# Fried egg inside a circle cut out of a piece of bread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023 "2012-02-16T13:58:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/21 "2012-02-16T14:48:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Had it, don’t like it. You can never get the yolk hard enough cooking it this way. The yolk is supposed to be runny. That’s what the bread is for! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/22 "2012-02-16T14:50:14Z")
Runny yolk is the Devil’s snot. Yolks need to be cooked hard enough that they bounce if you throw them against the wall. Anyway, they are called “Nested Eggs” or some variation thereof, at least around here. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/23 "2012-02-16T14:50:23Z")
Ketchup, blegh. Bird in a nest. Butter both sides. Also want one now. ---
**Author:** ![eberhama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/67e7ee/32.png) [@eberhama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eberhama)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/24 "2012-02-16T14:52:49Z")
Mom made them when I was a youngin’, haven’t had them since then. They were called “One-Eyed Jacks” in our household. The circle of bread that mom fried up along with it was a much sought after delicacy. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/25 "2012-02-16T14:54:48Z")
Voted “Poll is broken” because there was no “Only had it as an adult, but not any more” option. I know this as Egg in a Nest (Egg in a _Basket_ is when you line a muffin pan with the bread slice, crack the egg in that and _bake_ until egg is cooked) And Toad in the Hole is sausages in batter, you savages. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/26 "2012-02-16T14:55:36Z")
In our house it goes by the uber creative name “eggy in a hole”. I grew up calling it Rocky Mountain Toast. Just for kicks, scrambled eggs served in a pita are called Kangaroo Eggs in our house. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/27 "2012-02-16T14:56:20Z")
No, my mom never made them for me; yes, I make them for my kids. We call them “egg in a basket.” It can be done with a scrambled egg, for those that prefer not to have a separate yolk. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/28 "2012-02-16T15:02:29Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Voted “Poll is broken” because there was no “Only had it as an adult, but not any more” option. I know this as Egg in a Nest (Egg in a _Basket_ is when you line a muffin pan with the bread slice, crack the egg in that and _bake_ until egg is cooked) > > And Toad in the Hole is sausages in batter, you savages. Your idea of Egg in a Basket intrigues me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. But only if your newsletter describes in more detail how to make these Eggs in a Basket. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/29 "2012-02-16T15:05:12Z")
Some variation of egg in a nest. Its been a very long time. Want one now. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/30 "2012-02-16T15:09:43Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > This sounds great. Do you butter both sides of the bread or just one? Both - you want the bread to toast nicely, like a grilled cheese. And feel free to add a very thin slice of cheese right before you flip it, along with a healthy dose of tobasco or Frank’s. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/31 "2012-02-16T15:13:27Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > This sounds great. Do you butter both sides of the bread or just one? I make them by putting the bread down in the pan, then putting a pat of butter in the hole where the egg will go. I then swirl the bread a bit, to get the butter on it, so it will fry properly. After the butter’s melted, i drop in the egg. (I’ll break the egg into a custard cup to reduce the chances of a broken yolk.) While the egg is frying, I’ll put slivers of butter on the exposed side of the bread, and then flip. Fry that side for another minute, or two. Put it on your plate, and voila: Eggs in a Basket. I also fry the cut out bits of bread. I got some fresh eggs from a fellow doper the other day. I think I know what I’m eating for breakfast Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/32 "2012-02-16T15:27:28Z")
My mom used to make this for us as kids. It was one of my favorites. We called it toad-in-a-hole. I haven’t even thought of it in years. I think I might have one for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/33 "2012-02-16T15:30:05Z")
Why couldn’t I read this thread BEFORE I made myself breakfast for the first time in weeks? And I voted for a broken poll because I had it first as an adult, never made it for my kids, though I’d heard of it all my life…it was what OTHER people did. My mom didn’t go in for cutesy or clever, and she would have issues with cutting out a piece of bread if there wasn’t a solid, non-wasteful plan for what to do with the hole. And just standing there eating it while cooking would not, in her book, count. My fella made this for me the first time he cooked me breakfast. We used sourdough bread. **Lillith Fair’s** dog Lily got to eat the hole. I’ve always heard of it as Toad in the Hole, with Pigs in Blankets the term for sausages wrapped in biscuit dough. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/34 "2012-02-16T15:31:41Z")
Had it somewhere when I was a kid, it wasn’t my mom who made it though. Must have been a restaurant (kinda doubt that), or maybe during a (presumably overnight) visit to a relative’s or a friend’s house. Toad-in-a-hole doesn’t sound right, but I seem to remember it had a clever name. Thanks for the vague memory! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/35 "2012-02-16T15:33:58Z")
Round these parts, it’s called a Bullseye. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/36 "2012-02-16T15:34:41Z")
I was expecting someone to mention the scene in _Moonstruck_ where Loretta’s mother makes her one when she drags herself in after her a long night out. It’s perfectly acted and you can see she’s done it hundreds of times before, and the cast iron skillet surely was handed down at least two generations. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/37 "2012-02-16T15:35:50Z")
I know that traditionally ‘toad in the hole’ is sausages in Yorkshire pudding, but I’ve always heard egg-in-bread having that name here. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/38 "2012-02-16T15:36:16Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Had it somewhere when I was a kid, it wasn’t my mom who made it though. Must have been a restaurant (kinda doubt that), or maybe during a (presumably overnight) visit to a relative’s or a friend’s house. Toad-in-a-hole doesn’t sound right, but I seem to remember it had a clever name. > > Thanks for the vague memory! Rocky Mountain Toast? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/39 "2012-02-16T15:36:41Z")
It’s egg in a basket, and I never cared for it much personally. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/40 "2012-02-16T15:37:45Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > The yolk is supposed to be runny. That’s what the bread is for! Egg-sactly. No point in this dish without the runny yolks. Hell, no point in eggs, in my opinion, without the runny yolk. I’ve always called them “Toad in the hole,” although I know that name traditionally refers to sausages cooked in Yorkshire pudding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023.md?page=3)