# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/141 "2012-02-18T01:54:49Z")
Never had it (I don’t like fried eggs), never heard it called “toad in the hole” (that’s sausage in an egg-based batter). ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/142 "2012-02-18T02:32:00Z")
I discovered these eggs at a Girl Scout campout. We called them Eggs In Toast as best as I can remember. I no longer eat them as I have a food intolerance for eggs, but I think I need to make these for the grandkids, except I’ll use a heart shaped cutter, just like I cut my biscuits with. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/143 "2012-02-18T02:33:49Z")
I use two slices of bread with a hole in both and call it “a grilled egg sandwich”. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/144 "2012-02-18T02:51:38Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Round these parts, it’s called a Bullseye. Yes. I knew there was a name that wasn’t on there. Bullseye it is. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/145 "2012-02-18T03:54:08Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > Those do look good. I sent the link to my wife. \ You quoted a link, which didn’t cross over, but which did link to other recipes as well, so… it’s all your fault that I’m making bacon jam this weekend. ALL YOUR FAULT!!! > **[Bacon Jam: Salty, meaty, chewy, sweet, savoury, smoky, bacony goodness.](https://www.foodiewithfamily.com/bacon-jam-a-k-a-oooh-mommy-jam/)** > > Bacon Jam: Salty, meaty, chewy, sweet, savoury, smoky, bacony goodness. Bacon is crisped and made into the ultimate breakfast spread with maple syrup, onions, coffee, brown sugar and pepper. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/146 "2012-02-18T19:19:08Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > ETA **Biggirl** , Here’s a nice [illustrated version](http://www.foodiewithfamily.com/2009/02/26/eggs-in-a-basket-baked-eggs-in-toast-cups-with-melty-cheese/) from someone who uses ramekins, but it’s very similar to how I do it. Although I rarely go the full cheese-and-stuff Monty, I like the simplicity of toast+egg. > > . Just made this for breakfast. It was really good. Next time I’d butter the ramekins as well as the bread (it stuck) and put it in for only about 15 minutes (I did 20 and it was a hardboiled egg, basically). I like that you can pop it in the toaster oven before jumping in the shower and breakfast is pretty much ready when you are! Made the house smell great too. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/147 "2012-02-18T21:41:10Z")
My family called them “bull’s eyes”, and I remember having them when camping - never at home. (Bit that could be faulty memeory) Brian ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/148 "2012-02-18T22:13:42Z")
The poll isn’t broken but I didn’t realize it was multiple choice. I had them as a kid, still love them and make them regularly, and they’re called something else. What else? Nothing about toads or baskets or hats, nope. > [@eberhama](#): > > 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. Close… > [@Procrustus](#): > > Mom made it for me, I made it for my kids. Have in once or year or so. But it’s called “One Eyed Sandwich.” Also close… > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > My mom called this an Egyptian Eye. I have no idea why, but I like 'em. Haven’t had one in ages, so I know what tomorrow’s breakfast will be! 😃 Wow, very close! > [@BubbaDog](#): > > They were One-Eyed-Egyptions in the 1960s at my house in St. Louis. No idea why mom called them that. DING DING DING DING!! My parents called them One-Eyed Eqyptians and I’ve never called them anything else. They both grew up in the NYC area, as did I. Since I’ve never heard anyone else use that phrase, I’d sort of figured they made it up and it had some inside-joke meaning. I’m amazed to hear that it was used elsewhere! I sure hope there isn’t some ethnic slur buried in that usage. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![DirtyHippy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtyhippy/32/107_2.png) [@DirtyHippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirtyHippy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/149 "2012-02-19T01:25:16Z")
Called them Egg in a Holes - but all one word, egginnahole. You cut the hole with a drinking glass, and cook that along with the main dish. I haven’t had them for a while, but I think I know what’s for breakfast this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/150 "2012-02-19T15:00:35Z")
I think sometimes kids call it something and it becomes that name. When I was a kid, we called them Egg in a Ring, though I think I had heard it called Egg in a Basket/Hole before. ---
**Author:** ![retterath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@retterath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/retterath)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/151 "2012-02-20T17:19:31Z")
Gas house eggs. Not sure on the origin. Either from North Dakota, or my Dad’s bar days. ---
**Author:** ![enigmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@enigmatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigmatic)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/152 "2012-02-20T23:10:38Z")
Castle’d egg ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/153 "2012-02-20T23:20:48Z")
Had it as a kid, still make it, and we call it “Egg in a hole”, or “Egg in a basket”. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/154 "2012-02-20T23:33:27Z")
I never knew it even had a name. I cooked it as breakfast for my wife not long after we were married. She, as a woman who cannot start her day without an egg, found them utterly enchanting. Eggs prepared this way are tasty enough, but they aren’t in the same league with eggs benedict. I kind of resent “V for Vendetta” for causing all kinds of unwarranted snottiness over whether or not an egg cooked in a piece of bread is authentically British. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/155 "2012-02-21T05:52:29Z")
One eyed eggs! Yes! Yum1 ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/156 "2012-03-10T02:02:35Z")
I just saw a picture of a beautiful variation where the egg is cooked in a single onion ring (not breaded.) ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/157 "2012-03-10T02:05:39Z")
[fried egg in an onion ring](http://www.whattopin.com/topic/food-and-drink-blogs/?id=307460) here’s a link ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/158 "2012-03-10T02:09:31Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > [fried egg in an onion ring](http://www.whattopin.com/topic/food-and-drink-blogs/?id=307460) here’s a link I am so trying this tomorrow morning! ---
**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:** [March 10, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/159 "2012-03-10T02:12:54Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > [fried egg in an onion ring](http://www.whattopin.com/topic/food-and-drink-blogs/?id=307460) here’s a link Ooh, I re-pinned it! Very cool! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023/160 "2012-03-10T02:19:18Z")
I like the Flower Power eggs…the eggs are cooked in bell pepper rings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-inside-a-circle-cut-out-of-a-piece-of-bread/613023.md?page=7)