Watching V for Vendetta the other day I noticed the charactors cook an egg in the middle of toast? Is this really a classic English Dish or was it some sort of cool English culinary oddity?
What is it called and how does one cook it?
Sound very good BTW.
Do you mean poached eggs ?
Do you mean an egg in a window? My mom made that a bunch when we were little, and I still like it when I bother to make it. (It’s also known as an egg in a basket, I believe.) FYI, I am Midwest born and raised.
You use a small round cookie cutter - or, in a pinch, a shot glass - to make a hole in the middle of a piece of bread. Spray a pan with PAM or melt a little butter in it. Place the piece of bread in the pan, and crack an egg into the hole. Place the little round piece of bread in the pan, too, and toast it. Turn the bread/egg piece and the round piece whenever necessary. When done to satisfaction, enjoy.
Is that what you’re talking about? If so, why is that so much stranger than dunking toast in eggs over easy?
ETA: I found a picture.
That’s it! Eggy in a Basket!
I’ll tell you how it comes out in a few. 
Ahhh…day-after-thanksgiving breakfast!! Ah…
I guess it’s not strange, just something out of the ordinary.
Hey, I’m always happy to pass on good breakfast ideas. Hope it comes out well! 
ETA: Embarrassment ensues. I was beaten and didn’t even notice.
slinks off
I make this all the time. Cut out center of bread (with a glass or a biscuit cutter). Put butter in pan, put bread in pan, crack egg into bread. Cook until firm on one side, flip. MMM. Be sure to toast the middles of the bread for dipping in the yolk if you like your yolks dippable.
Or what they all said. :smack:
I hear tell the Brits eat something called Spotted Dick, and I’m not sure I want to know more about it.
You eat Spotted Dick after enjoying your Toad in the Hole, obviously
I think there are as many names for the egg/fried bread thing as there are people who eat it. I’ve never thought of it as peculiarly English though.
I’ve eaten these things since I was a little kid, but I’m not English. We called it Egg in the Ring.
I’m going to eat like 4 of them RIGHT NOW!!!
Oh, stop bragging. I wandered over to the fridge to make one and discovered that my darling, wonderful husband had eaten the last egg. Humph.
Maybe tomorrow.
Don’t knock toad in the hole. Nice thick pork sausages, baked and then cooked in batter. Seriously good stuff. By law, only to be eaten with copious amounts of mashed potato and gravy.
Edit: dammit, Chez. :mad:
Well spotted.
You dick 
Hehe yeah. I guess my family lacks the creative gene. We called it “Fried Egg in a toast hole”.
Never seen it before in my life, but I’m sure as hell having it for breakfast tomorrow morning.
You need big slices of bread - or small eggs. And I find that toasting the bread first before starting to fry it just results in it burning before the egg is done.
My mother used to make this, and called it a “One-Eyed Steak”.
She comes from Glasgow, where pretty much everything is fried. Including Mars Bars.
