egg benedict

A form of eggs benedict — A dish consisting of slices of English muffins with poached eggs, ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.

Meanings

egg benedict1

nounegg benedict (plural eggs benedict)

plural eggs benedict

  1. singularsingular of eggs benedict

egg Benedict2

nounegg Benedict (plural eggs Benedict)

plural eggs Benedict

  1. singularsingular of eggs Benedict

    I ordered eggs benedict - I got ONE egg benedict!

    1999 July 27, SPotter614, “FWIW: My 1st and last Carnival cruise”, in rec.travel.cruises (Usenet)
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    Cost $1.55, with tip, for coffee and rolls for two, a bowl of oatmeal for her and one egg Benedict for me.

    1917 November 11, Theodore Dreiser, edited by Thomas P. Riggio, James L. W. West III, and Neda M. Westlake, American Diaries, 1902-1926, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, published 1982, →ISBN, page 204

    Some of the recipes included in the folder are “One Egg Benedict” and “All-at-once Spaghetti.”

    1973 June 25, Midland Cooperator, volume 41, number 13, Superior, Wis., page 13

    One-Egg Benedict with Sour Cream Hollandaise Sauce / Serves 1 / 1 toasted buttered English muffin half / 1 slice Canadian bacon, grilled / 1 poached egg / 2 tablespoons Sour Cream Hollandaise Sauce

    1987, Johna Blinn, Quick & Delicious Cooking for Two, New York, N.Y.: Baronet Books, Playmore Inc., Publishers and Waldman Publishing Corp., page 16

    She drove an Italian sportscar and lunched on one egg Benedict[…]

    2000, Starlet: Biographies, Filmographies, TV Credits and Photos of 54 Famous and Not So Famous Leading Ladies of the Sixties, Jefferson, N.C.; London: McFarland Classics, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, →ISBN, page 193

    We take one Egg Sardou, pair it with one Egg Benedict, and entice our guests with a dynamic breakfast duo — Eggs Brennan.

    2001, Carl Walker, Brennan’s of Houston in Your Kitchen, Albany, Tex.; New York, N.Y.: Bright Sky Press, →ISBN, page 75
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