egg in a hole

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1. An egg fried in a hole in a slice of bread.

   Archie had an egg in a hole with two cups of tea for breakfast.

   2016, Alex W MacLeod, chapter 8, in The Tracks: A Refuge, →ISBN, page 119

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   One day while I was fooling around, I made a hole in a piece of toast and then cooked an egg in the hole. I thought I had created something fantastic. My friend offered another perspective. “Big deal,” he said. “It’s an egg in a hole.”

   1993, Michel Richard, Judy Zeidler, Jan Weimer, Michel Richard’s Home Cooking with a French Accent, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 70

   […] Padma Lakshmi prevents hangovers with an “egg in a hole” before bed; […]

   2012, Alyssa Shelasky, Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 220

   Believe it or not, I had never eaten an “egg in a hole” until much later in life—like, in-my-thirties later.

   2019, Waylynn Lucas, Sunny-Side Up: More Than 100 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes from the Essential Egg to the Perfect Pastry, New York, N.Y.: Rodale Books, →ISBN, page 37

   There aren’t many classic breakfast dishes that can be described as whimsical. Even fewer that are also easy to make. Behold: Eggs in a Hole!

   2019, America’s Test Kitchen, The Complete Baby and Toddler Cookbook: The Very Best Purees, Finger Foods, and Toddler Meals for Happy Families, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, →ISBN, page 197

   For the young people at home, eggs in a hole will certainly appeal but for me it is the ease of preparing this beautiful breakfast that makes it a favourite.

   2021, Sreeja Jayaram, Happy Breakfasts, BlueRose Publishers, →ISBN, page 31

   Synonyms: bird in a nest, bullseye, egg in a basket, egg in a nest, egg in the basket, framed egg, gashouse egg, hobo egg