egg-in-the-basket

plural eggs-in-the-basket

1. alternativeAlternative form of egg in a basket: synonym of egg in a hole.

   Since the early 1900s, children in England, the United States, and Canada have enjoyed a breakfast called eggs-in-the-basket, also known as egg-in-the-hole, among myriad other names.

   2013, Heather Arndt Anderson, “Around the World in a Meal”, in Breakfast: A History (AltaMira Studies in Food and Gastronomy), Lanham, Md.: AltaMira Press, →ISBN, page 67

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   Cracker Barrel also features a full breakfast menu. It includes biscuits and gravy, blackberry pancakes and eggs-in-the-basket, which features two slices of sourdough bread grilled with an egg in the middle and served with bacon or sausage.

   2000 April 15, Laura Ustaszewski, “Cracker Barrel aims for April 24 opening”, in The Delaware Gazette, 183rd year, number 5, Delaware, Oh., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 5

   Cowboy eggs and steak feature rich, free-range duck eggs from Fontana Farms of Reno fried inside sliced sourdough. The dish, from the restaurant’s Sunday brunch menu, is Ugalde’s take on eggs-in-the-basket.

   2010 November 10, Johnathan L. Wright, “Gastropub/Basque touches, local ingredients, 160+ beers”, in Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nev., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4E, column 2

   My truffled egg toast (normally a legendary luxe-filth spin on egg-in-the-basket) arrived as a sad, strangely cold brick of bread bearing a honking, gluey duvet of melted fontina/Gruyère mix and an oil-splashed egg.

   2019 January 18, Jimi Famurewa, “Jimi Eats World: Jimi Famurewa finds sparky service at Spuntino Heathrow — but the food has yet to take off”, in Laura Weir, editor, ES Magazine, London: Evening Standard, →OCLC, page 57, column 3