Was laughing (thankfully) with Mom last night about a meal she used to make for me as a kid and which I still make for myself. We called it "egg-a-cup". It was simply two soft-to-medium boiled eggs with a teaspoon of butter, chopped up in a coffee mug and sprinkled with salt & pepper. Eaten with a spoon. When I mentioned what I had for breakfast yesterday, I said, "Egg a cup" and she giggled! "Egg a cup!", she exclaimed! Yep! We had a good laugh over that.
Back in 1965 when we lived in Lakehurst, NJ, I spent the night at Mikey and Bridget's house and the next morning their mom asked what I wanted for breakfast. "Egg-a-cup", I replied. She had to call my mom to find out what the heck it was. (laughing) I was five and thought *everyone* knew about egg-a-cup! That with a piece of buttered toast is a wonderful meal no matter what time of day. Think I'll make some for lunch <G>
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Was laughing (thankfully) with Mom last night about a meal she used to make for me as a kid and which I still make for myself. We called it "egg-a-cup". It was simply two soft-to-medium boiled eggs with a teaspoon of butter, chopped up in a coffee mug and sprinkled with salt & pepper. Eaten with a spoon. When I mentioned what I had for breakfast yesterday, I said, "Egg a cup" and she giggled! "Egg a cup!", she exclaimed! Yep! We had a good laugh over that.
Back in 1965 when we lived in Lakehurst, NJ, I spent the night at Mikey and Bridget's house and the next morning their mom asked what I wanted for breakfast. "Egg-a-cup", I replied. She had to call my mom to find out what the heck it was. (laughing) I was five and thought *everyone* knew about egg-a-cup! That with a piece of buttered toast is a wonderful meal no matter what time of day. Think I'll make some for lunch <G>
Jill
My dad was famous for his grape jelly omelettes. For about two weeks. :-)
"Egg a cup" makes me thik of my mom's Toad In The Hole - a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle, buttered, andf fried in a skillet with an egg fried into the hole. The round of bread got fried up seperately. Nice and buttery, crispy, delicious. Maybe I'll have one for lunch today.
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"Egg a cup" makes me thik of my mom's Toad In The Hole - a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle, buttered, andf fried in a skillet with an egg fried into the hole. The round of bread got fried up seperately. Nice and buttery, crispy, delicious. Maybe I'll have one for lunch today.
egg-a-cup! That with a piece of buttered toast is a wonderful meal no matter what time of day. Think I'll make some for lunch <G>
We tore up the buttered toast into bite sized pieces and mixed it right in with the egg and used a bowl instead of a cup, but yeah, I've been eating that dish my whole life. Good stuff, any time of day. 🙂
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Was laughing (thankfully) with Mom last night about a meal she used to make for me as a kid and which I still make for myself. We called it "egg-a-cup". It was simply two soft-to-medium boiled eggs with a teaspoon of butter, chopped up in a coffee mug and sprinkled with salt & pepper. Eaten with a spoon. When I mentioned what I had for breakfast yesterday, I said, "Egg a cup" and she giggled! "Egg a cup!", she exclaimed! Yep! We had a good laugh over that.
Back in 1965 when we lived in Lakehurst, NJ, I spent the night at Mikey and Bridget's house and the next morning their mom asked what I wanted for breakfast. "Egg-a-cup", I replied. She had to call my mom to find out what the heck it was. (laughing) I was five and thought *everyone* knew about egg-a-cup! That with a piece of buttered toast is a wonderful meal no matter what time of day. Think I'll make some for lunch <G>
Jill
My mom used to make that for me too! And I still love it when I'm feeling a little under the weather.
Was laughing (thankfully) with Mom last night about a meal she used to make for me as a kid and which I still make for myself. We called it "egg-a-cup". It was simply two soft-to-medium boiled eggs with a teaspoon of butter, chopped up in a coffee mug and sprinkled with salt & pepper. Eaten with a spoon. When I mentioned what I had for breakfast yesterday, I said, "Egg a cup" and she giggled! "Egg a cup!", she exclaimed! Yep! We had a good laugh over that.
Back in 1965 when we lived in Lakehurst, NJ, I spent the night at Mikey and Bridget's house and the next morning their mom asked what I wanted for breakfast. "Egg-a-cup", I replied. She had to call my mom to find out what the heck it was. (laughing) I was five and thought *everyone* knew about egg-a-cup! That with a piece of buttered toast is a wonderful meal no matter what time of day. Think I'll make some for lunch <G>
Jill
Eeewww, soft egg makes me {{{glurp}}} gag.
Over hard, every time, for me. Or hard-boiled. Or broken-yolk fried. LOL.
"Egg a cup" makes me thik of my mom's Toad In The Hole - a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle, buttered, andf fried in a skillet with an egg fried into the hole. The round of bread got fried up seperately. Nice and buttery, crispy, delicious. Maybe I'll have one for lunch today.
I have fond memories of this as do my kids 🙂 Some will argue this isn't the proper name for the dish but IMO it got the egg into the kid without hassle so I'll continue calling it that.
Exactly. When we moved to England when I was 7, I learned about English Toad In The Hole, which has a batter lilke a yorkshire pudding and then there are sausages in it, if I remember correctly. We liked this dish too, but it wasn';t Toad In The Hole. You can call it whatever you want, as long as I can eat it!
Do your kids like the 'hole' best? I always did, and now my daughter does too.
"Egg a cup" makes me thik of my mom's Toad In The Hole - a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle, buttered, andf fried in a skillet with an egg fried into the hole. The round of bread got fried up seperately. Nice and buttery, crispy, delicious. Maybe I'll have one for lunch today.
I have fond memories of this as do my kids 🙂 Some will argue this isn't the proper name for the dish but IMO it got the egg into the kid without hassle so I'll continue calling it that.
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"Egg a cup" makes me thik of my mom's Toad In The Hole - a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle, buttered, andf fried in a skillet with an egg fried into the hole. The round of bread got fried up seperately. Nice and buttery, crispy, delicious. Maybe I'll have one for lunch today.
Now I want my mom's always-burned pot roast!
And I want my dad's pancakes with butter and peanut butter (he had diabetes (insulin dependant) and sometimes put wheat germ on his cereal since he couldn't have sugar).... ....Sharon
"Egg a cup" makes me thik of my mom's Toad In The Hole - a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle, buttered, andf fried in a skillet with an egg fried into the hole. The round of bread got fried up seperately. Nice and buttery, crispy, delicious. Maybe I'll have one for lunch today.
I have fond memories of this as do my kids 🙂 Some will argue this isn't the proper name for the dish but IMO it got the egg into the kid without hassle so I'll continue calling it that.
Exactly. When we moved to England when I was 7, I learned about English Toad In The Hole, which has a batter lilke a yorkshire pudding and then there are sausages in it, if I remember correctly. We liked this dish too, but it wasn';t Toad In The Hole. You can call it whatever you want, as long as I can eat it!
Do your kids like the 'hole' best? I always did, and now my daughter does too.
My FM (not biological mother) was English but was actually born on the ship on route from England to Canada. She came up with the dish but I suspect it was from her parents who settled in Canada in 1903. At that time, eggs would have been a lot cheaper than sausages so hence the dish evolved to something that was appealing and used eggs. That's just my theory but I loved it as a kid and so did my kids.
BTW, since I'm into genealogy, I have noticed a couple of things. Some of my ancestors came to Canada in 1909. Of these, one was a strict vegetarian because her father had been a butcher. They lived atop the butershop and she just could not tolerate the smell of any kind of meat not even fish. This line didn't seem to adopt a real fondness of eggs as far as just eating them either. Now this is just my English lines. The French and Native lines get a lot more interesting as to what they ate. One of these days, I will share my findings 🙂
On Tue 10 Jan 2006 12:48:51p, Nancy1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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jmcquown said:
Was laughing (thankfully) with Mom last night about a meal she used to make for me as a kid and which I still make for myself. We called it "egg-a-cup". It was simply two soft-to-medium boiled eggs with a teaspoon of butter, chopped up in a coffee mug and sprinkled with salt & pepper. Eaten with a spoon. When I mentioned what I had for breakfast yesterday, I said, "Egg a cup" and she giggled! "Egg a cup!", she exclaimed! Yep! We had a good laugh over that.
Back in 1965 when we lived in Lakehurst, NJ, I spent the night at Mikey and Bridget's house and the next morning their mom asked what I wanted for breakfast. "Egg-a-cup", I replied. She had to call my mom to find out what the heck it was. (laughing) I was five and thought *everyone* knew about egg-a-cup! That with a piece of buttered toast is a wonderful meal no matter what time of day. Think I'll make some for lunch <G>
Jill
Eeewww, soft egg makes me {{{glurp}}} gag.
Over hard, every time, for me. Or hard-boiled. Or broken-yolk fried. LOL.
N.
Well, don't hurl this way! <g>
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"Egg a cup" makes me thik of my mom's Toad In The Hole - a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle, buttered, andf fried in a skillet with an egg fried into the hole. The round of bread got fried up seperately. Nice and buttery, crispy, delicious. Maybe I'll have one for lunch today.
The Cracker Barrel restaurants sell that very menu item - they call it "Eggs in a Basket" if I remember correctly. They use sourdough toast. . . .very tasty!
On Tue 10 Jan 2006 12:48:51p, Nancy1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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jmcquown said:
Was laughing (thankfully) with Mom last night about a meal she used to make for me as a kid and which I still make for myself. We called it "egg-a-cup". It was simply two soft-to-medium boiled eggs with a teaspoon of butter, chopped up in a coffee mug and sprinkled with salt & pepper. Eaten with a spoon. When I mentioned what I had for breakfast yesterday, I said, "Egg a cup" and she giggled! "Egg a cup!", she exclaimed! Yep! We had a good laugh over that.
Back in 1965 when we lived in Lakehurst, NJ, I spent the night at Mikey and Bridget's house and the next morning their mom asked what I wanted for breakfast. "Egg-a-cup", I replied. She had to call my mom to find out what the heck it was. (laughing) I was five and thought *everyone* knew about egg-a-cup! That with a piece of buttered toast is a wonderful meal no matter what time of day. Think I'll make some for lunch <G>
Jill
Eeewww, soft egg makes me {{{glurp}}} gag.
Over hard, every time, for me. Or hard-boiled. Or broken-yolk fried. LOL.
N.
Well, don't hurl this way! <g>
Jus' get outta my way. LOL. If I don't read the description, I'll be alright.
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"Egg a cup" makes me thik of my mom's Toad In The Hole - a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle, buttered, andf fried in a skillet with an egg fried into the hole. The round of bread got fried up seperately. Nice and buttery, crispy, delicious. Maybe I'll have one for lunch today.
The Cracker Barrel restaurants sell that very menu item - they call it "Eggs in a Basket" if I remember correctly. They use sourdough toast. . . .very tasty!
Van
Hmmm. a basket. where's the handle? =)
it looks abut as much like a basket as my egg does a taod, i guess.....
"Egg a cup" makes me thik of my mom's Toad In The Hole - a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle, buttered, andf fried in a skillet with an egg fried into the hole. The round of bread got fried up seperately. Nice and buttery, crispy, delicious. Maybe I'll have one for lunch today.
There are specific small lidded containers, to put an egg and other ingredients in, seal and boil till done, cocettes, iirc, i sometimes put a slice of bread in a muffin tin, poke it down till it forms a bread 'cup' or container, toast it lightly in the oven, then break a raw egg into it, bit of cooked ham & some cheese and whatever other herbs or spice one wishes, return to the oven to bake for about 10 minutes and serve in the bread 'cup'. --- JL
"Egg a cup" makes me thik of my mom's Toad In The Hole - a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle, buttered, andf fried in a skillet with an egg fried into the hole. The round of bread got fried up seperately. Nice and buttery, crispy, delicious. Maybe I'll have one for lunch today.
The mother of my children used to make that for the children when they were small; to them, it was and will always be known as "target toast".
Food traditions are a funny thing; my kids, now 27 and 21, still insist on having Christmas breakfast at my house and having what they had as little ones. Christmas Crunch cereal (sadly, I can't find that variety and must substitute regular Cap'n Crunch), pineapple filled German pancake and L'il Smokies sausages. My eldest, no longer eats beef or pork but continues to insist on L'il Smokies at Christmas.
Hmmm; come to think of it, target toast and L'il Smokies sounds pretty good for tomorrow's breakfast.
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"Egg a cup" makes me thik of my mom's Toad In The Hole - a slice of bread with a hole cut out of the middle, buttered, andf fried in a skillet with an egg fried into the hole. The round of bread got fried up seperately. Nice and buttery, crispy, delicious. Maybe I'll have one for lunch today.
Now I want my mom's always-burned pot roast!
In later years Mom never remembered to set the timer when baking dinner rolls. Her pot roast was very good but we knew it was time to eat when we smelled the rolls burning! <G>
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Was laughing (thankfully) with Mom last night about a meal she used to make for me as a kid and which I still make for myself. We called it "egg-a-cup". It was simply two soft-to-medium boiled eggs with a teaspoon of butter, chopped up in a coffee mug and sprinkled with salt & pepper. Eaten with a spoon. When I mentioned what I had for breakfast yesterday, I said, "Egg a cup" and she giggled! "Egg a cup!", she exclaimed! Yep! We had a good laugh over that.
Back in 1965 when we lived in Lakehurst, NJ, I spent the night at Mikey and Bridget's house and the next morning their mom asked what I wanted for breakfast. "Egg-a-cup", I replied. She had to call my mom to find out what the heck it was. (laughing) I was five and thought *everyone* knew about egg-a-cup! That with a piece of buttered toast is a wonderful meal no matter what time of day. Think I'll make some for lunch <G>
Jill
My mother used to make that same thing for us when we were sick. It was soothing to the stomach. She didn't have a creative name for it though -- she just called them soft-boiled eggs with toast, but we always looked forward to it. You brought back some warm memories with this thread.
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Was laughing (thankfully) with Mom last night about a meal she used to make for me as a kid and which I still make for myself. We called it "egg-a-cup". It was simply two soft-to-medium boiled eggs with a teaspoon of butter, chopped up in a coffee mug and sprinkled with salt & pepper. Eaten with a spoon. When I mentioned what I had for breakfast yesterday, I said, "Egg a cup" and she giggled! "Egg a cup!", she exclaimed! Yep! We had a good laugh over that.
Back in 1965 when we lived in Lakehurst, NJ, I spent the night at Mikey and Bridget's house and the next morning their mom asked what I wanted for breakfast. "Egg-a-cup", I replied. She had to call my mom to find out what the heck it was. (laughing) I was five and thought *everyone* knew about egg-a-cup! That with a piece of buttered toast is a wonderful meal no matter what time of day. Think I'll make some for lunch <G>
Jill
My mother used to make that same thing for us when we were sick. It was soothing to the stomach. She didn't have a creative name for it though -- she just called them soft-boiled eggs with toast, but we always looked forward to it. You brought back some warm memories with this thread.
