Egg in a Basket, East Ukrainian Village, Chicago
Growing up we always called this “Egg in a Basket” which I sometimes refer to as “Chicken in a Basket,” because .. you know.. same thing, right? Also, maybe sometimes I confuse the name with the name of a yummy cracker*. I’ve sometimes heard it referred to as “Rocky Mountain Toast.” I think what you call it must be regional. What do you call it?
Wikipedia lists these alternative names (most of them sound disgusting!):
- Spit in the Eye
- Egg in a Hole
- Egg With a Hole in the Middle
- Bullseye Eggs
- Toad in the Hole
- Eggy in the Basket
- Moonstruck Eggs
* Did you know that in Australia they make Vegemite in a Biskit?
22 responses so far ↓
1 Grant // Jun 1, 2006 at 8:19 am
We always called it “Bird in the Nest” (I’m from southern Indiana)
2 Richard // Jun 1, 2006 at 9:22 am
I remember one time when I was home sick from school Mom made me this for breakfast and I accidently dropped it on the ground. She cleaned it up and made me another one. Mom’s were great for stuff like that.
I still make this occasionally and yes, I call it “egg in a basket”. I think the name “chicken in a basket” is kind of disturbing, because I don’t really want to relate eating an egg to eating a chicken embryo.
I never really got the name “chicken in a bisket” because, while they are indeed yummy, those crackers taste nothing like chicken.
3 rachelle // Jun 1, 2006 at 9:36 am
if you look at the ingredients list on chicken in a bisket, chicken is the last ingredient
4 Jen // Jun 1, 2006 at 10:16 am
We called it a “Box Car” I love making those!!!
Nancy’s college friend Jen…Hi Rachelle, love your site!!
5 Margaret // Jun 1, 2006 at 11:05 am
Egg in a frame! Come on. It’s an egg in a frame.
6 John // Jun 1, 2006 at 1:16 pm
Egg in a frame, seconded.
7 ab // Jun 1, 2006 at 1:31 pm
I had never heard of these until my husband first made them for me about 5 years ago. He calls them bird’s nests.
8 Stefan // Jun 1, 2006 at 2:46 pm
an egg in the middle sandwich! i was raised on these.
9 corie // Jun 1, 2006 at 3:27 pm
My dad always called that “Egg in a Hat.”
10 Scott // Jun 1, 2006 at 4:43 pm
I call it delicious.
11 Jenn in NJ // Jun 1, 2006 at 9:30 pm
Eggy toast
This is what the UK-born parents of my West Coast childhood friends called it.
12 tien // Jun 2, 2006 at 9:42 am
toad in a hole is what it is at enid’s here.
but before that i’ve never seen it.
13 laila // Jun 5, 2006 at 1:01 pm
A Lone Ranger
14 Bert // Jun 6, 2006 at 5:10 pm
I lived in NJ. They called it a “light-house”
15 Ciara // Sep 2, 2006 at 8:51 pm
My Mom calls this Cheese toast surprise. She covers the egg with pieces of cheese which ends up a surprise.
16 Anonymous // Oct 28, 2006 at 1:45 pm
ghetto omelette
17 - Ø®£Z - // Nov 1, 2006 at 8:57 pm
My Mother always called it ‘Bird In A Basket’.
18 carol // Apr 2, 2007 at 7:53 pm
I call it “Egg in a Frame”
Yor pictures of food are amazing.
19 rachelle // Apr 2, 2007 at 8:42 pm
thanks, carol - it’s hard to take photos of food and have them look appetizing! sometimes they just look gross, even if the food was delicious.
20 natalie // Apr 13, 2007 at 6:47 am
Egg in a frame, of course!
By the way…Toad in a Hole is different. It’s sausage in yorkshire pudding. (English dish)
21 Cyndi Lou // Jun 22, 2008 at 6:01 pm
My husband calls it Eggy Ba Ba.
He says that is what his mom called it and her family was from Nova Scotia
22 Pam from PA // Sep 6, 2008 at 2:33 pm
We grew up calling this Rocky Mountain Toast. If you saw the movie V for Vendetta, V called them eggies in a basket. Birds Nests are when you fry the egg in the center of a bed of hash browns
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