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?
We always called it “Bird in the Nest” (I’m from southern Indiana)
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.
if you look at the ingredients list on chicken in a bisket, chicken is the last ingredient
We called it a “Box Car” I love making those!!!
Nancy’s college friend Jen…Hi Rachelle, love your site!!
Egg in a frame! Come on. It’s an egg in a frame.
Egg in a frame, seconded.
I had never heard of these until my husband first made them for me about 5 years ago. He calls them bird’s nests.
an egg in the middle sandwich! i was raised on these.
My dad always called that “Egg in a Hat.”
I call it delicious.
Eggy toast
This is what the UK-born parents of my West Coast childhood friends called it.
toad in a hole is what it is at enid’s here.
but before that i’ve never seen it.
A Lone Ranger
I lived in NJ. They called it a “light-house”
My Mom calls this Cheese toast surprise. She covers the egg with pieces of cheese which ends up a surprise.
ghetto omelette
haha i like this one
My Mother always called it ‘Bird In A Basket’.
I call it “Egg in a Frame”
Yor pictures of food are amazing.
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.
Egg in a frame, of course!
By the way…Toad in a Hole is different. It’s sausage in yorkshire pudding. (English dish)
My husband calls it Eggy Ba Ba.
He says that is what his mom called it and her family was from Nova Scotia
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
The name I remember from childhood has something to do with Whinnie the Pooh as the dish resemples him being stuck in a hole. If you know this name please let me know.