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No pics, but it turned out like Steve's did...

Watching meateater last night. It was a cooking special. He made something called toad in the hole.
Basically...butter some bread, both sides. Use a cookie cutter or glass and cut a 2" diameter hole in the bread. Put in hot skillet (I used cast iron) and crack an egg into the hole. Let toast brown, and egg cook. I imagine would be hard to overcook, as your toast would be burned up.
Maybe it's a Midwestern thing, but I never heard of it. Turned out pretty good...just eggs and toast...but pretty creative none the less.

Anyone else do this?


Edit...just remembered that I did take a pic...when I first started it.

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Tenntrapper said:
No pics, but it turned out like Steve's did...

Watching meateater last night. It was a cooking special. He made something called toad in the hole.
Basically...butter some bread, both sides. Use a cookie cutter or glass and cut a 2" diameter hole in the bread. Put in hot skillet (I used cast iron) and crack an egg into the hole. Let toast brown, and egg cook. I imagine would be hard to overcook, as your toast would be burned up.
Maybe it's a Midwestern thing, but I never heard of it. Turned out pretty good...just eggs and toast...but pretty creative none the less.

Anyone else do this?
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I once tried an 18th century English version of toad in the hole. It was biscuit dough with little balls of ground sausage arranged in a circle so it could be cut into pie shapes. Baked in an oven . Turned out pretty bad actually. The result was half cooked biscuit dough with blobs of very greasy meat in it.
 
Tenntrapper said:
No pics, but it turned out like Steve's did...

Watching meateater last night. It was a cooking special. He made something called toad in the hole.
Basically...butter some bread, both sides. Use a cookie cutter or glass and cut a 2" diameter hole in the bread. Put in hot skillet (I used cast iron) and crack an egg into the hole. Let toast brown, and egg cook. I imagine would be hard to overcook, as your toast would be burned up.
Maybe it's a Midwestern thing, but I never heard of it. Turned out pretty good...just eggs and toast...but pretty creative none the less.

Anyone else do this?
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It's English/British and it sounds like you done a closer version to the original versus what B A S T A R D variations are out there now :rolleyes:
 
We call it egg in the basket. We do it often. I sprinkle a little sugar on top and it kind of caramelizes when you flip it. All the holes you cut out, I do the same with them. Pour a little maple syrup on top similar to a waffle or pancake and it's delicious. Super healthy too! Well maybe not, but delicious!
 
Tenntrapper said:
No pics, but it turned out like Steve's did...

Watching meateater last night. It was a cooking special. He made something called toad in the hole.
Basically...butter some bread, both sides. Use a cookie cutter or glass and cut a 2" diameter hole in the bread. Put in hot skillet (I used cast iron) and crack an egg into the hole. Let toast brown, and egg cook. I imagine would be hard to overcook, as your toast would be burned up.
Maybe it's a Midwestern thing, but I never heard of it. Turned out pretty good...just eggs and toast...but pretty creative none the less.

Anyone else do this?


Edit...just remembered that I did take a pic...when I first started it.

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Out here it's called "egg in the nest".
 
I did something similar when I was a kid. I'd soft boil an egg and mix it up in a bowl with broken up toast and also mix in a spoonful of mayonnaise.
 

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