How many names DOES this food have?

[Dan Goncharoff]

I think I need to know what they call Georgia eggs in Georgia. New York
eggs?

DanG


On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Dan Goodman <dsgood at iphouse.com> wrote:

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>  From a post on a social site:
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> The results of my informal poll of y'all and of my in-laws, about what
> you call eggs fried in the hole in a piece of bread, and where you came
> from:
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> Kentucky - eggs in a nest, toad in the hole
> Maryland - toad in a hole
> Michigan - egg in a frame
> New Jersey - egg in the hole
> New York City - Georgia Eggs
> Oregon, NE - toad in the wall (the extra pieces of bread are toad's eyes)
> Philadelphia/New Jersey - eggs in a basket
> South Dakota - one-eyed sandwiches
> Texas, central - house on a hill
> Texas, south - Popeye eggs
> Toronto - toad in the hole
> Internet, cookbooks, and unspecified - ox-eye, egg in a basket, Gypsy
> Eggs, Egyptian Eggs, Toad in the Hole
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> The Kentucky ones are from my mother-in-law. My own mom grew up in West
> and North Texas and doesn't recall ever eating the dish until I found it
> and started cooking it.
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> edit: Also, my father-in-law reports that they called it French toast!
> We made sure to clarify with him that you didn't dip the bread in the
> egg, but fried an egg in the hole. I've forgotten where he grew up, though.
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