[Sca-cooks] Regional names for common egg dish...

[Michael Gunter]

>However, my sister, who lives in Israel, just wrote to me and
>announced that she'd just discovered that one of our childhood
>breakfast staples, which we called a Hole In One, and which consists
>of a slice of sandwich/toast-type bread, with a round hole cut into
>it with a small glass or something, sauteed/griddled with an egg
>cracked into the hole, is alive and well in Israel, under the name,
>Beitzah B'Kein, which translates to "Egg in a Nest." I recall
>Theodore Sturgeon, in one of his novels ("The Dreaming Jewels"???)
>describing these and calling them Gas House Eggs.

>If I had to guess I would say they were probably
>Depression-era truck-stop cuisine. I expect others on this list have
>encountered these. What do you call them?

I've always called them either "Ranch Eggs" or "Camp Eggs" because
they are so easy to prepare over a campfire. It's a great breakfast
for events.

Gunthar



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