Meaning of gas-house egg | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Oscar, he of Waldorf-Astoria fame, would be (or should be) proud to serve⟳ the following gas-house egg recipe we’ve heard from one of the culinary artists of this city: Take⟳ a slice of bread, pinch out the center, put⟳ in a frying pan with melted butter (or a reasonable amount thereof) and pour⟳ the egg in the hole.”

“[…] she had breakfast well on the way when he returned—“gas-house” eggs (fried in the center of slices of bread punched out with a water glass) and crisp bacon.”

““Mama’s making gas-house eggs, ’Nessa,” said Danny, cutting into a slice of melon. “Come⟳ and eat⟳ them before they’re cold,” Annie prompted. Vanessa slid into her seat at the table. “What are gas-house eggs?” Annie served her two from the cast⟳ iron⟳ skillet. “Oh, sure, we used to call⟳ ’em bull’s-eyes.””

“Cooking is very popular but I don’t cook⟳, unless you count⟳ gas-house eggs.”

“On the morning after Edith Campbell’s lawn party, Jed quietly dressed in his work⟳ clothes and decided to introduce⟳ Micaela to gas-house eggs. After cooking the bacon, he made a little-larger-than-yolk-sized hole in a piece of bread. He laid the bread in the skillet and let⟳ it soak⟳ up the bacon grease, then cracked an egg into the center of the hole.”

“After Lemus, came a breakfast of gas-house eggs—after eleven years, I was finally tired of Cheerios. Gas-house eggs consisted of a piece of bread from which the center had been cut⟳ out and replaced by an egg that was then fried to taste⟳. I wasn’t up to drinking coffee, so, argh, I washed the gas-house eggs down with a pint of milk, whole milk.”

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