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Meaning of gashouse egg | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Synonym of egg in a hole.

Examples

“She [Dorothy Roe] is sure that the original perpetrator of tihs^([sic]) gastronomic wonder was Adolphe Menjou and that in one scene he said, “Now we’ll make Gashouse Eggs,” and proceeded to do so. These Winkeyes, Bullseyes, One-Eyed Connollys or plain Gashouse Eggs are wonderful, particularly during the holidays, served late at night with hot coffee, hot tea, hot chocolate or what you will. What You Need / You start making the Snack by having a lot of sliced bread. Then you cut out the middle of each slice with a small round cookie cutter.”
“We made gas[-]house eggs.”
“Nancy Tucker gave a demonstration on deviled eggs, Linda Williams gave a demonstration on breakfast menus using cereal, Debra Gerrard demonstrated gashouse eggs and Susan Zwahlen gave a demonstration on steam-fried eggs.”
“A special breakfast menu is served beginning at 9 a.m., and the $1.10 special is gas[-]house eggs (hollowed out buttered bread holds the eggs and both are fried).”
“When my kids were little I made them “gashouse eggs.” Take the center out of a slice of bread, making a round hole in the middle.”
““Daddy and I have a favorite. Gashouse eggs!” Alice exclaimed, “If you have eggs and bread and butter, I can make them!” […] While she melted some butter in the pan, she scooped out the soft center of each slice of bread, placed the crusts in the pan, and broke an egg into the center of each piece.”
“Later, George Lessey cheers their sagging plans with his recipe for gashouse eggs—eggs fried in bread slices that have had their centers cut out.”
“Breakfast: milk, grape juice, gashouse eggs”
“And Gashouse Eggs ($2.25), a childhood favorite of Mary’s which her late father Tom Penn used to make, is a popular item. The dish features eggs over medium in the center of grilled white bread.”
“[…] she was remembering the professor who came into the soda grill Jorstad began managing 50 years ago […] and made what Mary considered an unusual request. “Gashouse eggs,” the professor said. “I don’t know what that is,” Jorstad replied. […] “He started to explain how to cook gashouse eggs,” she said, recalling the hungry professor. […] Someone asked, “Whatever happened to that guy with the gashouse eggs?” Jorstad smiled and said he came around the counter, took a piece of bread, folded it, and took a bite out of the middle, producing a hole. Then he buttered the bread, put it on the grill, and cracked an egg that he placed on the grill in the hole in the bread. “That,” he said, “is how you make a gashouse egg.””
““What are you fixing?” “Gashouse eggs. Let me whip some up for you.” […] Gashouse eggs are sunny-side-up eggs cooked in the middle of a piece of bread. […] He served up the gashouse eggs, first to Moxie and then to me.”
““How about gashouse eggs?” I asked. “Fine,” Ella said. The better places called them eggs in a basket, but Paddy, who’d introduced me to them, always called them gashouse eggs.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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