When I was a kid, I loved reading novels by Enid Blyton, E. Nesbit and Noel Streatfeild. They all wrote British young adult fiction set in the forties and fifties. I read these books for the stories, but more than that, I loved them for the descriptions of the food. I gobbled up the detailed listings of of cakes, boiled vegetables and egg cups with toast soldiers. This image of this soft boiled egg and homemade toast soldier make me think of all those stories and now all I want to do is settle down to a breakfast of eggs and toast, with a nice cup of tea.
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4-01-2008 @ 8:44AM
OneIrishRover said...
My husband is from Ireland and he also likes egg in a cup with toast soldiers. You simply take a soft boiled egg with a small "knob" of butter and mash it all up in a cup with a little salt and pepper. Lovely to eat out on our deck on Sunday mornings.
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4-02-2008 @ 12:13AM
danielle said...
my grandmother is from england, and whenever i'd spend the night at my grandparents' house she'd make me eggs with toast like this. never knew they were called "toast soldiers," but this definitely brings me back to my childhood.
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4-02-2008 @ 12:04PM
Nick said...
I've never heard of a toast soldier but that sure looks good, excellent shot!
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