gashouse egg
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of egg in a hole.
Example Sentences
- "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."