My heart sank a little when Joe stared at me blankly when I mentioned in passing about having a boiled egg and soldiers for lunch once. He'd never heard of them, in fact not many American's have. What we consider to be one of the top child meal time favorites growing up in the UK, it's pretty much non existent in the US - maybe it's because as Brits we love dunking biscuits in tea, it's not such a jump to dunk toast into your egg when you think about it!
They missed the joy of dipping your toast into the gooey golden heaven of the yolk, watching it dribble over the shell onto your egg cup. Trying to scoop up every last piece with your toasted soldiers. I loved eggs and soldiers so much as a child that for years I use have one everyday before school. They are still one of my lunch time treats.
And yes, I eat my boiled egg out of a Jack Daniels shot glass. The lacking popularity of boiled eggs, makes trying to find egg cups a difficult mission!
What were your favorite meals as a child? Did you love the egg and soldiers too?!
And yes, I eat my boiled egg out of a Jack Daniels shot glass. The lacking popularity of boiled eggs, makes trying to find egg cups a difficult mission!
What were your favorite meals as a child? Did you love the egg and soldiers too?!