Comments on: Boiled eggs with soldiers

By: leaving on a jet plane « salt & pepper

leaving on a jet plane « salt & pepper — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:55:44 +0000

[...] next morning we had a couple of boiled eggs with soldiers before hopping on our [...]

By: My favourite (simple) things | vanesther rees

My favourite (simple) things | vanesther rees — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:25:20 +0000

[...] Nina Simone Pickled onions Twitter Hot toast and butter Farting Jumping in puddles Shooting stars Boiled eggs and soldiers Crunching in autumn leaves Rainbows [...]

By: The Ledbury, Notting Hill (revisited) « An American in London

The Ledbury, Notting Hill (revisited) « An American in London — Mon, 30 May 2011 16:00:26 +0000

[...] on its own) into the curd and it’s like the ultimate comfort experience, bringing to mind egg-and-soldiers. What an outstanding dish. Next time you eat at the Ledbury, make sure to have this course. [...]

By: Breakfast, Dec 17th | What's On Lola's Table

Breakfast, Dec 17th | What's On Lola's Table — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:35:31 +0000

[...] to be at work, so I jumped up and started brekke. I was inspired by a post on another blog, The Food Pornographer, so I whipped up some soft boiled eggs. It wouldn’t be breakfast without bacon, plus a couple [...]

By: The amazing half-boiled eggs cooker

The amazing half-boiled eggs cooker — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:40:26 +0000

[...] kaya toast, wondering if it was a local thing. She told me that the British have something called boiled eggs with soldiers. In fact, it may be the one great leftover from the colonisation. Erm, thanks for the laws and [...]

By: fondue123

fondue123 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:20:13 +0000

Re: the origin of “eggs and soldiers”, I can’t say for sure. But growing up here in Canada, my mother called soft-boiled eggs “humpty-dumpty eggs”, so we did too (although my understanding now is that was specific to our family, my mother’s father was British). When I heard that the British call their slices of toast for dipping into soft-cooked eggs soldiers, I could only assume it’s part of the same homage to the nursery rhyme. “All the king’s soldiers and all the king’s men…”

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:01:49 +0000

Have you had eggs in a basket?

By: The Food Pornographer

The Food Pornographer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:23:54 +0000

jackie and Brydon,
As far as I know we call them eggs and soldiers here in Australia, and they also do in the United Kingdom. No idea why. Do you know the story behind the name of all the foods you eat? :)

By: Brydon Gombay

Brydon Gombay — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:43:26 +0000

Wyhy are they called soldiers? And since when? and in which countries?

By: jackie gardner

jackie gardner — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:17:21 +0000

I recently moved to Wales and many people have mentioned eggs and soldiers…what is the story behind it? Why are they called soldiers? I am a devout dunker of all things, especially my toast in milk, or cookies..yum, yum…I am going to surprise my new husband tomorrow and give him eggs and soldiers..thanks for the cooking times!