Cook eggs in a large saucepan of boiling water until cooked to your liking (6 minutes for soft yolks). Meanwhile, toast bread, spread thickly with cultured butter, trim crusts and cut into
Now as far as the “soldiers” go–if you're from the UK, there's no explanation needed, but for everyone else: when soft boiled eggs are served to little ones in Britain, the toast is cut into long strips which everyone calls “soldiers,” apparently because they're so straight.
If you're not familiar with the term “soldier,” as it refers to breakfast, Wikipedia has defined it as: A British term that refers to a piece of toast cut into thin strips reminiscent of the formation of soldiers on parade.
A soldier is a thin strip of toasted bread, reminiscent of a soldier on parade. The shape lends itself to dipping into a soft-boiled egg that has had the top removed.
It turns out, people in America don't use egg cups and rather than soft-boil their eggs for their soldiers, they poach or fry them sunny.
Thankfully, some Americans were on hand to explain the situation, revealing that they actually don't tend to have dippy eggs (their loss), but rather hard boil them so they don't require a cup. One user explained: "The only eggs we commonly eat are hardboiled & sliced (like on a salad) or scrambled/omelets.
Breakfast Meals
For breakfast, there will be eggs to order, scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausage/bacon, pancakes/french toast, juice, milk, cereals, coffee, and fruits.
A hobo is probably called that because it's made by throwing a bunch of ingredients into a single pan. As far as I know, it always contains eggs, cheese, and potatoes, and some sort of meat.
Menstruation is also called funeral of egg since it is not fertilised. Menstruation occurs in the absence of fertilisation.
Century eggs can be found all across China, especially in Hunan province. It's also called Millennium egg, thousand-year egg, or Hundred-Year egg. The preservation method is used to prolong the shelf-life considerably when you have a lot of them.
Military MREs (Meals, Ready to Eat) are a shared experience between the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
MRE: Meal, Ready to Eat.
Often the British will let the toast go cold (in a toast rack) so as to prevent super drippy butter. It is an admittedly difference experience with cold butter on cold toast and melted butter on hot toast.
Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army. It was certainly well established during the nineteenth century, but is particularly associated with the First World War. It can be used as a term of reference, or as a form of address.
Tommies, Pommies, Redcoats and Limeys. Have you ever wondered why British Soldiers are referred to as Tommies? You can see the reference everywhere from the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling to contemporary historical works like The Last Fighting Tommy by Harry Patch.
The ritual meal known as the Seder, takes place on the first two evenings of Passover. This ceremonial dinner traditionally includes hard-boiled eggs, to pay homage to the destruction of the Temple and symbolise mourning in general.
The Irish wake is a well-known funeral tradition where the family of the deceased covers all mirrors in the home. To hide the physical body from the soul, the family turns mirrors to face the wall. Some Irish superstitions say that if you look in a mirror long enough, you'll see a devil looking over your shoulder.
The red string is a symbol of blessing the departed and the family members wish to give to you; to thank you for attending the funeral. What you need to do, is to coil the red string on any of your fingers. When you leave the funeral, you can simply discard it away.
The egg industry faces supply issues impacted by rising feed costs and a hangover from the pandemic restrictions which reduced laying flocks. Egg Farmers of Australia told SBS in 2022 the industry had been impacted by bushfires, floods, droughts, the mice plague, COVID-19 and increased production costs.
Australians use a couple of other colloquial words for a hen's egg. The Australian English word googie or goog is an informal term that dates from the 1880s. It derives from British dialect goggy, a child's word for an egg. A closer parallel to the jocular bum nut, however, is the word cackleberry.
A Bad Conduct Discharge, colloquially referred to as a "big chicken dinner" or "big crazy duck", from the initialism, can only be given by a court-martial (either special or general) as a punishment for an enlisted service member. Bad conduct discharges may be preceded by a period of confinement in a military prison.
Gedunk -- Refers to snack foods, such as candy and chips, as well as the place they're sold.
Chowing Down. In basic training, you receive three meals per day. Most of the time, these are hot meals served in the chow hall (called the dining facility in the Air Force and Army, and the galley or mess hall in the Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard).