Egg in a Nest: WW2 Mock Fried Egg

Serves	2
Prep time	2 minutes
Cook time	5 minutes
Total time	7 minutes
Allergy	Egg, Wheat
Dietary	Vegetarian
Meal type	Bread, Breakfast, Lunch, Snack
Misc	Child Friendly, Serve Hot
Region	British
From book	Ministry of Food; leaflet 11

This ingenious recipe comes from one of the Ministry of Food leaflets that were issued during WW2 and is leaflet 11. The leaflet was all about how to cook with dried eggs and included recipes such as bacon and egg pie, egg cutlets, scrambled eggs and Yorkshire pudding. I was unable to obtain dried eggs, so I used one of my own hen's eggs in this recipe for my Wartime Rations week.

Ingredients

1 egg (fresh shell egg or reconstituted dried egg)
2 slices wheatmeal bread
salt and pepper
dripping

Note

This ingenious recipe comes from one of the Ministry of Food leaflets that were issued during WW2 and is leaflet number 11. The leaflet was all about how to cook with dried eggs and included recipes such as bacon and egg pie, egg cutlets, scrambled eggs and Yorkshire pudding. I was unable to obtain dried eggs, so I used one of my own hen's eggs in this recipe for my Wartime Rations week.

Directions

Step 1	Beat the egg. Cut holes from the centre of each slice of bread with small scone cutter.
Step 2	Dip the slices quickly into water and then fry on one side (in dripping if you have any available) until golden brown.
Step 3	Turn on to the other side, pour half the egg into the hole in each slice of bread, cook till the bread is brown on the underneath side.
Step 4	The bread cut from the centres can be fried and served with the slices. Serve straight away with salt and pepper to season and some HP or Daddies sauce or brown Chop sauce.