In article >,
(Phred) wrote:


> Artistic endeavour and valentines etc. aside, I'm struck by that piece
> of toast. Your toaster is either *very* much better than mine; or
> that piece of bread has been fried. So, 'fess up -- which is it? :-)

For some reason, these are occasionally called "Toad in the Hole" in the
US. No relation to the British dish:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_in_the_hole

For 27 other names for this in the US:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_in_the_basket

I've never seen anything other than a round hole.

What all of these have in common is that the egg is fried while within
the bread. Thus, to answer your question, that bread has seen the
frypan.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA