The lovely smell of...

[ju_bear]

...fried eggyyyyyyyy bread... with cinammon sugar. Mmmmmmmmmmmm! :) And a nice cuppa hot chocolate. *bliss* That is my brunch sorted.

I had a hankering for  eggy bread today as I haven't had any at all this year or indeed even the end of last year.

I don't know how you do your eggy bread but ours in Malaysia have always been sweet. Just plain sweet fried eggy bread is called "French Toast" and eggy bread slathered with strawberry jam is called "Bombay Toast".  I have made coconut eggy bread before which is diiiiiiiiiivine which the bread is dipped in desiccated coconut after being dipped in sweet eggy mixture then lightly fried in butter.

Anyway, I was wondering, is eggy bread in Britain any different to mine? Is it savoury rather than sweet? I could google, but I would rather like to know what my lovely friends think/say. :)

How do you do your eggy bread? Or whatever you call them. :)

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[glassrat.livejournal.com]

I used to have eggy bread with ketchup, when I was little before they realised that egg makes me icky

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

ah, so it is a more savoury eggy bread over here?

I have to remember eggs make you icky for future reference!

[murasaki-star.livejournal.com]

I think it's mostly savoury over here. Sometimes people make it as part of a fry up. I remember having it when out camping with the guides, and I'm pretty sure we put ketchup on it then.

On a tangent, what part of Malaysia are you from? I was there over Christmas last year (can't remember if I mentioned at the Hafla!) My fiance's mothers side of the family are all from Penang :)

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

I am from Kuala Lumpur (the capital) and funnily enough, my dad and his family were from Penang and belong to the Baba Nonya ethnic group. However, as my mum and him got divorced when I was very little, my ties to Penang are shaky and vague, since I am not so close to my dad. But still, small world!

I didn't know you went to Malaysia! Yay! :D Ah so your fiance is half Malaysian and half British? Did you visit KL too or just in Penang? :)

And... eggy bread rocks... :) Am easily pleased! :D

[murasaki-star.livejournal.com]

Yes, my fiance is half Malaysian (chinese) and half British, although he's only been back a few times in his whole life so he doesn't know so much about that side of his heritage. His mother grew up in Penang and speaks Hokkien and Malaysian (as well as English!)

When we were there at christmas we started in Singapore, then worked our way up to KL, Cameron Highlands, and finally Penang. We only had a few days in KL, so we did a 1 day sightseeing tour and saw things like the Batu Caves, Petronas Towers, Batik Factory, the Palace, and a Peace Park (probably sounds like really touristy to you!). There was a Chinese temple too at the top of a hill, but I can't remember what it was called. We were staying with his Auntie in the suburbs of KL (in Petaling Jaya) so we only spent one day in the centre and spent the rest of the time shopping at local malls. When I was there it was almost 7 dollars to the pound, so I really enjoyed the shopping! :)

I really enjoyed my time there, I was there for a family wedding, so maybe I got a different experience than a regular tourist would have done, but it was still fantastic. Also, we had just got engaged when we were in Singapore, so I spent the whole time being really excited about that! We are having a tea ceremony as part of our wedding!

Sorry to blab on there, I get overexcited when I talk to people about that holiday :)

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

*laughs* No worries abt rambling, it is an exciting event after all! ;)

We had a small British wedding plus a Malaysian buffet reception in Brighton and a modest 150 ppl chinese wedding banquet dinner in Malaysia as per traditional. 150 ppl is considered a modest amount as 450 ppl is considered to be a respectable extravaganza. But to me 150 ppl was huge enough and most I would probably won't see again since abt 100 ppl are distant relations that I hardly see/know. We had the tea ceremony the next morning but I didn't have a specialchinese costume which was a shame but we were only there for 2 weeks so hard to get things like flowers and additional costume. It was hard enough to organise a wedding dinner when I was here and they are there. But I loved the memories of my weddings. I was lucky enough to have 2 wedding celebrations. :D

Wish I can show you the wedding pics. :)

I do miss Malaysia lots, sometimes homesickness hit. But I am aware that I will be unable to adjust to living there again after being here for over 10 years. But yes, when the pound is strong, shopping is excellent there, as well as foooooooood! :)

*grins* I am more like a tourist when I go back anyway. Take me a couple of days to adjust back to my old Malaysian life and of course the heat!

Batik factory- a great place to buy some fantastic batik fabric. I love the free hand batik style. I had to do that for my art exam in 3rd form. Much harder than it looks! :/

Sounds like you had fabulous holiday and am so glad you enjoyed yourself there! ;)

[morecake.livejournal.com]

Most people here make it savoury, which is how I grew up with it. However, I make it sweet with cinnamon and golden syrup, and fresh or tinned fruit on the side, strawberries or peaches for preference. It also works very well with fruit loaf as the bread. Mmm.....

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmmmmm... they sound so yuuuuummy.

Eggy bread!!

[edy-.livejournal.com]

Either just egg and bread as part of a fry up or on its own with sugar. Jam sandwiches dipped in egg and fried are 'blackbirds' and cheese sandwiches 'cheese dreams'. So, either sweet or savory. Coconut eggy bread sounds fab!

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

I love the name "blackbirds" for jam sandwiches dipped in egg! How apt!! :D

Thank you for the info- love the names! :)

[longrat.livejournal.com]

we always called eggy bread "Gypsy toast"
Tim calls it 'eggy bread' :(
some people have no romance in their souls!

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

Gypsy bread! Now that does sound so romantic! Not heard eggy bread called that before. Lovely! I have however heard of Gypsy soup...

BUT I have come across an old recipe (I won't say it is medieval since am not sure of its authenticity and origin) that is called Knight's Pudden. Which is old bread dipped in egg, fried and drizzled with some honey. The myth/story said that it was probably what a knight could afford before being paid by his Lord or if when they haven't been paid for months, that was what they could afford to eat.

[longrat.livejournal.com]

old bread dipped in egg, fried and drizzled with some honey

fried bread - sounds medieval to me :)

[morecake.livejournal.com]

My mum used to draw a pic of a man with a head-dress and facepaint onto bread with Marmite and fry that, and call it Indian toast. Very tasty ;-)

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

Marmite on Toast! :D

[littlejenny123.livejournal.com]

I always make it sweet with cinnamon, but serve it with ketchup :-D

Mmm, what a good idea, I think I'll make some now :-)

[littlejenny123.livejournal.com]

Yes it's still good with cinnamon and ketchup *pats tummy*

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, will have to try that next time! :D

Glad you had an eggy bread day too! ;)

[rhubarbtriangle.livejournal.com]

Have i mentioned that you are a very weird person? Nice...but weird.

[littlejenny123.livejournal.com]

:-D

[stephygurl.livejournal.com]

at first i thought you were talking about the fried bread with an egg on top. have you seen that? i saw it in the movie "V for Vendetta" it's a british thing right? i wanted to know how to make it. it looked sooo freakn good. but we americans just call it "french toast" hehehe

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhh, you mean "egg in a nest"! I love it! There are probably other names for it too, but I know it as "egg in a nest". Cute!

It is easy to make, cut a hole in the middle of white sliced bread or bread of your choice (I used medium sized cookie cutters (heart shaped in my fav!), add butter to medium hot pan, put holed bread in there, break an egg in it (or break egg into a bowl than pour into the hole), allow to fry gently on medium heat, till bread is crisp at the bottom and carefully turn the bread over to help the other side crisp up with abit more butter. The smell is heavenly when you make that. I also fry off the cut off bit since I hate to waste it! I have used quail eggs to do smaller "egg in a nest" too.

I love finding out interesting names and methods for familiar food from around the world. It is fascinating. I always wanted to have a good old American breakfast as they looked so good!!

[stephygurl.livejournal.com]

omigawd. i'm so going to make this NOW! be back with a picture ;)

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

Funnily, in Malaysia when I was growing up, we never have full English breakfast other than cheesey omelette in a roll or fried egg with beans or a bacon roll. But we do have American breakfast of pancakes with butter and syrup. It was a treat too. When I first had full english breakfast in halls, i thought the sausages was disgusting and smelt weird. I stuck to bacon and toast or toast and jam after that.

Mmmmm, maple syrup, must get some...!

[gan55.livejournal.com]

Ju: You forgot Roti John is savoury...and its an eggy bread...Lol~

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

kinda, our roti john is a french baguette slices (can use normal bread too), spread with minced pork or beef, spring onions and garlic and beaten egg mixture, then pan fried with butter. Then eaten with sweet Lingham chilli sauce. Is it the same as your one in Spore? :)

Mmmmm, now I want roti john.

[gan55.livejournal.com]

Same!

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

Oh, ok, so we do have a savoury meaty eggy type bread! ;)

I always wondered, is it called roti john after the 1st person who cooked it?

[rhubarbtriangle.livejournal.com]

Dave made eggy bread when our relationship was still young. It was lovely, with lots of pepper and Aromat. I had thought at the time though that it would work equally well as a sweet meal but had never got round to putting in practice my plans to make a sweet version with cinnamon. I shall deffinitely have to try that now!

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

Erm, what is Aromat?

I hope you will have some sweet version soon if not already! :)

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

oh and I wanted to tell you: the chicken spice you gave me is fantastic with chicken livers- marinate chicken livers with some of the spice, add some lemon juice and salt. Then pan fry to seal the livers with abit of olive oil, then add some sliced onions and some mushrooms and add any more seasoning if you want. Then take it off heat and stir in some greek yoghurt and add some chopped parsley. It is brilliant with french bread straight from the pan. :D

So thank you for the spices! ;D

[rhubarbtriangle.livejournal.com]

You are most welcome!
I haven't actually tried mine yet, so it's nice to have an idea.
Aromat is a swiss condiment, mostly MSG amd flavourings so it is probably evil but i have been adicted to the stuff since i was five and it's too late to stop now. It improves dull food, like eggs, no end!

[kinggoose.livejournal.com]

I don't - hate the very idea of it!

[ju-bear.livejournal.com]

do you dislike egg?

[kinggoose.livejournal.com]

No I like egg, but "eggy bread" just sounds like vileness incarnate. None of thw wonderfull satisfying eggyness that eggs can be, and all of the stinky slightly unpleasentness of a bad eggy-fart.

Just doesn't appeal to me at ALL!

Now a tripple frind egg chilli-cheese chutney sandwich, well now you're talking! Perfect post pub food. Erm, that was if I was down a pub any more.

[longhairedhippy.livejournal.com]

Hmm, not had eggy bread myself , but I think it's something Krissy used to have... might have to make some this evening...