dippy egg
Runny yolk centerpiece
A dippy egg is a soft-boiled or soft-fried egg with a runny yolk, meant for dipping toast or soldiers into.
The term is primarily regional, common in parts of the American Midwest and Pennsylvania: The kids always want dippy eggs for breakfast.
- soft-boiledBriefly cooked, yolk liquid
- runnyExcessively fluid
- dipperVessel for scooping liquids
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- comfort foodEmotionally consoling dishes
toast soldiers · breakfast table · morning routine · yolk · childhood nostalgia · white · regional slang · poached · sunny side up · over easy · hard-boiled · toast · albumen · scrambled · coddled · fried · protein · basted
egg preparation method
dippy egghard-boiled egg
Egg simmered until firm
scrambled eggs · egg white omelette · deviled egg · deviled eggs · egg salad