dippy eggs

Soft-cooked breakfast oval

Dippy eggs are soft-boiled or sunny-side-up eggs with runny yolks, named for the practice of dipping toast into them.

The term is regional, most common in Pennsylvania and parts of the American Midwest: I'll have dippy eggs with bacon and toast.

breakfast

toast

Heated bread; glass-raising honor

bacon · hashbrowns · sausage · beans · mushrooms · tomatoes · fried · morning · brunch · fry-up

dunking

soldiers

Military personnel who fight

  • toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
  • butteredCoated with dairy spread
  • breadLeavened flour product

sourdough · rye · baguette · crusty · fingers · strips · yolk · runny · dripping · soaking

preparation

soft-boiled

Briefly cooked, yolk liquid

timing · spoon · shell · peeling · tapping · saucepan · boiling · water · timer · coddled

comfort

cozy

Warm and snug

soothing · satisfying · familiar · reassuring · nourishing · childhood · memories · simple · homemade · nurturing

regional

soldiers

Military personnel who fight

slang

Opposites
yolk consistency

dippy eggshard-boiled eggs

Poultry ova cooked through

egg structure preservation

dippy eggsscrambled eggs

Stirred ova dish

egg salad · omelette · frittata

Family

dip, dipped, dipping, dips, dipper, egg, eggs, egged, egging

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Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G