Your Toast

Since re-watching V for Vendetta the other week I have been ruminating over exactly what said Mr. V cooked in his frying pan and which [or 'sand which!'] recieved the the exclaimation 'Mmmm delicious' from his partner in crime. Having just googled this it would appear that I am not alone and the film sparked a world-wide interest in his small fried repast. On viewing the movie I thought it was a piece of toast covered in syrup or marmalade with a peach inserted into it, all warmed up in a frying pan [I should invent it!]. I don't know, it sort of looked very sweet. But sadly I was way of the mark. It's actually buttered bread with a hole cut out into which an egg is poured and the whole thing is slowly fried on both sides [V flips his like a pancake meister!]. What I mistook to be syrup/marmalade was in fact butter and/or fried egg yolk. It appears to have a variety of names around the globe: Egg in a Basket, Toad in the Hole [not in the UK, where this requires batter and sausages!] and Yoast. Variations appear where no hole is cut and the egg is simply laid [not literally of course, which would require great aim!] on the toast [Bullseye?]. My own family favourite when I was a wee anklebiter was Egg Bread [Lancastrians didn't go in for fancy titles!], where white bread was dipped in whisked eggs and fried and any leftover mixture being heartily poured over! In posher circles this is French Toast or in Germany Arme Ritter [Poor Knight]. What's your egg bread favourite?