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What would you assume if someone asked you for this?

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Asuperblyfeauturedroomandexcellentboiledpotatoes · 21/06/2026 09:28

Light-hearted one for a Sunday morning. Settle something between me and my husband.

If you asked someone what they want to eat, and they said "boiled eggs and toast" what would you give them?

YABU - Boiled eggs, in eggcups with toast cut into soldiers IE: boiled eggs and soldiers
YANBU - Boiled eggs (shelled) and slices of toast, because that's what they asked for

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purplecorkheart · 22/06/2026 13:38

I guess it would depend on the time of day. If it was breakfast time it would be egg cups and toast sliced.

Nearer dinner time it would be peeled.

maddiemookins16mum · 22/06/2026 13:31

I’d say ‘how would you like your toast?’ Or I’d give them the toast cut in half (horizontal) and a knife so they could then do the right and decent thing and cut the halves in to soldiers. They wouldn’t be getting my prized Eric and Ernie egg cups though.

Error404FucksNotFound · 22/06/2026 13:22

If they said boiled eggs and toast I would assume they wanted them separate.
If they said boiled eggs on toast id assume they wanted eggs on top of the toast.

CaptainMyCaptain · 22/06/2026 13:18

WeatherOrNothing · 21/06/2026 19:00

i would do this too. Never heard of ‘dippy’ eggs 🤢. Why would you cut an adults toast in strips???

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So they fit in the egg.

cinquanta · 22/06/2026 08:32

FriendlyMedusa · 21/06/2026 22:28

I'm in the minority who thought he meant just boiled eggs plus toast.

People actually have soldiers and dippy eggs?? I'm not trying to be up myself as I'm rough as a bear's arse, I've just genuinely never seen anyone eat it in real life. I thought it was one of those things you only see on TV!

They do. Quite common in my circles. I’ve never heard them called “dippy eggs” before though.

However, if I was asked for boiled eggs and toast, they would get boiled eggs plus slices of toast. Because the size of the soldiers is a personal thing.

FriendlyMedusa · 21/06/2026 22:28

I'm in the minority who thought he meant just boiled eggs plus toast.

unsync · 21/06/2026 21:48

Dippy eggs with soldiers.

The only other type of egg on toast is either poached, scrambled or fried, but the toast remains whole.

HereWeGoesAgain · 21/06/2026 21:03

Thatcannotberight · 21/06/2026 10:55

Boiled eggs hot go in egg cups. Cold hardish boiled eggs are sliced for sandwiches. Eggs on toast are poached. Anything else is wrong.

Haha, blunt but absolutely correct! 😆

AmazingGreatAunt · 21/06/2026 20:48

Soft boiled eggs and toast soldiers.
I am very much afraid that I do not know what "dippy" eggs are, in the same way as I have no idea about any food predicated by the word "picky".

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Asuperblyfeauturedroomandexcellentboiledpotatoes · 21/06/2026 20:28

mathanxiety · 21/06/2026 19:18

That would be really unusual, to the point of being bonkers.

If the meal were to include toast, I would expect the soft cooked egg to be poached or fried, not boiled and shelled.

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It's really not that unusual. There's are a tonne of recipes on Google that say to do just that

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TwinDolphin · 21/06/2026 19:41

Asuperblyfeauturedroomandexcellentboiledpotatoes · 21/06/2026 16:34

You can have soft boiled with a salad

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Yes! My favorite lunch recently has been a mixed green salad with smoked salmon, avocado, and a soft boiled egg. Yum.

Prombles · 21/06/2026 19:37

YourShyLion · 21/06/2026 19:12

I've never heard of anyone putting a soft boiled egg ON toast, that's really weird. It's obviously boiled egg and soliders to me

I've done that in situations where there haven't been egg cups handy, e.g. self catering holidays.

If you tend to put most of your boiled egg onto toast anyway, it cuts out the middle man!

Personally I'll put about half of it on toast and eat the rest out of its shell.

mathanxiety · 21/06/2026 19:18

Asuperblyfeauturedroomandexcellentboiledpotatoes · 21/06/2026 09:33

You can have soft boiled and shelled. Noone said they had to be hard boiled

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That would be really unusual, to the point of being bonkers.

If the meal were to include toast, I would expect the soft cooked egg to be poached or fried, not boiled and shelled.

YourShyLion · 21/06/2026 19:12

I've never heard of anyone putting a soft boiled egg ON toast, that's really weird. It's obviously boiled egg and soliders to me

Prombles · 21/06/2026 19:08

Prombles · 21/06/2026 19:03

Almost your YABU - I'd boil the eggs and put them in egg cups, but I wouldn't cut the toast into soldiers unless asked, I'd just serve it buttered and cut in triangles.

Incidentally, I would have no objections at all if someone served me boiled eggs directly on pieces of toast, but it wouldn't be my default way of presenting them.

Greenandyellowday · 21/06/2026 19:07

LesSanglotsLonguesDesViolonsDAutomne · 21/06/2026 11:38

5 minutes here - so the white is solid (and can therefore be avoided) and the yolk is still all runny.

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Exactly 😉

LesSanglotsLonguesDesViolonsDAutomne · 21/06/2026 19:04

WeatherOrNothing · 21/06/2026 19:00

i would do this too. Never heard of ‘dippy’ eggs 🤢. Why would you cut an adults toast in strips???

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So you can fit them inside the egg, which remains in its shell in an eggcup while you enjoy the hot yolk on your toast fingers. The diner may or may not also want to eat the egg white (I don’t but each to their own).

Your sneeriness is rude and unattractive. Judging other people’s food choices does not make you morally superior, just someone with whom it’s really unpleasant sharing a meal.

cinquanta · 21/06/2026 19:04

Asuperblyfeauturedroomandexcellentboiledpotatoes · 21/06/2026 09:33

You can have soft boiled and shelled. Noone said they had to be hard boiled

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I wouldn’t take any notice of what Noone said.

Prombles · 21/06/2026 19:03

Almost your YABU - I'd boil the eggs and put them in egg cups, but I wouldn't cut the toast into soldiers unless asked, I'd just serve it buttered and cut in triangles.

WeatherOrNothing · 21/06/2026 19:00

Chamomileteaplease · 21/06/2026 09:37

Neither of your suggestions.

What they asked for: boiled eggs and toast. I would put the boiled eggs into egg cups though. Otherwise they roll around.

The toast would be slices of, not cut up; if they are an adult they can cut the toast how they like.

i would do this too. Never heard of ‘dippy’ eggs 🤢. Why would you cut an adults toast in strips???

Greenandyellowday · 21/06/2026 18:56

DaisyChain505 · 21/06/2026 11:13

If they wanted dippy eggs and soldiers they should have asked for dippy eggs and soldiers, this is British law.

😂

Greenandyellowday · 21/06/2026 18:27

GreatOffWhiteFalcon · 21/06/2026 09:46

I am staying well out of this domestic dispute OP.

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So now I really, really want at least 3 (see below) perfectly boiled eggs (yolks runny but on their way to becoming cooked, and whites thoroughly cooked) on buttered sourdough toast, black pepper, sea salt, watercress...

But unfortunately, I (a)can't boil an egg, and (b)am allergic to egg whites but do like a yolk, so an egg for me is necessarily small, and also an unpleasant display of egg dissection when I eat brunch with friends and the whites aren't cooked. My friends are lovely, very kind and patient about my allergy, only saying once or thrice every single time "Why the fucking hell did you order eggs again, you fucking moron?"

Instead of the egg yolks I'm craving, for dinner (tea/supper) tonight I'm having poussin (teenage egg).

If someone asked me for boiled eggs on, or with, toast, I'd say:
"Just popping to the shop" (round the corner, thank goodness) and "I can do you scrambled."

EBearhug · 21/06/2026 18:25

If nothing else, I have learnt that chuck egg isn't just an '80s computer game.

5foot5 · 21/06/2026 16:47

hereismydog · 21/06/2026 10:15

I’m 32 and I definitely still eat boiled eggs with soldiers!

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And I'm nearly twice your age and so do I. Of course there is no age limit on boiled egg and toast soldiers. What a ridiculous suggestion

Thebigonesgetaway · 21/06/2026 16:42

Asuperblyfeauturedroomandexcellentboiledpotatoes · 21/06/2026 16:34

You can have soft boiled with a salad

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Exactly, really surprised at all the rules people have on eggs. And that grown adults want their toast cut into soldiers.

many recipes call for a soft boiled egg. Salad nicoise is a key one, and I listed others, from ramen to kedgeree, even a scotch egg when done right has a runny egg.

im a little bemused that adults have never eaten a soft boiled egg in any recipe and would only eat one if they had it with toast cut into little strips

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