What would you assume if someone asked you for this?

[Asuperblyfeauturedroomandexcellentboiledpotatoes]

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

So a boiled egg in it's shell on toast?

I wouldn't assume at all - I'd specifically ask if they wanted their eggs hard or soft boiled ....

Not if they're placed cut wide downwards.

Of course it's a thing. You can shell a soft boiled egg just as you can shell a hard boiled egg. I suppose you just take more care with it.
What he got was something like this but a bit runnier:

No, why would it be in its shell?
It would be a boiled egg, not in its shell, on toast.
What he got was something like this:

Toast with sliced boiled eggs on it is what they'd get from me. But thats because thats what DH would meen if he asked for boiled eggs and toast. Dippy egg and soldiers is an entirely different menu item.

Why so cryptic OP? Was this is a restaurant/cafe or at home? If at home, I'd asked for clarity on what exactly they wanted.

Because you use boling water to poach them

Ive never really heard of someone having shelled soft boiled eggs just on top of toast, probably because the shelling process is so unpredictable with soft boiled eggs. There's nothing wrong with it, but I would always serve dippy egg to someone who asked for a boiled egg with toast.

Is this a husband ? Did he complain ? If he wanted soldiers I’d say, “I’m not your Mummy”

But he asked for boiled eggs & toast not boiled eggs on toast.

So did he want something different to what you did & if so what?

No adult eats boiled eggs with soldiers! 😂 I haven’t had that since I was about 10.

id presume dh meant egg sliced on toast as that’s what he would normally have.

For me it would be the waste of yolk!

Isn't dipping the point of soft boiled eggs?

Unless he wanted hard boiled eggs sliced or mashed onto the toast?

I eat soft boiled eggs albeit not with soldiers but I do dip the toast in the yolk.

He wanted egg and soldiers, but he didn't ask for egg and soldiers so I have him boiled eggs and toast, but yes I arranged the eggs on top of the toast.
However... He was actually happy with what I gave him and said it was delicious. He was just surprised because he expected egg and soldiers. I asked him why he didn't ask specifically for eggs and soldiers and a discussion ensued.

I love boiled egg and soldiers!

Thats what Id have made for anyone who asked for boiled egg and toast

I'd offer two hard-boiled eggs and a slice of dark-toasted wholemeal multi-grain toast ... as this is what I'd prepare for myself.

Why is the yolk wasted though? It's no more wasted than it is with a friend egg or a poached egg. You still have the yolk, you just mop it up with the toast.

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

I DID ask if he wanted them hard or soft boiled. He said soft.
I still didn't assume soldiers and an egg cup.

For me breakfast eggs are soft boiled in an egg cup unless otherwise stated.

I wouldn't ask for soldiers though or serve them to another adult unless asked.

I’ve never seen boiled eggs on toast so that wouldn’t have come to mind. Part of the enjoyment of the food is dipping the bread and scooping out the white! But I guess it would taste the same if the eggs weren’t in their shells. And I would definitely prefer it to poached eggs, I will never ever get the obsession with half-set white in a bouncy sack

I would expect, or at least, hope for, soft boiled eggs in a cup, with toast - I can cut the toast into soldiers myself.

Fried eggs and poached eggs should also come with soft yolks, so that when they go on the toast, the yolk runs into the toast.

I have, when I fucked up the egg timings.

If they didn’t say soldiers then they wouldn’t be getting chucky eggs in egg cups. The soldiers define the way the meal is presented.