Eggy Peggy and Fingers
Earlier today I came across a posting on BoingBoing about a guy that invented a thing for cutting “toast soldiers.” This post totally zoomed me back into Simi Valley, California when I was a little lad of 5 or so. We didn’t call them toast soldiers though. No, for us they were “fingers.”
When I was growing up, my mother and grandmother were these little plump Scottish ladies. One of my favorite breakfasts that they would make for me was called an “Eggy Peggy” and I’m assuming that my mother learned how to make it from her mother, but I could be wrong because I never asked them about it. Also, I don’t know if this is specifically a Scottish thing or if it was just because my mom and grandma were crazy. Anyway, an Eggy Peggy is a soft-boiled egg tossed into a coffee cup with a pat of butter, salt, and pepper. Toast is then cut into long strips, or “fingers” and is dipped into the might-make-your-heart-seize-at-any-moment egg mixture and consumed. Repeat as necessary.
I guess what I’m saying is that this invention isn’t so crazy as it sounds. Call them fingers, call them soldiers, the important thing here is that someone took the time to invent something that makes them. I love devices that are made specifically to do one thing (I don’t like the whole ‘convergence’ thing) and I believe that if those devices have something to do with making the preparation of food any easier then I’m all for them. If anyone needs more information on how to make an Eggy Peggy then just drop me a line, I’m more than happy to help out.