Egg In A Basket - V for Vendetta

V showing his Egg In A Basket dish

Yesterday I saw the movie V for Vendetta which I enjoyed very much. I have learned that I am not the only one, many people have seen the film many times, because there is so much to see and to understand, many stories within the big story. The Internet Movie Database site http://us.imdb.com/ gives a lot information about V and there is even a complete website dedicated to the movie which you can find at http://vforvendetta.warnerbros.com/
Funny, but the thing that intrigued me, was a small breakfast dish that was made twice during the movie. It is called Egg In A Basket and it looks like a beautiful abstract painting, with a brown square, a white square and a yellow circle. Here is the recipe so you can make it yourself and see what it looks like. I am certainly going to make it too, and will photograph it in such a way that you will wonder what kind of painting it is. http://www.netcooks.com/recipes/Breakfast/Egg.In.A.Basket.html

Wikipedia writes the following about it:

An egg in the basket, or egg in a basket, is a fried egg cooked within the confines of a piece of toast whose center has been removed.

Preparation typically begins by cutting a circular hole in the center of a piece of toast. The toast is then fried in a pan with butter. When browned satisfactorily, the egg is cracked into the "basket" cut into the toast. The egg is then fried to the desired consistency. When eaten, the bread and egg yolk mix readily, giving this egg dish its special quality.

Alternate recipes, for those preparing this simple dish and do not have access to a stove, call for the bread and egg to be microwaved. Some people will say that cooking this egg recipe is easier than cooking eggs alone, because the bread adds stability if the cook wishes to flip the egg. Some people put the cut-out circle of bread back on the finished toast and egg, adding a type of "lid" to the "basket".

This dish is also known as a "spit in the eye," an "egg in a hole," a "popeye," a "bunkhouse egg," and, inaccurately enough, an "egg with a hole in the middle". They are also known as "bullseye eggs" because they appear to have three rings; one ring made by the bread, one by the egg white, and one by the yolk.

The meal appeared in the recent Warner Brothers movie "V for Vendetta".