New England Terms for 'Poached Eggs'

Abstract

ada. In each community the informants were asked what they called eggs dropped whole from the shell into boiling water and usually served on toast. Among some of the rural inhabitants of New England this style of cooking eggs seems to be unknown: in their responses, especially in those of the men, doubt and hesitation were frequent. Typical of this uncertainty are such comments as these: never ate any. I think they're mostly for sick people (Southbury, New Haven County, Conn.); We never cook them that way (Farmington, Hartford County, Conn.); and, don't go in for them fancy dishes (Foster, Providence County, R. I.). Dropped eggs' is the term most widely used in New England for eggs prepared in the style described. Poached eggs2 is much less common. It is in general use only in Fairfield, New Haven, and Litchfield counties, Connecticut. In the eastern counties of