Soldiers

Posted by TheFallen on June 04, 2003

In Reply to: Soldiers posted by Caz on June 04, 2003

: Can anyone tell me why we call slices of bread 'soldiers' when we dip them in boiled eggs?

: Thanks!

I have no back-up for this, but my opinion is this. The egg's irrelevant largely, because you can equally have Marmite soldiers (it's a very popular UK savoury spread for those who don't know). To turn bread or toast into soldiers, all you need to do butter a slice of bread, then further cut it lengthways 5 or 6 times. The resultant row of strips could be said to look like soldiers standing in rank on parade, all in line.

Personally I prefer toast soldiers for dipping into a runny egg - those bread ones are too spineless and droopy :)

• Cornbread in a glass ESC 06/04/03
  • Cornbread in a glass James Briggs 06/04/03
    • Cornbread Variation Bella 06/04/03
      • Fingers and Marmite TheFallen 06/04/03
        • Fingers and Marmite ESC 06/04/03
          • Marmite ESC 06/04/03
            • Marmite/Vegemite Bookworm 06/04/03
              • They certainly taste the same... Word Camel 06/04/03
                • They certainly taste the same... Robert 06/07/03
                • Not to the connoisseur, they don't! TheFallen 06/04/03
                  • Try anything except... Bob 06/08/03
                  • Vegemite logo for reference TheFallen 06/04/03
                • Question about soldiers... Word Camel 06/04/03
                  • Vitamaeatavegamin ESC 06/05/03
                    • Vitamaeatavegamin Caz 06/06/03
                      • In conclusion... Caz 06/06/03
                        • In conclusion... TheFallen 06/07/03
                          • I will be conducting a blind taste test... Word Camel 06/07/03
                            • The difinitive words on this topic? Barney 06/09/03