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===Events===
===Events===
The [[Ohio University]] Lancaster campus holds an annual concert performed by the Lancaster Men’s Chorus called the "Ham & Eggs Show".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20090524/NEWS01/905240326/-1/newsfront2/Ham+and+Eggs+Concert+brings+in+about+1+200+spectators+in+3+days |title=Ham and Eggs Concert brings in about 1,200 spectators in 3 days |author=Giessler, Joe |date=May 24, 2009 |website= |publisher=''[[Lancaster Eagle-Gazette]]'' |access-date= |archive-url=|archive-date=}}{{deadlink|date=June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Ohio University 2015"/> The concert has occurred for over forty years.<ref name="Ohio University 2015">{{cite web | title=Lancaster Men’s Chorus Donates to Wagner Theatre Improvement Campaign | website=Ohio University | date=April 8, 2015 | url=https://www.ohio.edu/lancaster/newsroom/newsArticle.cfm?ArticleID=FA1E4CDB-5056-A81E-8DA09AB87AEAE884 | accessdate=June 30, 2016}}</ref>
The [[Ohio University]] Lancaster campus holds an annual concert performed by the Lancaster Men’s Chorus called the "Ham & Eggs Show".<ref name="Ohio University 2015"/> The concert has occurred for over forty years.<ref name="Ohio University 2015">{{cite web | title=Lancaster Men’s Chorus Donates to Wagner Theatre Improvement Campaign | website=Ohio University | date=April 8, 2015 | url=https://www.ohio.edu/lancaster/newsroom/newsArticle.cfm?ArticleID=FA1E4CDB-5056-A81E-8DA09AB87AEAE884 | accessdate=June 30, 2016}}</ref>


==Similar dishes==
==Similar dishes==

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This article is about the dish. For the cartoon short, see Ham and Eggs.
Ham and eggs served with thinly-sliced ham and fried eggs prepared over easy
Ham and eggs served with thinly-sliced ham and fried eggs prepared over easy
Ham and eggs served with a ham steak and scrambled eggs
Ham and eggs served with a ham steak and scrambled eggs

Ham and eggs is a breakfast, lunch and dinner dish, and is common as a breakfast dish in the United States.[1] It is prepared using ham and eggs as primary ingredients. Some notable people have professed an affinity with the dish, such as Duncan Hines and Henry Puyi. The term "ham and eggs" and some variations of it have been used as a slang term in the United States. The term has also been used to refer to various entities and events in the United States. Similar dishes include bacon and eggs, Spanish eggs, the Denver omelette and Eggs Benedict.

Overview

Grilled ham and fried eggs
Grilled ham and fried eggs
A close-up view of fried ham and eggs
A close-up view of fried ham and eggs

Ham and eggs is a popular dish often served as a breakfast meal in the United States.[2][3][4][1] Ham and eggs is also consumed as a dinner or supper dish, such as in areas of the Southern United States.[5] It is sometimes served as a lunch dish.[6] Ham and eggs are the primary ingredients. Eggs served with the dish can be fried, scrambled or poached.[7][8][9][10] Additional ingredients such as tomatoes and seasonings, such as Herbes de Provence, are sometimes used.[6][9] The dish can be prepared on a stovetop in a skillet or frying pan, and also baked or broiled in an oven.[6][11][12]

The pan juices or gravy from the ham is sometimes drizzled atop the eggs to add flavor.[13] The dish's quality can be enhanced by using high-quality ham and cooking the ingredients over low heat, which prevents overcooking.[3] Ham and eggs have been described as a staple of "an old-fashioned American breakfast" and of the traditional English breakfast.[2] A recipe for country-style ham and eggs includes reducing cream in the pan after the ham and eggs have been cooked, and then dolloping it atop the dish.[13] Ham and eggs can be accompanied with side dishes such as toast[14] and hash browns, among others.

Aficionados

Duncan Hines

Duncan Hines, an American entrepreneur, often enjoyed ham and eggs as a supper meal, up to and including the time of his later years.[5] During his travels in earlier times, on one occasion in 1899, Hines ordered five dollars worth of ham and eggs at Harry Hynd's Restaurant in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a very sizable amount of food at the time.[5] Upon ordering the dish, Hines' order was initially declined by the counter person there, who said that it would be impossible to finish it.[5] Hines was eventually provided with the request.[5] Upon receiving the food, Hines ate all of it.[5]

Prior to this, Hines had hardly anything to eat for four days and was famished, having had to walk around sixteen miles to Cheyenne after his horse gave out.[5] Upon the first two miles of his trek, Hines happened upon a hermit living in a cabin, who provided Hines with some meager scraps of food.[5] The hermit, who had two holes in his face per having been shot with a rifle while his mouth was purportedly wide open, informed Hines that Cheyenne was fourteen miles away.[5] After this, Hines continued hiking to Cheyenne, with five inches of snow on the ground.[5] Years later Hines wrote that nothing else had tasted as good as that platter of ham and eggs at that time.[5] Hines also later stated that people should choose ham and eggs as a meal at a diner when uncertain about what to order, because cooks cannot, "disguise a bad egg nor spoil a slice of good ham."[a]

Henry Puyi

During the time when Henry Puyi became Kang Teh, Emperor of the Manchurian Empire, he was noted in a 1934 Associated Press story for his taste for ham and eggs, and other Western-style dishes.[15]

As a term

As a slang term

The term "ham and eggs" and some variations of this have been used as a slang term in the United States.[16] The phrase "ham and eggs" was used to refer to legs in the 1920s in the United States.[16] The phrase "ham and egg" can refer to a person that is unskilled or second-rate.[16] The slang term "ham and egg it" refers to plugging away at something, or to "nickel and dime" something.[2] "Like ham and eggs" refers to things that typically go together and are difficult to separate.[17] The phrase "ham and egger" is used as a derogatory term describing an "ordinary, run-of-the-mill person or a mediocre individual",[16] and also a boxer "with a minimum of talent."[2][17] The term "Ham and egger" was mentioned in the original Rocky film, filmed in 1979.[18] Rocky downplays his chances as a title contender, referring to himself stating "I'm really a ham-and-egger".[18]

Organizations

Expedition participants of the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 sometimes referred to the event calling it "the H.A.E". and "Ham and Eggs".[19] Some participants in the expedition later participated in the "Ham and Eggs Club", a meeting group of expedition members in the United States who would meet at various times and places to discuss the trip.[19] The group was formed when Louis Agassiz Fuertes declared in a letter that the H.A.E. had "resolved itself into the Ham and Eggs Club ...".[19] John Muir hosted expedition members for meetings in California, and John Burroughs often hosted members for meetings on the East Coast.[19]

In politics

Main article: Ham and Eggs Movement

The term "ham and eggs" was used in reference to the Ham and Eggs Movement, a billion dollar pension plan in California that appeared on the state ballot in 1938 as a proposed state constitutional amendment, named Proposition 25.[20][21][22][23] The Ham and Eggs movement was a grassroots movement and organization funded by dues-paying members that encouraged the State of California to issue scrip payments to unemployed California residents over the age of 50.[22][24] The matter was voted upon again in 1939 in California in a special election, which was granted after 1,103,000 California residents signed a petition for it.[25] The 1939 vote received a "staggering vote", but did not win.[25] A November 1939 article published by The New York Times noted that "California has declined 'ham and eggs', a billion dollar pension plan."[20] The "ham and eggs" pension plan was declined with a vote of two-to-one according to the news story, which also reported during the time that the vote was a "huge off-year vote."[20]

Events

The Ohio University Lancaster campus holds an annual concert performed by the Lancaster Men’s Chorus called the "Ham & Eggs Show".[26] The concert has occurred for over forty years.[26]

Similar dishes

Bacon and eggs is a similar dish. Spanish eggs consists of ham and eggs served atop heavily seasoned boiled rice.[10] Ham and eggs are two of the main ingredients in the Denver omelette.[27] Eggs Benedict is another similar dish, and is prepared with bacon, Canadian bacon or ham and poached eggs as main ingredients.[28][29][30]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This quote is from the book Duncan Hines: The Man Behind the Cake Mix, but it is not a verbatim quote from Hines.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Fowler, Damon Lee (February 23, 2016). "On Food: Ham and eggs a comforting, versatile meal". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Palmatier, R.A. (2000). Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms. ABC-Clio ebook. Greenwood Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-313-31436-0. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Duda, C. (2008). Completely Breakfast. Cedar Fort, Incorporated. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-59955-102-9. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  4. ^ The American Magazine. Colver Publishing House. 1921. p. 132. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Hatchett, L. (2001). Duncan Hines: The Man Behind the Cake Mix. Mercer University Press. pp. 23–25. ISBN 978-0-86554-773-5. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  6. ^ a b c Williams, A. (2001). Beginner's Grub. Summersdale Publishers Limited. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-84839-966-2. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  7. ^ Gillette, F.L.; Ziemann, H. (1890). The White House Cook Book. T.S. Menough. p. 132. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  8. ^ "Ham and eggs favorite dish of average man, Tribune says". Institute of American meat packers. 1920. p. 2.
  9. ^ a b Hollywood, P. (2014). Paul Hollywood's Bread. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-4088-4122-8. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  10. ^ a b Lincoln, M.J. (2008). Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book: What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking. Cooking in America. Applewood Books. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4290-9010-0. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  11. ^ Short (pseud.) (1880). Breakfasts and luncheons at home. p. 11. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  12. ^ Ronald, M. (2008). The Century Cook Book. Cooking in America Series. Applewood Books. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-4290-1206-5. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  13. ^ a b Beard, J. (2009). James Beard's American Cookery. Little, Brown. p. pt1106. ISBN 978-0-316-06981-6. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  14. ^ Raines, K. (2016). On Toast: Tartines, Crostini, and Open-Faced Sandwiches. Quarry Books. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-63159-077-1. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  15. ^ Associated Press (March 3, 1934). "Emperor Kang Teh Likes His Ham and Eggs; Prefers American-Style Suit to Fine Robes". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2016. Shark fins, octopus tentacles and lily roots may be all right for the average Manchu, but give Emperor Kang Teh ham and eggs any day. Big banquets and rare native foods irk the youthful ruler who mounted the throne of the new Manchurian Empire yesterday, amid traditional pomp and colorful ceremonies. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) (subscription required)
  16. ^ a b c d Green, J. (2005). Cassell's Dictionary of Slang. Weidenfeld & Nicholson. p. 671. ISBN 978-0-304-36636-1. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  17. ^ a b Dolgopolov, Y. (2010). A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations. McFarland. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-7864-5855-4. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  18. ^ a b Pym, J. (2010). Time Out Film Guide. Time Out Film Guide. Time Out Guides Limited. p. 906. ISBN 978-1-84670-208-2. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  19. ^ a b c d Litwin, T.S. (2005). The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change, 1899-2001. Rutgers University Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-8135-3505-0. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  20. ^ a b c Darnton, Byron (November 8, 1939). "NO $30 THURSDAYS". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) (subscription required)
  21. ^ Mitchell, D.J.B. (2000). Pensions Politics and the Elderly: Historic Social Movements and Their Lessons for Our Aging Society. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 24–48. ISBN 978-0-7656-0519-1. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  22. ^ a b Goebel, T. (2003). A Government by the People: Direct Democracy in America, 1890-1940. University of North Carolina Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-8078-6018-2. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  23. ^ Loue, S.; Sajatovic, M. (2008). Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health. Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health. Springer. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-387-33753-1. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  24. ^ Braitman, J.R.; Uelmen, G.F. (2012). Justice Stanley Mosk: A Life at the Center of California Politics and Justice. McFarland, Incorporated. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7864-6841-6. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  25. ^ a b McWilliams, C. (1946). Southern California: an Island on the Land. Peregrine Smith Books. Peregrine Smith. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-87905-007-8. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  26. ^ a b "Lancaster Men's Chorus Donates to Wagner Theatre Improvement Campaign". Ohio University. April 8, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  27. ^ Warner, Ryan (June 2, 2016). "Order Up: Cracking Open The History Of The Denver Omelet". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  28. ^ Cunningham, M.; Jarrett, L. (1996). The Fannie Farmer Cookbook. Knopf. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-679-45081-8. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  29. ^ Vollstedt, M. (2012). The Big Book of Breakfast: Serious Comfort Food for Any Time of the Day. Chronicle Books LLC. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-4521-2359-2. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  30. ^ Mitchell, P.; Mitchell, D. (2000). Feeding the Dinosaur Gene: The 50/50 Food Plan Cookbook. 50/50 Food Plan Cookbook. Wakefield Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-86254-524-3. Retrieved June 30, 2016.

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