The Egg Sandwich
New York City has an old tradition for people on the go in the morning. And maybe other cities too; but here, it seems like you can pop into any "deli" or any "bodega" and grab a fried-egg sandwich on a Kaiser roll, along with a cup of coffee, for about $2. People sometimes eat them later in the morning, at which point it's really not a hot sandwich anymore. It's a sandwich that at one point was hot, and was wrapped in deli paper, allowing the heat from the egg to soften the roll...and infuse i
This is one of my favorite food subjects. For portability it's essential to use either a scrambled egg or a broken-yolk fried egg. There are a lot of gradations of broken-yolk fried eggs, ranging from pretty-much-scrambled-on-the-griddle to just-pricked-a-little. I prefer the latter, cooked to the point where the yolk just gels up enough not to be runny. I make one of these sandwiches for our son about three times a week as a breakfast to be eaten on the commute to school. The tradition calls fo