So it is 12 o’clock New Years Eve and we get invited to a bachelor’s apartment for breakfast and the Rose  Parade (in color on his new 1963 TV!).  He shopped at the only store open on the way home – the gas station – and this is what we got.  Actually rather good, we have made it many times since.

Ingredients:

• 4 English muffins
• 8 eggs
• 8 slices of ham (or Canadian Bacon)
• 8 slices of tomato
• 1 can cheese soup
• 1/2# cheddar cheese, grated
• flour
• salt
• pepper
• butter

Directions:

1. Hard boil the eggs.  (Bring to boil covered, turn off heat and let sit, covered, for 20 minutes. No more exploding eggs because you forgot all about them.)
2. Peel and keep warm in hot water.
3. Heat undiluted soup.
4. Add cheese.
5. Stir until smooth.
6. Toast muffin halves with butter.
7. Brown ham.
8. Remove from pan, keeping drippings in pan.
9. Dip tomato slices in flour, salt and pepper.
10. Brown in pan drippings.
11. Assemble:  Top muffin half with ham, tomato, and sliced hard boiled egg.  Top with cheese sauce.

Serves:  4

Source:  Larry Rose