Ken McEwen's One-Eyed Egyptian Sandwich

from the Dark Shadows Celebrity Cookbook

With a name like One-Eyed Egyptian Sandwich, contributed to the Dark Shadows Celebrity Cookbook by Associate Producer Ken McEwen, how can you NOT try it, I thought?  Actually, this curious sounding dish turns up in a variety of interesting places.  I first became acquainted with it long ago in Peter Hunt's charming little Cape Cod cookbook where it went under the name of "Midnight Boogey--Never Before 12," and had an addition of chili sauce.  Mr. Hunt and his friends enjoyed these fry-ups after a night of gallery visiting and bar hopping in Provincetown, Massachusetts where they would have been just the thing for midnight snacking.  And what's more interesting is that recently while watching "Moonstruck," after not having seen it in many years, I was surprised to spot this little sandwich make a cameo appearance when Olympia Dukakis prepared one (with roasted red peppers) for Cher's breakfast.  The idea is to cut a hole in a slice of bread, toast it in a frying pan, flip it over and pop an egg in the center to fry lightly.  Cook it to you liking, either sunny-side-up or over easy.  I happened to have a lonely slice of Swiss cheese in the fridge and decided to cover mine with it when it came out of the pan and I sprinkled on some hot sauce which is always great with eggs.  "One-eyed" makes sense, but does this sandwich hail from Egypt?  Who can say?  But it's indeed fun, as Mr. McEwen says it is, and you can enjoy one anytime.