Eggs Benedict Benedick" in 1894. In an interview recorded in the "Talk of the Town" column of "The New Yorker" in 1942, the year before his death, Lemuel Benedict, a retired Wall Street stock broker, said that he had wandered into the Waldorf Hotel in 1894 and, hoping to find a cure for his morning hangover, ordered "buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon, and a hooker of hollandaise". Oscar Tschirky, the "maître d'hôtel", was so impressed with the dish that he put it on the breakfast and luncheon menus but substituted ham for the bacon and a toasted English muffin for the
Poached egg Several cuisines include eggs poached in soup or broth and served in the soup. In parts of central Colombia, for instance, a popular breakfast item is eggs poached in a scallion/coriander broth with milk, known as "changua" or simply "caldo de huevo" ("egg soup"). The North African dish Shakshouka consists of eggs poached in a spicy tomato sauce. In Italy poached eggs are typically seasoned with grated parmigiano reggiano and butter (or olive oil). In Korean cuisine, poached eggs are known as "suran" () and is topped with variety of garnishes such as chili threads, rock tripe threads, and scallion