Ham and eggs time. When Henry Puyi became Kang Teh, Emperor of the Manchurian Empire, a 1934 Associated Press story noted his taste for ham and eggs and other Western-style dishes. Bacon and eggs is a similar dish, as is Eggs Benedict, which is prepared using bacon, Canadian bacon or ham and poached eggs as main ingredients. Spanish eggs consists of ham and eggs served atop heavily seasoned boiled rice. Ham and eggs are two of the main ingredients in the Denver omelette. The term "ham and eggs" and variations of it have had various slang meanings. In rhyming slang it refers to
Creamed eggs on toast a way to use up leftovers, common additions include chopped ham, veal, chicken, lobster, cooked asparagus and peas. Variations include Eggs Goldenrod, made by reserving the yolks and sprinkling them over the dish after the cream sauce has been poured on the toast, and Eggs à la Bechamel, substituting croutons fried in butter for the toast and poached or soft-boiled eggs for the hard-boiled eggs. In this case, the cooked eggs are placed on the croutons and the sauce poured over both. In many families this dish has become a traditional Easter brunch fare. The tradition starts with everyone donating