Eggs'-otic Special Sandwich - 1981 #1 winner

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The National Sandwich Idea contest was held between 1956 and 1981. It was sponsored by the Wheat Flour Institute. Each year 20 sandwich recipes, created by Food Service professionals, were chosen as the top sandwich recipes from hundreds of entries. Starting in 1980, the contest was opened to the public.

The Eggs'-otic Special Sandwich was the number #1 recipe chosen in 1981.

It was created by Maurine Vaughan of Richmond, VA.

The Eggs'-otic Special Sandwich consists of a hollowed out English muffin filled with sausage, mushrooms and scrambled eggs and topped with bread crumbs and melted cheddar cheese.

Eggs'-otic Special Sandwich - 1981 #1 winner

6 English muffins
1 1/2 cups bulk ground pork sausage
6 large fresh mushrooms, chopped
6 eggs, beaten
6 tbsp minced green onions
3/4 cup cream or half and half
1 1/2 tsp lemon pepper seasoning
3/4 cup grated Cheddar cheese
Crisp lettuce leaves
12 spiced apple rings

1. Scoop out inside of each English muffin, leaving a 1/2 inch rim and
leaving the bottom intact. Reserve 3/4 cup of crumbs and crumble finely.

2. In skillet, cook sausage until browned. Add mushrooms. Spoon
sausage-mushroom mixture into hollowed out muffins.

3. Beat eggs with onions, cream and lemon pepper. Spoon beaten egg
mixture evenly over sausage mixture in each muffin. Top with reserved crumbs.

4. Bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until egg
is set and muffin is golden brown. Sprinkle with grated cheddar cheese and
return to oven for 3 to 5-minutes, or until cheese is melted.

5. Garnish each sandwich with lettuce leaves and 2 spiced apple rings.

Makes 6 sandwiches.

Source: Park City Daily News newspaper, Oct 2, 1981