benedict

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a dish consisting of poached eggs (= cooked by cracking them into boiling water) served on two halves of an English muffin (= a small, round, flat type of bread), with ham or bacon (= sliced meat from a pig) and hollandaise (= a creamy sauce made from eggs and butter):

For breakfast, he always makes eggs Benedict.

My eggs benny was very good but other dishes were not so good.