The Hugh: Collis' Secret Sandwich
One writer investigates the secret "open-face" breakfast sandwich and its popularity among student-athletes.
It's not on the Collis menu board, but everyone in a team jacket seems to know it by name. If you manage to weave through the breakfast line during the morning rush, you may spot clusters of athletes balancing paper bowls brimming with half-melted cheese, runny yolks and English muffins.
According to Kathy Jia '27, a student on the women's swimming & diving team,
a Hugh consists of two English muffins, eggs, American cheese and either bacon or sausage in a paper bowl. The specific components are customizable — the number of sausages or eggs, for instance, can vary.
Her go-to order is a "two egg sausage Hugh," which contains "two eggs over medium.
Author's summary: Student-athletes love the secret "Hugh" sandwich.