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= Sheffield eggs = Sheffield eggs is a dish made from scrambled eggs and salted peanuts, originating in South Yorkshire county, England. The dish is sometimes prepared with mayonnaise or tartar sauce. It has been included on several lists of quintessentially British foods.

History
Since the 16th and 17th centuries, Yorkshire has been an area of heavy concentration for England's coal mining industry. The Industrial Revolution accelerated the adoption of coal greatly, with some mines employing more than ten thousand men. While miners had traditionally eaten a lunch of eggs and boiled beef (due to the high protein content of both foods), the peanut—until the mid-1800s seen as fit only for animals—came to replace beef due to being cheaper and far less perishable.

The dish was first served to the public at a pub in Sheffield, leading to its name; as miners had no way of reheating their lunch tins, it is traditionally served cold. Although some interpretations of the dish separate the scrambled eggs and peanuts, the two are most often combined while the eggs cook. Sheffield eggs "with extra, extra tartar sauce" was the last meal of British serial killer John Manley.