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[Deleted member 317777]

That’s a good idea!! I’ll try bacon lardons next time

Bacon lardons can be added (of course - there are few dishes which are not improved by the addition of bacon).

And some of this:

 

[Highway Man]

Whats bacon lardons?

 

[MNW67]

Whats bacon lardons?

Smallish cubes of bacon. Presumably cut from something like a bacon chop.

 

[morqthana]

Smallish cubes of bacon. Presumably cut from something like a bacon chop.

Usually cut from the belly

Look like this when fried:

Sort of non nancy-boy-foreigner pancetta cubes.

 

[morqthana]

Because they're weird and rubbery!

Yeah agreed

All I can say is you must both be doing it (well) wrong. Are you two of those people who are so utterly intolerant of any runniness in your eggs that you cook them for way too long? My wife is like that. She like scrambled eggs as if they come out of the Dunlop factory.

Anyway - try doing a souffle omelette - not difficult or complicated, and not much more effort.

 

[MNW67]

Are you two of those people who are so utterly intolerant of any runniness in your eggs that you cook them for way too long?

No, the opposite. I like my scrambled eggs very runny using the Escoffier method. I just think an omelette, even a very soft one, is the most boring thing you can do with eggs. A souffle omelette is better. But still rather dull. Eggs poached, fried, boiled or scrambled are fantastic. Omelettes are just boring.

 

[Deleted member 265726]

All I can say is you must both be doing it (well) wrong. Are you two of those people who are so utterly intolerant of any runniness in your eggs that you cook them for way too long? My wife is like that. She like scrambled eggs as if they come out of the Dunlop factory.

Anyway - try doing a souffle omelette - not difficult or complicated, and not much more effort.

I've only ever had one good omelette and it was cooked by a Spanish friend who did it on the runny side.

 

[morqthana]

No, the opposite. I like my scrambled eggs very runny using the Escoffier method.

But not your omelettes?.

I just think an omelette, even a very soft one, is the most boring thing you can do with eggs. A souffle omelette is better. But still rather dull. Eggs poached, fried, boiled or scrambled are fantastic. Omelettes are just boring.

Hang on - poached eggs are just eggs, cooked with no other ingredients added.

Fried eggs are just eggs, cooked with no other ingredients added.

Boiled eggs are just eggs, cooked with no other ingredients added.

Scrambled eggs are just eggs, cooked with no other ingredients added. In fact, if you stir a plain omelette well while you cook it, you'll end up with scrambled eggs.

 

[MNW67]

I've only ever had one good omelette and it was cooked by a Spanish friend who did it on the runny side.

I do like the Spanish omelettes with potato and onions. I think they call them tortilla.

 

[MNW67]

In fact, if you stir a plain omelette well while you cook it, you'll end up with scrambled eggs.

Maybe all the stirring, and the absorption of the butter, is what makes them delicious, rather than homogenous and boring

 

[morqthana]

I've only ever had one good omelette and it was cooked by a Spanish friend who did it on the runny side.

So not a tortilla, then.

I had this in Spain, once - have done it myself quite a few times since.

1) Make an omelette, with whatever fillings you want.

2) Roll it up and put it in an individual baguette.

 

[MNW67]

But not your omelettes?.

I have had omelettes every way imaginable. But you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

 

[Deleted member 265726]

I do like the Spanish omelettes with potato and onions. I think they call them tortilla.

No your bog standard omelette but runny.

 

[morqthana]

Maybe all the stirring, and the absorption of the butter, is what makes them delicious, rather than homogenous and boring

Mm. Maybe. I guess they aren't identical. But what about poached or boiled? Just eggs + nothing.

 

[MNW67]

Mm. Maybe. I guess they aren't identical. But what about poached or boiled? Just eggs + nothing.

I'm bored now!