I learned how to do omelets from a 5-min filler clip from Julia Child
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| Author: | TheFuzzy [ Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Can we make an omelet recipe more stupid? |
Folks, While I've stopped renewing CI, it hasn't run out yet. So I had the opportunity to be appalled at their recent "french rolled omelette" attempt in last month's issue. Why is CI's response to any classic recipe always to add more butter or more salt to it, and eight more cooking steps? Anyway, here's my response: http://www.fuzzychef.org/archives/Frenc ... -2008.html |
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| Author: | trinket [ Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Can we make an omelet recipe more stupid? |
Is there an advantage to rolling? I always just fold mine in thirds, but it looks similar. I can't think of one reason to complicate an omelet. Where does CI add more butter? I cook mine in a little butter, but that's it. trink. |
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| Author: | javafiend [ Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Can we make an omelet recipe more stupid? |
| I learned how to do omelets from a 5-min filler clip from Julia Child |
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| Author: | easy bake [ Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Can we make an omelet recipe more stupid? |
I saw this on the CI website, and honestly YOUR photo looks so much better. Generally, stuff in eggs just does not appeal to me, except in a fritatta. Lynn |
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| Author: | TheFuzzy [ Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Can we make an omelet recipe more stupid? |
Trink, There's no advantage in flavor to rolling it. It's just presentation ... a no-filling omelet folded in thirds looks very flat, whereas a rolled one looks a bit better / more interesting. It's also "French" for some value of "French". It may also be that a rolled omelet is better at not drying out if you have to hold it over in the warming oven ... certainly mine stayed moist. Would take experimentation to prove it, though.[url][/url] |
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| Author: | ntsc [ Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Can we make an omelet recipe more stupid? |
Especially with an omlet with no ingrediants try stiring it while liquid with the end, tip, of the fork. Add ingrediants, if any, after the stiring. This quite suprised me when I had a breakfast omlet at CIA in the student dining room, as a student, but that is how they do it. It turns out that if you check Larousse, which I did, an omlet is stired, not just left to lie there and then folded and fliped. |
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| Author: | TheFuzzy [ Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Can we make an omelet recipe more stupid? |
Warner, Yeah, but I was going for minimum effort. 
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| Author: | ntsc [ Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Can we make an omelet recipe more stupid? |
It was very light, and these were students learing breakfast cooking. I don't do it mysef as I do omlets in non-stick and the fork tines are contra indicated. |
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| Author: | Kathy's Pete [ Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Can we make an omelet recipe more stupid? |
CI suggests using a chopstick(s) in a NS skillet. (FWIW. I know this is a "What does CI know? Harumph!" thread). 
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| Author: | TheFuzzy [ Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Can we make an omelet recipe more stupid? |
Pete, Sure, if you're going to scramble it in the pan, chopsticks make sense. As does a wooden or plastic fork (oddly enough, I own both). However, I discovered that scrambling isn't really necessary at all, if you're just trying to please your family and not Mr. Escoffier. |
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