Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.
AzJon (January 19th, 2021)
AzJon (January 19th, 2021)
Imagine this: You are in hospital. You look at the options for the next day's meals and see that one of the breakfast options is 'Breakfast Tacos'. 'Ooh', you think, 'That sounds nice.' Now imagine your surprise when your breakfast tray arrives and you discover that 'Breakfast Tacos' in this particular hospital's parlance means plain, hard cooked scrambled eggs with a wee bit of green capsicum mixed in. The tortilla and salsa had to be ordered separately if you really wanted a breakfast taco.
Regrettably, this sad story was a recent experience.
Small wonder that hospital food is held in such low esteem.
Seattleite (January 28th, 2021)
Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.
AzJon (January 19th, 2021)
They've been taking their cues from the Army then.
30 years ago, Army cooks actually cooked. Sure we had various pre-packed field rations, but when the cooks did their thing it was fresh. Now we have "Unitized Group Rations" (UGR), which consists of some shelf-stable yellow liquid in a several gallon sack that when poured on a hot plancha turns into something that looks like scrambled eggs. An even greater sin is the coffee "concentrate", a sack of shelf-stable brown liquid that is poured into a pot of hot water to make something that is unconsumable.
I miss San Antonio breakfast tacos. Brisket in a tortilla sold as a "brisket breakfast taco" is genius, and pure Texas.
Don't forget that hospital kitchens determine appropriate dietary restrictions for each patient.
This true and a point not forgotten. I will add that the doctor overseeing one's care also specifies the type of diet one receives in his or her orders.
Yet I find myself wondering why when the intent is for a patient to be on a high protein diet, he/she ends up getting 1.5 times the protein portion, but 2 times the carbohydrate portion, or why the food choices tend to be high fat and carbohydrate-centric.
First, I crack my eggs into a ramekin (helps for fishing out egg shells and if you are going to fry an egg, you can place the egg more gently into the pan). Then I put a sauce pan on the stove and get it to a medium-hot heat.
Toss in a big slug of butter, probably two tablespoons. The pan is hot enough if the butter starts to melt, but not immediately sear and steam. It should be lightly bubbling. This is important because the butter will create a steam layer and prevent too much heat on the eggs.
Now add the eggs and let them fry for about 15 seconds, just like you would a regular fried egg. The whites should just start setting. Now employ the "keep moving" technique with a spatula to mix everything together by folding the egg in on itself. Just before desired consistency, remove from heat and add sour cream (or creme fraiche, or whole cream, or whatever) and fold into the eggs.
Plate the eggs and add a dash of chives over top.
If this was done right, you should still get a nice creamy texture, but also have a few little browned bits of egg.
I almost always have my eggs with some hot sauce. A straight habanero sauce is always nice, but I also tend to go a lot hotter and have sauces made with scorpion peppers because their flavor is amazing.
manoeuver (January 19th, 2021)
CrayonAngelss (January 19th, 2021)
Taking inspiration from this thread I had for breakfast three scrambled eggs with too much grated cheddar cheese on sour dough toast, also a dollop of HP sauce.
Wasn't hungry for the rest of the day.
dneal (January 19th, 2021)
AzJon (January 20th, 2021)
Came upon this today in the NYtimes. Enjoy!
fountainpenkid (February 19th, 2021)
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