lunch and cookery

[burntcopper]

or rather, scrambled eggs. Lunch today was known as the 'oh shit, what is there to eat' scramble around the fridge and bread bin. Ready to bake ciabatta in the oven, no problem. Fridge - unearthed eggs due to go out of date today, chorizo, vegetables and so on. Looked at the eggs, thought 'hmmmmm'. Scrambled eggs it was, with addition of chorizo and tomatoes. Now we get to the part I really don't understand. I have never made scrambled eggs in my lifetime. Omelettes yes, fried scrapings of eggs, yes, and I'm a *god* when it comes to fried food, but never scrambled eggs. I vaguely knew you had to add milk, salt and a bit of seasoning to the whisked eggs, stick them in a saucepan and stir. I managed to make perfect scrambled eggs. Admittedly, mine have thai green chilli in with them, but that's me, I'm a chilli and garlic whore. Anything that'll clear your sinuses I love to hell and back. So what I'm wondering, is how the hell do hotels keep screwing up on them? I'm a seasoned, battle-hardened eater of hotel breakfasts, buffet or otherwise, due to a childhood of international travel and the past 3 years spent being a conwhore. I can tell you precisely once within memory when I've had perfect scrambled eggs, and that was the Ramada Hotel in Bristol. Otherwise, the list is normally slightly too dry, slightly rubbery, too runny, too salty, etc, etc. It's not difficult, people.

This weird egg-related rant brought to you by me dropping the plate and glass on the patio as I walked back inside to wash up.

Comments

[tasha27.livejournal.com]

Yes well most scrambled eggs in hotels in my experience have very little to do with egg and a lot to do with desicated packeted stuff :).

One of the con hotels nearly poisoned me with scrambled egg once: I think they must have forgotten to wash out the cooking canister before they made the eggs because it sure tasted like cleaning liquid to me. And then I had to stand over the serving dish until they took it away before some other poor bugger tried to eat the stuff as well!