A Five-Egg Day

The other day my lunch at work included an egg.  It had been a while since I'd tasted egg, and I really enjoyed it;  so when I came home I decided to make a three-egg omelet (with ham, mushroom and cheese -- my favorite kind).  Except I prepared too much of the stuffing -- so I ended up adding a fourth egg.  I really hadn't intended to eat so many eggs in one day, but it was delicious^^.  Also this time I was successful in plating the omelet completely intact (to be fair, it was somewhat overcooked, which probably helped to keep it from breaking up).

Related Posts:  The Ugly Omelet;  Another Omelet

Another Omelet

This time I managed to transfer it to the plate without too much damage.  It could have been folded better, but I was in a bit of panic mode and rushed it, because I had suddenly realized that the skillet was hotter than I had thought it was and the omelet was in danger of being overdone.

The Ugly Omelet

The other day I made a 3-egg omelet for dinner.  My favorite kind of omelet is ham-mushroom-and-cheese (got used to 'em while living in the dorms at USC all those years ago), but as it was a spur-of-the-moment thing, I didn't have any ham or mushroom on hand.  I was, however, able to make do with Canadian bacon, onion and tomato, with a dash of hot sauce.

When making an omelet I like to use a big skillet so I can spread the egg extra thin, and I also prefer it a little underdone so it's still runny-to-sticky inside.  This method results in an omelet that's delicate, soft and with the egg meeting the melted cheese halfway so that they kind of blend together into a rich lava of flavor.  As far as I'm concerned this is the best way to appreciate an omelet -- however, it also means I have to be very careful when plating it, since it's less sturdy than an omelet that's thick and well cooked through.  Sometimes the omelet just breaks apart as it's coming off the skillet, and the result is this:

That was rather disappointing, but the important thing is, it was DELICIOUS.  If eggs didn't have cholesterol I'd eat these every day.