rant: fine dining

[stlouie_lipp]

How do you fold them [expletive] without them falling apart?

Low and slow allows the eggs to set. Once they are set they just fold over without falling apart. I watched this guys video and it works for me.

[lukethedrifter]

i think jim should try making his omelettes on the George Foreman grill when he finally gives up on the griddle aka that flat pan.

[jim]

I used the heavy cast iron skillet to make my wife's and it worked great. The flat tray thing I can't get it. The guy at the resort we stayed at was using a flat tray thing so I know it can be done. Problem is the heavy skillet only has room for one at a time.

But the scrambled egg thing is a good question - why don't I just scramble them and throw stuff in them? Same damn thing really. I'm thinking of going that route next time. This is kind of a hassle.

[TimeForGuinness]

I have one of those trays to cook on.



Mine surprisingly never has fruit anywhere near it.

I'm feeling like a broken record here, but low heat and the right pan is how to make a good omelette. Forget the molds, get an 8- or 9-inch nonstick heavy omelette pan.

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...it's the same thing as having the right tool for the job. Sure you may only use it once in awhile, but when you do, it makes all the difference in the world.

[jim]

I feel like a broken record here, but how many omelettes can you make simultaneously with a 8-9 pan?

[Diddy]

I dispise scrambled eggs.

Including omelettes?

No I like omelettes. Just mentioning scrabled eggs got me in my rant.

[Diddy]

You can use multiple pans Jim.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I dispise scrambled eggs.

Including omelettes?

No I like omelettes. Just mentioning scrabled eggs got me in my rant.

I find this so weird. THey're the same thing.

[jim]

That's multiple dishes to clean. I'd rather have an omelette fall apart that have to clean an extra dish. I watched with my own eyes a guy make omelettes perfectly on a flat hot thing.

I simply do not accept this 8-9" omelette pan solution.

[stlouie_lipp]

Ghost, I'm with you. I never photograph food I get at a restaurant. I think it's the new form of hipster elitism. I think I've said this on this board before. 20 years ago it was "I got this available-on-the-Japanese-tour-only 12-inch of Radiohead remixes." Now, the internet has flattened that. Everyone has heard that collection of Radiohead remixes. Everyone has heard the new Rae Sremmurd song the day it hits the web and has an instant opinion. So now, it's food. It's "here's a pic of my $400 meal at Alinea." It cracks me up to no end when someone takes a pic of a cocktail. A cocktail! Brown, with some orange peel as garnish, in a glass. There couldn't be anything less interesting to share, visually. But people think it's important to put it out there with a tag on it saying "Hey, I was at this place tonight!"

Alinea ranked as the best restaurant in Illinois. I have no idea who's doing the rankings.

This is the picture they give - looks like soup:



For Missouri it was Annie Gunns in Chesterfield.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/f ... h#image=14