Bl2—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, May 12,1984
Omlet King captivates
audience with demonstrations
BY SUZANNE KEENE
LANCASTER He bubbles as
effervescently as the fluffy omlets
he prepares for entranced
audiences. During his food
demonstrations, he bounces, trots,
giggles and talks so fast it’s hard to
believe he can cook at the same
time.
Howard Helmer, the Omlet King
from New York, captivated an
audience of local home economics
teachers last week with his omlet
making demonstration at a
banquet sponsored by the Lan
caster County Poultry Association.
Listed in the Guineas Book of
World Records as the fastest omlet
maker, Helmer can whip up an
omlet in 40 seconds or less. He
cooked 217 omlets in 30 minutes to
Omelet King Howard Helmer bastes his flaming dessert
omelet with brandy. Helmer said the cook should continue
basting the omelet until the flame extinguishes.
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break the record that was
previously set at 84 omlets in half
an hour.
For ten years, Helmer has been
the Eastern Representative for
the American Egg Board, con
ducting public relations activities
with food editors of national media
in New York city.
At the banquet in Lancaster,
Helmer first demonstrated how to
make a plain omlet. To make an
omlet, Helmer mixes two eggs and
two tablespoons of water.
The first step to a successful
omlet, he said, is starting with a
very hot pan. He uses a Silverstone
pan with sloped sides, giving him
the maximum amount of cooking
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surface, he explained.
When the egg hits the very hot
pan it bursts into bubbles that give
the omlet its fluffy consistency.
“The more bubbles the better,”
Helmer advised his delighted
audience.
The egg that is directly touching
the pan is cooked instantly, but the
rest of the egg remains slimy until
Helmer scrapes the pan with his
spatula and flicks his wrist to pour
the uncooked portion of the omlet
onto the surface of the pan.
Within seconds the omlet is
cooked and should be removed
from the pan as quickly as
possible.
“It has to get in and out of the
pan,” Helmer explained.
The next step, he said, is to point
the pan’s handle at your navel,
place any filling on the left hand
side of the omlet and fold, not flip,
the unfilled side on top of the filled
side. Then, he puts his turner down
and with a flick of wrist, turns the
omlet onto a plate waiting at his
lefthand side.
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Howard Helmer, the Omelet King from New York, recently demonstrated omelet
making to a group of Lancaster County home economists. Helmer holds the world record
for making the most omelets in a 30-minute time period.
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One nice thing about omlets, he
said, is that if the omlet tears when
you’re turing it over, it doesn’t
matter because that side is on the
bottom when it is served.
“No one needs to know the guts
are coming out of it,” he chuckled.
Good fillers for omlets, Helmer
said, include ham, bacon,
mushrooms, asparagus, cheese or
nearly any leftovers you may have
in the refrigerator.
Later in the evening Helmer
made a flaming dessert omlet,
which he recommended to use
when entertaining friends who
consider themselves gourmets. To
make the dessert omlet, he first
prepared a plain omlet then filled
it with canned fruit (you can use
fresh), chopped walnuts,
maraschino cherries and a sliced
banana. He then folded the omlet,
topped it with powdered sugar and
poured about V 4 cup 70-proof
brandy on top. When he lit the
omlet with a match, it produced a
crowd-pleasing flame. He warned
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that using higher-proof alcohol
could result in singed hair.
Baste the omlet until the flame
goes out, then top it with sour
cream, nuts and cherries. But this
time, he cautioned, do NOT turn it
upside down to serve.
Helmer also demonstrated how
to make a quiche. He blindfolded a
member of the audience and
guided him through the mixing
process.
“A quiche,” he explained, “is
just a custard pie that is a vehicle
for other foods.”
Many ingredients can be in
cluded in a quiche to add variety,
providing a way to use leftover
foods like meats, cheeses or
vegetables. When a good quiche is
finished it will have a domed top
and a custardy texture, he said.
When Helmer had finished his
charismatic performance, the
audience had not only been en
tertained, they also had gained a
little more knowledge about
cooking with eggs.
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