BltLancaster Farming, Saturday, February 11, 1995
Stuff omelets with your favorite combination of fillings.
How To Cook ‘Eggsactly’
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Want to entertain by serving
something different, fun, inexpen
sive, and impressive?
Throw an omelet party.
After you demonstrate omelet
making to your guests, each one
can make their own omelet
Omelets are popular any time of
the day. They may be served plain,
but the addition of fillings makes
an endless variety of omelets pos
sible. Flavor the omelet, filling or
both with about '/■ -A teaspoon of
your favorite herb or spice or a
sesoning blend from a salad dress
ing, soup or other flavoring mix.
There’s no limit to the range of
exciting ideas. Here are some pos
sible fillings that may be mixed
and matched, according to person
al preference. Use one or more fill
ing ingredients to total about 'A to
/: cup filling for each omelet.
SUGGESTED FILLINGS:
• chopped onion
• chopped green or red peppers
• cubed ham
• bacon, fried and crumbled
• mushrooms
• pizza or spaghetti sauce
• broccoli, cooked and drained
• chopped celery
• salmon, drained and flaked
• zucchini, cooked and drained
• chopped green chdies
• shrimp, cooked, deveined
• preserves or jam
• tomatoes
• cheese
• canned pie filling
• leftover turkey, chicken, beef
or pork
SEASONINGS:
• Sour cream or yogurt
• Worcestershire sauce
• Hot pepper sauce
• Salt and pepper
Before throwing a party, deve
lop and perfect your own omelet
making skills. Here are step by
step instructions.
PLAIN OMELET:
2 eggs
2 tablespoons water
Seasonings
Perfect Omelets
adds a bit of pizazz to omelet making when she flips an
omelet for guests at a food fest.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Over medium-high heat, pre
heatan 8- to 10-skillet with sloping
sides.
• Drop in a tablespoon of butter
to melt.
* Mix the omelet ingredients
with a fork or a whisk, just until
blended.
• Pour the egg mixture into the
heated, buttered pan. It should set
at the edges almost immediately.
• With a turner, draw or push the
cooked edges toward the center.
• Tip and tilt the pan so the
uncooked portion can get to the
bottom of the pan.
• While the top is still moist, add
filling. The whole process should
take no more than a minute.
• Fold one side over the filling
with the turner. (Filling is on the
left for right-handed people, oppo
site for lefties). Tip the pan over
the plate and out rolls the filled
omelet.
SUPPLIES NEEDED:
• One heat source (a butane bur
ner, hot plate, or burner of your
range). A range burner should be
set on medium-high.
• One omelet pan
• One butter plate and knife
• One pancake turner
• One ladle for each bowl of egg
mixture. Most standard kitchen
ladles hold 'A cup, the perfect
amount of the egg mixture for an
individual omelet
• One serving plate per person.
• Egg mixture (2 eggs, 2 tables
poons water, and seasonings per
omelet).
• Assortment of fillings.
PLANNING PARTY
• Select meeting spot.
• Send out invitations several
weeks in advance.
• Get a final guest count.
• Make a list, order food and
supplies (1 week in advance).
• Buy food staples, 2 to 3 days in
advance, perishables the day
before.
• Set up tables and work sta-
3 to 4 hours in advance.
• Chop and prepare filling ingre
dients (2 to 3 hours before).
• Break eggs and mix with water
A hour before.
• Put food at cooking stations
'A hour before.
• Welcome guests, take care of
introductions.
• Demonstrate the art of omelet
creation.
• Create!
SEE YOUR NEARE
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