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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Harlock Makes Lunch

Philly Cheese Steak. It was super delicious.

Riding the success of yesterday's omelettes I embarked to make yet another omelette but with sausage, bacon, and cheese. The omelette today was not as sloppy as the two I made yesterday but I did slightly overcook the eggs. That's fine though, since I'm pretty sure that the next time I make an omelette the timing will be nearly perfect.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

365 Photo Day 2/8--A Couple of Yolkers

A photo from early in the day. I actually just posted this picture with my omelette post.

Omelette

Oh, hey, I can make an omelette.

I've been trying to make Harlock a damn omelette for over a year now and it always ends in scrambled omelette suprise. While tasty the SOS is no where near as awesome as an omelette.

Well, today I finally succeeded in my quest. I decided to use a small pan and grease the hell outta of it with butter. Lots and lots of butter. I beat the hell out of the eggs added salt, pepper, and parsley while mixing. I gently poured that mess into the pan and let it sit.

This is where Yoda's teaching come into play.

Patience! Patience! Let the eggs sit you must!

Cook they must.

A Jedi can wait for the eggs.

A Jedi will know

the time when the eggs

are ready.

I was a little worried and swore that I somehow messed the whole thing up. But, I persevered. I threw the ham, cheese, and onions in the center and let the eggs sit a few minutes more before attempting the FLIP!

It wasn't a pretty flip. It wasn't a clean flip. But I flipped it and it stayed together. Again I let the eggs sit well they were officially an omelette now, before gently so very very gently sliding the concoction onto a plate. I sprinkled some more parsley, added toast (I'm already a Master Toast Maker), and presented it to Harlock.

In the process, however, a very odd thing happened. I tasted the omelette. It's very important for chefs to do this; to taste their creations. While I tasted the ooey gooey omelette I found that I liked it, no no I loved it. I hate eggs though but this thing was delicious.

So I made myself one.

I added some paprika to mine but I put a little too much salt in it. The flip was not nearly as flawless as before but it didn't matter. It was still yummy. I even added some cinnamon sugar to my toast and hot sauce to the omelette.

Cookies!!!

Yesterday Harlock and I made some cookies.

I think it was one of those days that I'll always remember. It was just so great and fun. It was raining outside and we were listening to Pink Floyd. We laughed, kissed, danced, took turns stirring thick cookie dough with a fork and enjoyed ourselves. Making cookies with Harlock pretty much embodied all the reasons why I love him.