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a question about omelettes

kittyloo — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:22:32 GMT

i love reading restaurant reviews. this morning, i was reading one, and the reviewer was from n. carolina.

this is the question, when ordering a omelets out, do you expect the ingredient's to be mixed into the eggs and all cooked at once, or that the ingredient's be placed in between the folded omelet?

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fthunt — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:22:59 GMT

in between......................

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depglass — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:26:54 GMT

I thought about what I had ordered out recently and the place we frequent puts the ingredients into the folded omelette after cooking. As for me, I incorporate ingredients into the eggs after I dump them into the pan. Mainly onions, green peppers and mushrooms. All pre-sauteed. Edit: Actually I said that backwards. I pour the beaten eggs into the pan in which I have already sauteed my ingredients.

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pupwhipped — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:25:47 GMT

In between for me also.

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on the bay — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:25:53 GMT

I used to make omelets all the time and always put things in between.

It seems a frittata (which I'd never heard of til a few years ago) is more like ingredients mixed into the eggs?

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candys mine — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:27:09 GMT

I expect fillings to be In between the folds.

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KailaS — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:33:21 GMT

I add the eggs to the sauteed veggies and mix them together. I thought that was an omelette until much more recently. About ten years ago, my now 91 year old mother told me that she had no idea what an omelette was, so she made me a fritatta when I was a little girl and just told me I was eating an omelette. LOL.

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GCR18 — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:19:53 GMT

I expect the ingredients be cooked together.

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judy0330 — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:48:51 GMT

In between. In fact now I ask how a restaurant prepares omelettes when I order and specifically request that they be prepared that way.

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RedTop — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 01:52:22 GMT

I prefer the meat, peppers and onions to be cooked with the eggs.

Our local Bob Evans used to make their omelets this way, but changed several years ago, making the eggs first and adding the filling right before flipping the top over. That’s when I stopped ordering omelets there. Our IHOP makes them the same way, so no omelets from there either.

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kittyloo — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 01:54:15 GMT

i live on the west coast. here if the ingredients are mixed together like that, it's called a scramble.

otherwise when the ingredients are on the inside, then it's a omelet.

i guess it could be a regional thing.

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kittyloo — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 01:56:38 GMT

@on the bay wrote:
I used to make omelets all the time and always put things in between.
It seems a frittata (which I'd never heard of til a few years ago) is more like ingredients mixed into the eggs?

a frittata is eggs on the bottom, veg, meats cheese on top, and then its finished under the broiler. served open faced, not folded.

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lOVETOSHOP — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 03:37:04 GMT

I always thought that a frittata is eggs with veggies, meat, etc. added to the eggs and then maybe cheese on top, baked or put under broiler briefly. Served from pan cut into wedges, not folded like an omelette.

My preference for an omelette would be to have the ingredients cooked with the eggs and then folded over and served.

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ECBG — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 03:38:11 GMT

From the earliest cookbooks, the directions are to beat 2 eggs with a Tbsp. of water (fluffy omlettes) and pour into a buttered skillet. Add finely cut vegetables and cheese allowing the eggs to cook very slowly.

Flip one side over the other to create a half circle.

Serve.

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sunshine45 — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 06:23:21 GMT

i like and prefer the ingredients to be cooked and mixed in with the eggs.

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beach-mom — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 06:38:00 GMT

One of my favorite things for breakfast! Definitely in between.

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libbyannE — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 07:02:05 GMT

A real omelet is made by starting to cook the beaten eggs, lifting the edges to let the beaten egg flow under the cooked portion for more even cooking. Then you add the other ingredients to heat and finally fold it over part-way. Grab a plate, and, with a deft turn of the wrist, you fold it the rest of the way closed as you move it from pan to plate. Ingtredients should not be cooked into the egg for an omelet, but a frittata works that way and is served flat without folding.

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Imaoldhippie — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:42:46 GMT

I really dont care one way or the other. It all tastes the same and is good.

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BeccaLou — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 03:38:04 GMT

Mixed with the eggs.

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Sooner — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:44:08 GMT

@libbyannE wrote:
A real omelet is made by starting to cook the beaten eggs, lifting the edges to let the beaten egg flow under the cooked portion for more even cooking. Then you add the other ingredients to heat and finally fold it over part-way. Grab a plate, and, with a deft turn of the wrist, you fold it the rest of the way closed as you move it from pan to plate. Ingredients should not be cooked into the egg for an omelet, but a works that way and is served flat without folding.

@libbyannE That's the way Julia and Jacques Pepin do it! You can go to YouTube and watch!

A frittata as i have seen them are meats and veggies sauteed then the eggs beaten slightly, poured over and the sauteed things pushed around a little so the eggs blend in and go to the bottom. It cooks a little bit on the stove and goes in the oven to finish.

I don't like eggs with water or cream or anything else in them. To me it makes them watery and separate into little hard curds when cooked. Don't like eggs cooked over high heat either.