I usually don’t attempt emulsification prior to 10 AM, but I made a smashing hollandaise sauce this morning:
It was a simple recipe: 4 egg yolks, a tablespoon of lemon juice, a stick of melted butter, white pepper, cayenne pepper and salt.
Then I toasted some thick slices of Italian bread, topped them with some slices of Ukrainian purple tomatoes from our garden, topped that with eggs over easy, ladled hollandaise sauce over it and sprinkled it with smoked paprika:
Definitely not a heart healthy breakfast, but we’re patching a floor and laying tile today, so we need the fuel.
Please feel free to discuss whatever.
[X-posted at Rumproast]
polyorchnid octopunch
It’s not nearly as bad as the
AHAseed oil lobby has led you to believe.c u n d gulag
Man, that looks yummy!!!
I’m making some heart-healthy borscht, with some decidedly heart-unhealthy big-ol’ pork ribs in it to gnaw on with the soup.
donnah
That looks brilliant on the blue plate! And delicious, too.
I am so disgusted with the political landscape right now that I could just spit. The Republicans have totally thrown themselves into another frenzy of hate and accusations and their foaming-at-the-mouth rampage is absurd. It’s like a hyena finding a scrap of meat and having the entire pack go wild, only to find out it’s an empty wrapper. The howling, snapping, and yapping are pretty annoying, but what’s worse, it wastes unbelieveable time and resources.
I need a break. If I hear BenghaziIRSWatergate one more time, I may get stabby.
keestadoll
Sweet Jesus that looks delish! Sadly, it’s a Banana-Orange smoothie made with vanilla almond milk, wheat germ, and other nutrient-dense sawdust for me. Just looking at your post made me gain 5 pounds.
MattF
Sounds wonderful, although it’s fair to note that a stick of butter will make nearly anything taste good. The only thing I’d consider adding to it is some alcoholic ‘secret’ ingredient, maybe a dash of a fruity liqueur, or in a pinch, something neutral like vodka or gin…
ETA: I should add that I have no idea how alcohol would interact with the hollandaise.
cyntax
Looks delicious. Is that a copper bowl/pan in the top picture?
Kristine
That looks delicious.
I have my heart-healthy whole grain cereal w/ fruit most mornings, but every so often I say the hell with it and dive into the meat ‘n’ eggs ‘n’ taters.
JPL
There is a little cafe in town, that serves delicious eggs benedict on weekends. I was planning on going tomorrow morning with friends but not sure that I can wait now.
@donnah: Think of the bright side, there weren’t as many comparisons to Hitler this week.
c u n d gulag
@JPL:
Pssssst – You do know, don’t you, who else liked eggs benedict?
Hitler’s dog!
Hitler was a vegan.
WereBear
True, that. I keep my weight, blood pressure, and blood sugar nice and low with lots of fat, and few carbohydrates.
Butter lovers, take note!
quannlace
@donnah:
Yup, the Right Wing Outrage Meter….It goes to 11. Always!
Heard one RW radio host going on gleefully yesterday about the ‘unraveling’ of the Obama administration. He must have a different definition of the word.
quannlace
@JPL:
“There is a little cafe in town”
**********
Sounds like the beginning of a song. ;-)
evap
Yum! I want to have breakfast at your place, Betty.
raven
@quannlace:
In a little café just the other side of the border
She was just sitting there givin’ me looks that made my mouth water
So I started walking her way
She belonged to that man, José
And I knew, yes I knew I should leave
When I heard her say, yeah
Come a little bit closer
You’re my kind of man
So big and so strong
Come a little bit closer
I’m all alone
And the night is so long
Xantar
@donnah:
I’m not upset with the GOP any more. They’re being reliable liars. The outrage is that the press continues to report whatever the Republicans are claiming. At this point GOPers have been caught in so many lies that any rational reporter interested in the truth would start with the premise that the Republicans are lying and spinning for political gain and would only report something if it could be independently verified.
Yeah yeah, I know. And six-pack abs would be nice, too.
ranchandsyrup
You are a human thermomix, Betty. Good on you.
Frankensteinbeck
@donnah:
‘Scandalgate’. MSNBC is calling it ‘Scandalgate’. The word beautifully implies what a pathetic, desperate, meaningless witch hunt this is.
@Xantar:
They are starting with that premise. They’re also starting with the premise that all of politics is like that and there’s no deeper meaning to it, ever, so you might as well admire the lies as clever partisan technique.
hildebrand
Doctor Who season finale tonight!
IowaOldLady
@evap: Me too! Surely Betty made enough for us too.
The false emails re Benghazi will not make the press happy. They take offense at being fed lies.
I’ve been wondering whether the AP and IRS flaps would last, given they have the disadvantage of not targeting Hillary Clinton.
Bill E Pilgrim
“I usually don’t attempt emulsification prior to 10 AM
I achieved emulsification prior to 10 PM the other night, but it was special occasion, showing around an old, old friend.
“Definitely not a heart healthy breakfast”
This guy thinks it is. Except not the bread so much, actually.
Frankensteinbeck
@IowaOldLady:
The press wants to talk about the AP thing because they personally are very offended. I actually think their entitled whining makes everyone (but conservatives, obviously) like Obama MORE.
c u n d gulag
@Xantar:
Abs can come in six-packs?
Mine’s always been more in keg form.
kindness
You are getting tomatoes out of your garden already?!?
Jealous here.
Elizabelle
Looks scrumptious. Looking at tomatoes behind your plate too.
Overcast and damp in DC area. Will track be sloppy again for today’s Preakness?
Go Orb.
Villago Delenda Est
@quannlace:
These people (and I use that noun reluctantly) are simply not sane. They are so consumed by racist hatred that they can’t even begin to think straight.
Amir Khalid
@c u n d gulag:
You ,sir, are absolutely brilliant.
Elizabelle
@Villago Delenda Est:
Not just racist. They despise Democrats and anyone “ripping off”a system set up for the wealthy and connected.
Mike in NC
@c u n d gulag:
Yes, and a teetotaler as we all know. But in a recent book I read it claimed that to celebrate the occupation of Prague (most beautiful city in the world, I must say), he drank a glass of beer and ate a few slices of ham.
MattF
@Xantar: Still, I think the winger-to-mainstream conveyor belt isn’t working as well as it used to, it feels pro forma. There’s no blue dress, nobody shooting melons… the only cocaine accusations being made are about the mayor of Toronto. Just isn’t as much fun as it used to be
jeffreyw
Steak and eggs
c u n d gulag
@Mike in NC:
I hope it was Kosher ham – his mother was Jewish, and I’m sure she’d frown down on him if he ate un-Kosher ham. ;-)
c u n d gulag
@Amir Khalid:
See:
Truffle, even a blind pig can find a
TaMara (BHF)
Lovely breakfast. But am I the only one missing the wine wire/wrapper sculptures she used to do?
Also, I was gone last night but just popped into the recipe thread. You guys added so many great recipes I had to bookmark the page. I think there were enough potato salad iterations we could do one a day all summer and not repeat.
Fun.
lamh36
Alright. I gots my Powerball tickets anf in ready to win that big money! So if my post tmrw says “I’M RICH BITCH”!!! Ya’ll know why…lol.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
True, but people tend to conflate the two ( the IRS and AP that is). Talking heads deliberately– Dana Milbank was particularly egregious (yeah, I know, I was shocked too) yesterday all over MSNBC– and other people kind of lazily or even with honest confusion. Letterman, who’s such an Obama fan he could post here and be insulted by some of our purer sort, was doing it last night, and I see Leno talked to Willard last night. I can’t imagine how awful that was. I wouldn’t have thought anything could outdo what I’m sure was a smarmy sanctifest with St Stewart and Ollie Snowe, but I can barely conceive of Willard and Leno smirking and mugging together. Maher had a particularly awful panel last night too– Sippy Cupp, Michael Moore and the singularly odious Andrew Ross Sorkin; the media gods have been angry this week.
ETA: Even given that we’re talking about the media, no one seems to be talking about the case underlying the AP thing, which is pretty damn serious.
Bill E Pilgrim
@c u n d gulag: No I’m going to have to go with the other judge here, that was a case of real brilliance.
ruemara
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: You mean the AP outing a CIA operation, endangering operatives and letting AQ know we had tabs on them. Goddess forbid you point that out. The one failed journo I know has been self immolating all over FB on the pure goodness of the media versus that horrible Kenyan Usurper who stole the election from the one true liberal, Hillary. And if Plame wasn’t prosecuted, what crime did the AP do anyway, so John Dean is senile.
YEEEaaaah. I had to back away from that.
I’m setting up the camera to film making some quiche and an avocado lime pie with lemon snap crust. I wanted to do it for Mother’s Day, since mom has been asking but it’s been kinda busy. We’ll see how things turn out.
Villago Delenda Est
@lamh36:
Just send me a small portion…no more than say 60k, and I’ll toast you with some fine NW microbrew.
Villago Delenda Est
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
The morons of the Village may want to talk about it, but the Rethugs have no interest in it, because they instigated it in the first place. Also, too, outing CIA operatives (or MI6 operatives, for that matter) is a privilege of the Dark Lord, and he can do it with impunity no matter what the damage to national security might be.
Poopyman
I see the by the Newsmax headlines up there that
Since I’m not going to read it and I hope you haven’t read it, let’s just agree that what he means is that some hack journalist is going to make his career on it.
And let’s also agree that he’s just as wrong as ever.
Poopyman
@lamh36: I see by the name change that a Happy Birthday is in order, although probably belated.
Villago Delenda Est
@Bill E Pilgrim:
This judge concurs. It’s not like you’re Daryl Issa and you uncovered an auto theft ring operating out of your own basement…headed by yourself.
Roger Moore
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
You see, Scooter Libby proved that leaking the names of undercover CIA agents to the press is no big deal, so going after the AP’s source is a witch hunt. And it sure as hell doesn’t matter that it’s a witch hunt initiated at the Republicans’ insistence. That’s all water under the bridge.
catclub
@c u n d gulag: Can I just point out that pigs find truffles by smell? So blind pigs are probably better at it.
Acorns, on the other hand, may be found by sight. Or Smell. I do not know.
Todd
Just went to the local farm/artisan market and picked up this awesome cheese – it is described as a bread cheese because of how the rind forms. It is best when warm and served with fruit.
soonergrunt (mobile)
We closed on the house yesterday. That was about as much fun as being kicked in the face. And I would know. So today, we’re moving out of the 1100sft apartment into the 2300sft house.
And while it’s not quite as bad for you as hollandaise, we’re feeling up at IHOP.
Todd
@lamh36:
If I win, I’m faxing a picture of my ass to everybody I hate.
Roger Moore
@Poopyman:
Of course it does. Everything reminds Woodward of Watergate, where you should read “reminds” as “provides and excuse to talk about”. He’s been coasting on the ghost of Watergate ever since, so he needs to find every plausible excuse to talk about it he can find.
Roger Moore
@Todd:
Are you going to fax your credenza to the rest of us?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Especially as his star fades, a fading accelerated by what the internet and the media explosion has done to his source-stenography business model.
I’ve been really struck this past week by the similarities between Booby and McCain, two bitter old mediocrities and adulation-junkies whose reputations rest on forty year old achievements and the daddy issues of the Beltway.
Corner Stone
@soonergrunt (mobile):
GOOO ONNN…
Xantar
@c u n d gulag:
I’d say mine is more like one of those waterskin things you see people carrying around in medieval shows.
MattF
@soonergrunt (mobile): When I bought my apartment, a wise friend told me that the best thing about closing is that you’ll never see the seller again.
soonergrunt (mobile)
@Corner Stone: ducking autocorrect!
REALLY?
Poopyman
@Corner Stone: Yeah, that’s more of a 2 AM after the bars close kind of IHOP activity. Or so I’m told.
Poopyman
Oh, and enjoy the kitten cam.
MikeJ
@lamh36: I think all of us should make a pact. If any of us win the big prize we throw a giant meet up where hundreds of drunken blog commemters invade Cole’s quaint village.
RSA
@Roger Moore:
Exactly. Woodward: Benghazi Reminds Me of
WatergateWhen I Was Relevant in Politics.AHH onna Droid
@Mike in NC: Praha is lovely, but it’s no Trieste!
Baud
@MikeJ:
If I win, I’m buying John a replacement for WordPress.
Poopyman
@MikeJ: The winner should host a conference along the lines of Netroots Nation. We’ll call it BJ Nation, held at a Morgantown WV conference center. (There must be one there somewhere.)
YellowJournalism
@MikeJ: It will be like Night of the Living Dead, except with drunken middle-aged people. “Tuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnch!”
soonergrunt (mobile)
@MattF: ours was the damn bank, SWBC.
They were demanding more information right up until we entered the signing room.
Poopyman
BTW, somebody one the Megamillions last night, and it wasn’t me.
gogol's wife
@Poopyman:
One of dem kittehs looks like Tunch.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I think there’s an IHOP, but you want to pick your booth with care after 2 AM. Or so I’ve heard.
Poopyman
@soonergrunt (mobile): Now don’t be surprised if you get a letter in the next week or so telling you they’ve sold your damned mortgage.
YellowJournalism
@Todd: if you’re rich, you can afford to have plaster butt impressions made and sent to all the people you hate.
AHH onna Droid
I@Todd: I love it pan fried. My wife uses the microwave. Drool…
Poopyman
@gogol’s wife: MANY of them kittehs look like Tunch, including mom (to an extent).
(Adding: It’ll be easier to see when they migrate more into the middle of the cage.)
Svensker
Dang, that looks good, Betty. Is there anything better than real Hollandaise sauce?
Someone in NJ/VA stole my megamillions ticket! @Poopyman
We usually have things like yoghurt and fruit for brekkers, but this morning we had bacon from the Amish farm (delish) and free run eggs with orange yolks (also delish). To celebrate all that fatty/protein goodness I baked up some blueberry buckwheat pancakes topped with real Canukistani maple syrup. Now I’m ready to take on the world…or take a nap, one of the two.
MattF
@Poopyman: That’s actually not such a terrible thing. The most likely buyer/servicer of a new mortgage is Wells Fargo– they’re the 800-pound gorilla in the home mortgage business. They’re my mortgagee, and I’ve generally gotten good service from them.
Betty Cracker
@cyntax: Nope — it’s a stainless steel bowl in a stainless saucepan. I like cooking in the semi-dark, so it’s hard to tell the true color.
@kindness: We’ve been getting tomatoes, peppers, beans and cucumbers for weeks now here in FL.
@soonergrunt (mobile): Mazel tov!
@MikeJ: Sounds like a great idea. I volunteer to be TaMara and JeffreyWs’ saucier.
Roger Moore
@YellowJournalism:
You’ll want to be careful about that. You don’t want to know what people can do with detailed plaster butt impressions.
JCJ
@TaMara (BHF):
No! I miss those wine foil animals. I have tried to do that myself, but they never turn out well.
Roger Moore
OT: New format gripe: the “Reply” button can obscure text at the bottom right corner of the comment. Can we move it to the comment header?
Todd
@Roger Moore:
I also plan to endow the David Koch Chair of Analrapy in whatever department of Harvard that psychology resides in, and see if anybody but Arrested Development fans notice.
Mnemosyne
@Poopyman:
It’s breakfast time in kittenland right now. A couple of them are done and have hauled themselves up onto Momma’s belly for a nap.
gmann
It is with great sadness that I announce that the new Oscar Meyer “Bacon” hot dogs. . . taste just like any other hot dog I ever ate. . . No little brown specks of bacon. . . no wafting smells of bacon.. . just plain ol’ hot dog. . .
Fool me once.
Roger Moore
@gmann:
Everyone who really cares knows that the correct way to combine bacon and hot dogs is the bacon wrapped hot dog. Trying to include bacon in the hot dog itself is just a lame attempt to fake the real thing.
gene108
Wow! You guys are super busy today!
I just got up from another nap and I’m already worn out reading about all the stuff you guys have planned.
Night, night…
Redshift
@MattF:
Definitely. Our closing came with a special bonus. When we bought our house, the people were selling because she was being transferred for work. At some point shortly before closing, her transfer was canceled, but it was too late to back out of the sale. We found out about this at closing, because in addition to the usual nightmare of paperwork and writing the biggest check you will ever write in your life, she spent the whole time looking for any possible reason that might invalidate the sale.
I was not without sympathy for her position (to begin with), but at some point you have to accept that although you feel like you’re getting screwed, the people across the table from you are not the ones screwing you, and if you treat them like they are, you’re just being an asshole.
Poopyman
@Roger Moore: Exactly this.
Yatsuno
@soonergrunt (mobile): Doing brunch with an old friend who’s in town for a bad reason but we’re distracting her anyway. Hadn’t seen her in years until last night, so it’s been good.
@MikeJ: You realise that jackpot is barely enough to cover Tunch’s ahi budget right? Demanding kitteh is demanding.
Eric
Lakeview market and my 8 yr old is a cheese and fresh bread freak. These cheese folks are serious. Mmmmmmmmm
NobodySpecial
I’m just sitting here listening to the new Daft Punk….over….and over….and over…
Keith
That might be the yellowest Hollandaise I’ve ever seen. Maybe it’s the number of egg yolks (less) or the amount of lemon I use (a lot), but mine always turns out a bit paler than that.
One of the best sauces in the world…goes great on just about anything.
schrodinger's cat
Hollandaise sauce once gave me some really bad food poisoning. I have been afraid of it ever since. That said the Bettydict looks delicious and rich. For breakfast this morning I made omlets and served them with toast made from my home-made bread.
BTW I has new post up about Kinsley, Liberal Pundit not so liberal actually.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
For the cat people among us, and even as a dog leaner, I think it’s pretty cool.
Yatsuno
@Keith: Could be the eggs she’s using. Hens on a diet with grass and other vegetable matter have more of an orange yolk.
schrodinger's cat
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: It was on ICHC last week. Smart cat is smart.
SiubhanDuinne
@Poopyman:
It’s been a few days since I checked the new kitten cam. Those li’l suckers (I use the term advisedly) are really getting big!
In one of Ngaio Marsh’s novels, she describes an amateur painting of “two slug-like and cylindrical kittens.” Always enjoyed that description.
Maude
@Keith:
You can almost drink it. I used to make it a lot and it was pale yellow.
Anya
So, did Umbrella Gate overshadow all of recent Obama gates? I was literary under a rock in the past few days so I missed all the hysteria.
Maude
@SiubhanDuinne:
#92 I’ve seen kids in strollers that fit that description.
SiubhanDuinne
@Maude: True!
MikeJ
Where’s my Friday Night Comedy podcast from the BBC? I was going hiking and loading my ipod, and it ain’t there. Fuckers.
gmann
@Roger Moore:
My heart told me so, but my eyes wouldn’t listen. . .
rikyrah
pretty good looking food. yum yum yum
Betty Cracker
@Yatsuno: You are correct! Store bought egg yolks are much paler than the yolks in our hen fruit.
Maude
@Betty Cracker:
When I was a kid, I would pick off anything on top of anything, like the paprika.
Sometimes there were sound effects.
Mark S.
Dude, that looks like a bucket of paint.
Keith
@Betty Cracker: I’m using free range organic brown eggs, and they’re *still* not that vivid. I gots to get me some chickens!
sharon austin
Sharing my Grandmother’s hollendaise and trick in making it . . . .. artichokes are also in season . .
per person:
1 egg yolk
tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 stick butter
Use glass bowl over boiling water. (metal bowl gets too warm)
beat egg yolks with lemon. put over heat. gradually add thin slices of butter, whisking constantly. add until all butter is melted.
(sometimes good to slightly freeze / chill butter for adding)
(also good to have water boiling on hand, just in case. if starts to curdle, add the boiling water.)