Breakfast! The most important meal of the day (2012)

[C. sapidus]

Omelet with ham and blue cheese; toasted cheese bagel with butter and more blue cheese

[percyn]

Found some great looking Mitake and Oyster mushrooms, so I made these over 3 days...

[rotuts]

What are those little red sausages. I bet they are delicious!

[Ashen]

homemade peameal bacon , sunnyside up egg toast and coffee.

[huiray]

Vienna-type sausages? They *look* like them... :-)

[huiray]

@percyn - are those maitake (a.k.a. "hen of the wood") mushrooms something you get locally grown, frequently or otherwise?

I love them and a local grower used to have at a certain local Farmers' Market them but they proved to be too much bother (and was a touch-and-go financial proposition) so they gave it up - and I have haven't had really fresh stuff since then.

[huiray]

@liuzhou:

That black "crab roe" - I am assuming this is "stained"/dyed form of normal crab roe? I've always thought that crab roe other than orange-ish in color were artificially colored as I don't know of crab species that produce black roe - but perhaps you could fill me in? (A quick Google & internet search turned up nothing certain)

[liuzhou]

@liuzhou:

That black "crab roe" - I am assuming this is "stained"/dyed form of normal crab roe? I've always thought that crab roe other than orange-ish in color were artificially colored as I don't know of crab species that produce black roe - but perhaps you could fill me in? (A quick Google & internet search turned up nothing certain)

Indeed it is dyed. It comes in various colours - black - red - yelllow. Same as the more common lumpfish roe is dyed.

Here is a variation on that breakfast:

Edited December 16, 2012 by liuzhou (log)

[percyn]

What are those little red sausages. I bet they are delicious!

They are called Litl' Smokies. These were Turkey but they also make beef and even ones stuffed with cheese. They are probably not that good for you but pack a punch of flavor - http://www.hillshirefarm.com/products/turkey-lit-l-smokies.aspx

[percyn]

@percyn - are those maitake (a.k.a. "hen of the wood") mushrooms something you get locally grown, frequently or otherwise?

I love them and a local grower used to have at a certain local Farmers' Market them but they proved to be too much bother (and was a touch-and-go financial proposition) so they gave it up - and I have haven't had really fresh stuff since then.

Yes they are.

I am lucky to live not too far from a place that claims to be the "Mushroom Capital of the world", so I can generally find most varieties cultivated in the US. These are still a little rare to find and I love the taste. Wish we could get the wide varities they get in France.

I buy them direct from the mushroom farmers when I can, otherwise rely on our local Wegmans to carry these, along with black truffles ;-)

[Kim Shook]

What lovely breakfasts you all have! I try not to read the breakfast thread until later in the day. Otherwise I’m in the kitchen frying bacon and eggs and rummaging in the freezer for biscuits. My new diet is working quite well (10+ lb. loss) and this thread, oddly enough, is the one that will bust it. Anyway, a quick dive into the thread to post Mr. Kim’s breakfast from yesterday:

ET bagel with Benton’s bacon, fried egg and gruyere.

[mm84321]

Scrambled eggs

[huiray]

I'm not sure I'm looking at...scrambled...eggs...?

[rotuts]

if its from mm there has to be some truffles in there somewhere!

[percyn]

Max, was that egg cooked at 75 C?

Breakfast with a view - Ackee and Saltfish in Jamaica where the temp is 82F.

[pastameshugana]

I was experimenting for brekkie today:

I got this for christmas - silicone molds for making ice shot glasses.... but I had other things in mind:

Plain egg whites into the molds, and baked at 300 - took way too long, wish there was a better method. Ideas?

Egg yolk cooked with MUCH sriracha and stuffed inside:

The 'cups' had too many bubbles in them, which made them wobbly. I think I should have 'forked up' the whites before dumping them in the molds. Also, it was very difficult to keep the yolk runny.... I just need to experiment some more...

[percyn]

Interesting idea PastaMeshugana.

Yesterday I made a Basted Egg w/Lil Smokies

Edited December 29, 2012 by percyn (log)

[benthescientist]

So much bacon & egg! I took a slightly healthier (aka inferior) approach after the Christmas glut to try and appease my vital organs a little.

Caramelized apple and hazelnuts with Greek yogurt, cardamon and pomegranate molasses. One granny smith apple sliced and caramelized with hazelnuts, sugar and butter. Served on the yogurt that was sprinked with a cardamon heavy mix of cardamon, cinnamon, pimento and nutmeg. A small drizzle of pomegranate molasses over the top for extra tang.

[percyn]

Ben, welcome to eGullet and the Breakfast thread! Nice looking breakfast. Did you use green or black cardamon?

[benthescientist]

Ben, welcome to eGullet and the Breakfast thread! Nice looking breakfast. Did you use green or black cardamon?

Thanks percyn. I used green cardamon. It's easier to obtain here, so was the only one sitting in my cupboard!