To take my mind off spending on things that I might regret buying later, I decided to do two things: Cook, and Eat.
Sorry, I know this is a bag blog (among other things), but I can’t help but show off my newly acquired cooking prowess *muwahahaha ok, that’s ridiculous, because I really cannot cook* in lieu of writing about yet another bag that I am lusting for (or shoes for that matter).
I came home from work at 7:30p tonight and decided after dinner, I am going to attempt to make eggs benedict, My way. I say “my way” because we don’t really have the complete ingredients in the house, so I have no choice but to make do with whatever I can find in the fridge and in the cupboard hehehe.
This is my first time *EVER* to poach an egg. But first, I prepared the English muffin. It so happens we do have English muffins! DH likes his English muffin for breakfast, so I had to steal one from his breakfast “inventory” 😀 Sowweeeee
I spread butter (Evvvverything tastes gooood with buttah!) on the muffin, and placed a sliced cook ham on top before I nuked the whole thing on the microwave.
Sorry, couldn’t toast the muffin. I like my muffin a little soggy 😉 Then I cracked an egg and placed it directly into a ramekin.
And then, I filled my short stockpot with water– 3/4 full to be exact. Added 3/4 teaspoon vinegar. Allow water to boil. Then when water boils, reduce the heat and stir the boiling water, then slowly drop the egg.
Mistake– I shouldn’t have allowed the spoon to touch the boiling water. Some egg white residue was left on the spoon afterwards. Eeps.
The egg yolk was turning white (egg white cooking). I wasn’t really sure when to take the egg out of the water, but I think the egg took about 3-4 minutes to cook. Sorry I didn’t time it, this is just an approximate time frame it took for the egg yolk to heat up and kinda “cook”.
And voila, I had a poached egg on top of my ham and butter muffin 😉 *hehehe*. Then I realized, wait, I don’t know how to make hollandaise sauce, so forget that sauce. I had to do a little improv.
Hehehehe… found Swiss Emmenthal cheese slices (which belonged to the DKs hahahaha).
Soooo, voila!
Sorry bad lighting– our kitchen has white lights 😉 *This just does NOT look appetizing 🙁 boohooo*
So I took it to the dining room, asked DH if he’d like to half Eggs Benedict Baghag *nooo, not Eggs OF Baghag… that sounds wicked hahahaha* with me.
And so, I sliced Eggs Baghag 😉
And that’s my brief culinary lesson story of the night 😉 DH said it was “not bad”. I wonder if “Not Bad” means “terrible but since you’re my wife, I am forced to say it’s not bad”; “really not so bad”; or “it really needs work”. Hehehehe, we all know that I’m not going to cut it as a chef, so let’s just say this baghag’s finding a more therapeutic hobby which will not set her back financially by a few light years 😉
So peeps, it’s Eggs Benedict Baghag for now 😉 If you peeps know of tried and tested recipes for the REAL Eggs Benedict, do let me know! I’d love the recipe– email it to me at baghagdiaries@gmail.com 🙂 Would greatly appreciate it 🙂
P.S. Wait– why are they called EggS benedict if there’s only ONE egg used? Hahahahaa… Grammar nazis, feel free to contribute to this quagmire. Anyhoo, I feel sorry for the REAL Eggs Benedict recipe. I just murdered it! Hahahaha 😉 And next time, I’m just going to The Peninsula (for me, they’re still the best) for eggs benedict– that is, if I have moolah to pay for them *hellloooo expensivooooo!!!*
x
Mrs. T
(I’m no baghag, I’m no tai tai, I’m no Julia Child, but it’s official: I’m a wannabe *wheee!!*)
And I thought cooking egg/s benedict was such a chore.
hey not bad mrs t… i can hardly boil water myself (unless it’s in an electric kettle, haha). my DH is a picky eater pa naman, so whenever i make a new dish (with the help of the cook of course!) and ask him if he likes it, he usually just answers ‘ham-ham’ (chinese for so-so)… hehe 🙂
You gotta cook for us soon! =)
Mrs. T, can you share where your dh gets the english muffins? I want to try this too! But will need to look for a good recipe for the hollandaise first.
Not bad Mrs T! 🙂 I like English muffin too. Where do you buy yours? If you don’t mind me asking. I only know of French Baker’s. Maybe I should try doing Eggs “Baghag” too.. Hehe!
Have you watched Julie and Julia (the movie)?
seems easy to cook eh? I am wondering… how do you put the raw egg in boiling water without breaking the eggs up? xoxo
@MrsMartinez: I made sure the raw egg “slid” into the water realllly slowly 😉 I was lucky it didn’t break! My chef friend said it can break! 🙂 Happpppyyy!!! *feeling of accomplishment hahahaha*
@appledumplings and nanayniisay: YES! I looove Julie and Julia! Can you tell I’m now I wannabe of both? 🙂 *wide grin :D*
@Roxy831: I actually just get them in Rustan’s supermarket. Bread section. Beside the pita bread and the tortillas 😉
@Browneyedgirl: Hahaha I love that- “ham ham”. I hear that from my mom when I would cook for DBs and the family at DB’s house. DB too would say that the food is good only because he wants me to cook haha!
@PBB: try it at home 🙂 Then tell me about it!
@Dex: If you can hang with my kiddies, then I will cook. Just as long as no one disturbs me in the kitchen *waaaaah diiiivaaaa!!! hahaha* 🙂 Sure!
I might try it haha and i will post some pics if it didnt break hehe too hope it works!!
@MrsMartinez: Yes! Try it!!
Put the egg in a small plastic cup first, dip the whole cup in the boiling water (hold it with tongs) then slowly slide it out…easier! Got that tip from Martha, my Idol 😀
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has delicious eggs benedict, too!
Nevertheless, the Eggs Baghag looks delicious ha. 🙂