yesterday the West Virginia Mountaineers beat the Louisville Cardinals 35-21 at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. I was half watching the game with a friend in a half empty bar. what did catch my attention during the play was a short tailgating segment featuring an Omelette in a Bag .
pretty clever: break eggs into a sealable platic bag, add vegetables or meat or cheese or whatever, smush it all together, drop bag into a large pot of boiling water. Can't tell you how long to cook it (sound was off) but I'd guess it's a good 10-15 minutes. The result? not what I personally would call an omelette. maybe a fritatta? let's ask epicurious...
omelet; omelette
[AHM-leht]
A mixture of eggs, seasonings and sometimes water or milk, cooked in butter until firm and filled or topped with various fillings such as cheese, ham, mushrooms, onions, peppers, sausage and herbs. Sweet omelets can be filled with jelly, custard or fruit, sprinkled with confectioners' sugar or flamed with various liquors or liqueurs. For fluffy omelets, the whites and yolks can be beaten separately and folded together. They can also be served flat or folded.
frittata
[frih-TAH-tuh]
An Italian omelet that usually has the ingredients mixed with the eggs rather than being folded inside, as with a French omelet. It can be flipped or the top can be finished under a broiling unit. An omelet is cooked quickly over moderately high heat and, after folding, has a flat-sided half-oval shape. A frittata is firmer because it's cooked very slowly over low heat, and round because it isn't folded.
what would/do You call it?
