Breakfast is for Champions

You needn’t ever buy boxes of cereal from the store. If you do, bear in mind that is the preferred meal of homeless people around the world. And, the contents inside said boxes are genetically modified to provide you with a life time of diabetes and cancer. I know these things. Trust me, I’m a Dr.

Adding sugar to anything is never appropriate, unless of course you’re mixing cocktails and desperately find yourself in need of a ginger rosemary pear simple syrup to wash in with a jigger of gin and some lemon juice. I will reserve a cocktail post for a later date.

This morning I made myself a simple bowl of oated meal. I do not buy the barrel ass brown sugar, maple syrup crap — just plain old rolled oats. To flavor the oats, I neatly placed one teaspoon of locally sources honey and several dashes of cinnamon. My beverage of choice — coffee — fresh ground. Normally, I prefer it black, but there are times when I need the temperature lower and I am forced to put milk. It should be noted, I also place the milk in BEFORE the coffee. This way when the scalding hot coffee is splashed into the cup — a slight emulsification occurs. If given more time, I’d simply make myself a latte, which is better. That requires 1/4 cup of espresso, 3/4ths heated and frothed milk. For cappuccinos, 50/50 split.

Other go to morning meals include:

French Omelette. This isn’t Grandma’s fucked up charred egg dish. You need to manage the heat for the French Omelette and ensure you do not brown it at all. The inside should not be well done when you roll it and place it into dish. Chef Pepin is the master at the omelette. You can view it here, thru some guy attempting to duplicate Pepin’s process.

French toast.

Two eggs. 4 pieces of bread. milk, cinnamon, vanilla extract. You are making a custard and dipping your bread into it. The way people fuck up this recipe is my under-stirring the eggs. The result is fucking eggs on their bread and it looks disgusting and people want to kill you.

Panned cakes.

Flour, milk, vanilla, butter, pinch of salt, baking powder. DO NOT OVERMIX. That will make panned cakes rubbery.

Smoked salmon.

Cut up salmon, add lemon, mayonnaise, bourbon, pinch salt, serve with poached egg and bellini. This is a complicated process and recipe. You can view it here.

Lastly, there are many other ways to prefer eggs. For sunny side, place a little butter in pan, crack egg, and cover it. That’s how you cook the top — you fucking morons. For soft boiled, bring water to the boil, place eggs in pot — remove from pot after exactly 6 minutes and into cold water to stop cooking. You will find the 6 minute egg to be prefect, just like this blog.