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Going for Julia on Father’s Day

Yep, I’m talking about Miss Julia Child. You know that lady whose quote is also listed on this website?? She pretty much started this whole thing known as cooking awesome food at home in American kitchens. And that is what I tried to do for dear sweet Abuelito on Father’s Day.

This all came from my discovery of a nice Father’s Day card that was mailed to Abuelito while I was relaxing after a tiring day from packing the pod and running around to finalize leaving my apartment and buying cute baby stuff for Renee! Actually the Comcast line was not so bad, so I shouldn’t complain too much… and Babies R Us is quite amusing to browse…

Grandma showed me the card Jen and Bobby sent abuelito for Father’s Day (and this was quite amazing, because somehow the card was mailed to him while THEY were on their honeymoon!) and I got to thinking, how can I do something nice for abuelito for Father’s day?? I opened the New Best Recipe cookbook and discovered the omelet, something so simple and yet so amazing (or so I’ve heard, did you know I detest eggs in that state??). So after my marathon movie watching later that night (Orphan and Away we go), I awoke with four hours of sleep and went mad in the kitchen! Below you can see my nice breakfast.

So making omelets reminded me of the passage in Mastering the art of french cooking that to practice making omelets one should take beans and practice flipping the pan to get those nice omelet folds perfect! So anyway, Grandma actually cooked the bacon for me, so that was cool. I stuck to the omelet making (I did two; one for the lady and one for the sir). Go check out more pictures below!

Here’s where it all begins, butter. yep, thats how every great recipe starts!

Then we got some mise en place. I cut up some sliced ham, got the cheddar cheese out and cut up some fresh chives. Auntie Martha planted the most amazing herb pot for grandma’s porch and so I snapped those chives right up!

Then I mixed two eggs with salt and pepper and whoosh they went into the hot buttered nonstick pan!

Lastly was the cheese and chives and ham (well there was no ham on this omelet, but you get the picture!)

And some flicking of the wrist ensued and I got exactly what you saw in the first picture! I definitely need some more flicking of the pan and wrist practice, (Ned’s demanding I make him an omelet some weekend morning soon…I guess I will… )

Omelet, bacon, buttered english muffins and orange juice. It was the perfect menu for the morning and I was so proud of myself for cooking eggs expertly! I think Julia would be proud too.

And what about my papa?? Well he decided to go kayaking out west and so I decided to go help paint at my new place and so we met for dinner in Frederick. We walked along carroll creek from my place to get to five guys and ben and jerrys. We ate outside and it was the perfect way to end Father’s Day with my daddy.