Adventures of the Omelet

I've become fascinated with trying to find the true and right way to make an omelet. I love omelets, I never go a weekend without making them for my husband and I for breakfast. I used to not like omelets, and it was probably because the first one I ever had was when I was 10 years old in the hospital. Enough said right? It wasn't very good.

Even when they were made the traditional "American" way...by putting the eggs in the pan and just leaving them there and then trying to flip it over with a plate or if your skilled enough, to flip it over in the air without letting it fall on the floor. I always thought the flipping part was a complete pain in the rear and not worth the the end result whatsoever....a round, flat, rubbery, stiff pile of egg. Gross. I pretty much avoided omelets all together until seeing a "Good Eats" episode.

"Good Eats" - Zen and the Art of Omelet Maintenance


This inspired me to give omelets another try. I pretty much have been doing it almost like this for awhile now and they have been very good. No flipping and fussing, the omelet should still be somewhat moist on the inside, not dried out and overcooked. I had decided for awhile that I really liked them as thin as possible almost like a crepe and it's very good but I got to thinking that this still was not the true "French" technique.

I became determined to find out what an omelet was truly meant to be.
This is the first video I decided to watch.

A classic video of Julie Child making an omelet.



Wow! Julia was a riot eh? The first time I watched this I was screaming "what is she doing...shes ruining the omelet!!!" When she started shaking the pan around I really didn't understand and kinda thought it was a joke... maybe Julia was just being silly Julia but no... in fact this is basically the way it's supposed to be done. What!!!

So I watched a few more episodes of people doing basically the same technique, some even more violent with the eggs using a fork while shaking at the same time which to me seemed to create too fine a line between an omelet and scrambled eggs. I found this one to be not only the most authentic but also simple and straight forward...and c'mon it's Julia Child for goodness sake!!
Who else can make an omelet demo so entertaining.

So thank you Julia, I was so excited to make an omelet that I couldn't wait until the weekend to give it a try, so I made one this morning on a Tuesday before work. It was delicious and I think for my first try I didn't do too bad. Can't wait to give it another try this weekend!!