{"id":133,"date":"2013-12-05T01:52:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T09:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2014-11-10T21:50:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T05:50:03","slug":"omelets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/omelets\/","title":{"rendered":"Omelets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, November 16, 2013 &#8211; So why is this the first writeup that doesn&#8217;t start with a photo? Well, this week&#8217;s episode of cooking class was about eggs. And I decided I wanted to make an omelet. Except I have an induction range. Which means all of my cookware is stainless steel. And apparently, eggs on stainless steel is difficult.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/omelets\/dsc01883\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01883-624x468.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01883\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01883-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01883-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01883-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the omelet stuck to the pan. So it tore as I was getting it out of the pan. And because I had trouble getting it out of the pan, it didn&#8217;t roll up properly.<\/p>\n<p>After doing some research, I think it was because my pan was (counter-intuitively) too cold. My first hint was when the eggs wouldn&#8217;t solidify, so I actually had to turn up the heat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/omelets\/dsc01884\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-130\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01884-624x468.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01884\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01884-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01884-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01884-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, November 17, 2013 &#8211; This time, I cooked the omelet at a higher heat setting. I also swapped out from vegetable oil to butter. Because butter is awesomer. Also, I had to use chopsticks to loosen the omelet from the pan as it solidified. This time, it worked much better. The omelet didn&#8217;t stick at all. Except the outside was kinda browned, and the inside was still a little runny. Ideally, it&#8217;d be evenly cooked. So I think I should lower the heat back after it first congeals, so I don&#8217;t burn the outside while cooking the inside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/omelets\/dsc01887\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01887-624x468.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01887\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01887-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01887-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01887-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, November 23, 2013 &#8211; There was a little twist this week. This week&#8217;s episode of cooking class was about vegetables, but I still wanted to work on omelets. So I split the difference by boiling and steaming some broccolis and putting it into my omelet.<\/p>\n<p>Things worked out a little better this time. This time, the inside was mostly fully cooked, but the outside was visibly overcooked. But I had a revelation. Maybe the omelet is too thick. Maybe instead of a 3 egg omelet, I should make a 2 egg omelet. But I didn&#8217;t have time to make any more omelets this month.<\/p>\n<p>On a completely unrelated note, the boiled broccolis turned out great, but I need to work on the timing of the steamed broccolis. I also made the steamed broccolis in a rice cooker, with some rice. So it made for a rather interesting dinner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/omelets\/dsc01891\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-132\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01891-624x468.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01891\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01891-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01891-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC01891-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, November 16, 2013 &#8211; So why is this the first writeup that doesn&#8217;t start with a photo? Well, this week&#8217;s episode of cooking class was about eggs. And I decided I wanted to make an omelet. 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