Our tradition for the last day of the year: brunch. This year, it was Cora on Acadie:
Pineapple smoothie for QY:
Festin Gargantua for Qiuyu:
It has 2 eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, cretons spread, baked beans, blueberry pancake and roasted potatoes. All served with toast. I had no clues what the “cretons spread” is, therefore I googled it:
“Cretons is a French Canadian dish that is served cold most often at breakfast spread on toast. It is also eaten as a snack on crackers and in sandwiches. It is very popular in the province of Quebec (a mainly French speaking province in Canada) and in other French speaking areas of Canada.” So, it should be served on toast? We got it wrong……
QY hates the runny yolks, so he had those two poor eggs done like this:
Here comes the famous question:
How do you like your eggs? In case you don’t remember how it should be done, the options are listed here:
1. Hard Boiled
It is the one that we have for most of the days. Add water to a pot (enough to cover the eggs by about 2 inches); bring it to a boil and carefully drop in the eggs. Wait for 10-12 minutes. That’s it.
2. Soft Boiled
It is said to be “six minute egg” which has the same process as hard boiled eggs but with less time (6 minutes). In the end, the white is cooked wile the yolk is still runny. It can be eaten in the shell or scooped out by a spoon. It is said that it is great on toast, with salt, pepper or hot sauce.
3. Hard Scrambled
The whites and the yolks are broken and mixed together. We call it “fried eggs”. We usually have either hard boiled eggs or hard scrambled ones.
4. Sunny Side Up
It means that the egg yolk looks like a bright morning sun. It must be done without flipping.
5. Over Easy
It is similar to sunny side up, just flip the egg and when the edges are brown. But the yolk is still runny.
6. Over Medium
The eggs are fried a little longer than No.5, but the yolks are still runny with a thick film on them. (OMG):
7.Over Hard
Finally! Over hard is the one that QY prefers: fried, flipped, and fried again – usually with the yolk broken – until both the white and the yolk are completely cooked. DONE!
Guess what Qiuyu asked for his eggs?: I think that is over easy.
Simon and I split the dish, really too much..
The best thing that we did that day is something should have been done long time ago: introduce the entire family to QY. Now he knows how many cousins he has…..
(Photo credit for http://www.chezcora.com/ and http://www.breakfastwithnick.com/)