I know everyone likes eggs, but I never have. Particularly hard boiled or scrambled, blechhhh. What turns me off is not only the distinct taste that overwhelms your entire mouth and coats your throat, but also the textures of the cooked whites as well as the yolks, and that gassy, stinky smell. Don't get me wrong - eggs can be an amazing addition to things like lemon meringue pie, brushed over pastries as a glaze, and dunked under breadcrumbs for fried chicken. But somewhere in my life I developed a massive aversion to most forms of plainly cooked eggs, which as you can imagine, has left me with many (limited) eggless breakfast mornings.
Then last week rolled along. One of those mornings I was awake by 5am, unable to fall back asleep. Not only could my brain turn itself off, but my stomach sounded like the Industrial Revolution had made a comeback inside of me. Bleary eyed and barely conscious, I made my way to the fridge, a path so familiar I didn't even need to turn on any lights. Sad. Even sadder was that I didn't have any groceries to make even a decent lunch. I've become very inventive in my days of unemployment, and have used up most of the cans, jars, bags, and tupperware full of food that I had stored away God-knows-how-long ago. I took a look at what was left, the substantial ingredient being two eggs out of a 1/2 dozen that I used in a cake some time before. Big sigh. Hunger conquers all, even distaste. Must use eggs.
Fortunately I had just enough of a few other ingredients leftover from other cooking endeavors to make what in my head seemed like a marvelous concoction. And you know what? It wasn't too bad in my mouth, either. NOT bad at all. In fact, it was pretty much exactly what I was craving, made me full, satisfied, and licking my plate. It even woke me up a little bit. This sandwich has definitely made me re-think The Egg as a decent foodstuff, and even made me start to conceive inventive ways I could include them in sandwiches. I'm not yet ready to have a whole hard-boiled egg, or scrambled (because I think that's the absolute WORST tasting way to cook them), but I don't think I will ever just throw away leftover eggs again.
INGREDIENTS for the EggSandwich for EggHaters:
2 eggs
chopped garlic scape
sliced parmesan cheese - a LOT of it!
mustard (I used wasabi mustard, yum)
toasted bread - english muffin, whole wheat, wonderbread, bagel - whatever suits your tastes
Crack the two eggs onto an oiled skillet, and sprinkle garlic scapes to cover the eggs. Flip the eggs over and layer parmesan cheese on top. If the cheese can withstand, flip over one more time to "fry" the cheese too.
Toast bread, spread with pesto on one side and mustard on the other.
Sandwich egg, garlic scape, and cheese concoction onto the now-seasoned bread. VOILA! Isn't she a beaute?
Serves one very hungry, barely-awake person.
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