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For quite a long time, egg has been my staple food.
I can explain why. First, I like eggs. Second, it's easy to cook. Third, it's available everywhere.
So, my meals would often have an egg or two in it--sunny-side up, scrambled, boiled or, my favorite, omelette.
Unfortunately, though, for quite a long time too, I've been trying to perfect my omelette. I often end up with a scrambled egg every time I try to prepare a perfectly, whole omelette for myself.
So, I tried to do some experiments and this is what I found:
It's something to do with the pan
If I do the omelette on a smaller, circular pan, I'm able to achieve the circular shape that I want. However, if I try to use an unnecessarily bigger pan, the egg ends up scrambled. If I want a perfect omelette I gotta make sure I'm using the suitable container to cook it.
Grease off sufficiently
Friction is often to blame for my imperfect omelette. Sometimes, I fail to add the proper amount of oil to smooth out the contact between the egg and the pan. If I add too little, I have a dry, limp, often burnt, fried egg. If I add to much, I have my egg swimming in oil, which is displeases me.
Do it slow, fire it slow
Egg dish is itself an easy and swift meal to prepare. But, still, I get impatient. So, I tend to turn the stove to its max and you know what happens next--a burnt scrambled egg. On the other hand, if I manage the heat pretty well and peacefully/steadily do my omelette, I'm able to achieve the shape and texture that I desire.
Don't embellish too much
I like my omelette made with tomatoes and onions. I dunno if we're alike but I enjoy to have some taste other than the egg's. To my dismay, if I add lots and lots of tomatoes and onions (or bacon bits, sometimes), the omelette just won't work! And, the egg loses it's taste. This also doesn't satisfy me.
So, if I want a perfect omelette, I learned I have to add just enough...not too much...tomatoes and onions.
Move it not
Most importantly, one thing I learned about omelettes is that I should not touch it while it's in the process of forming. I gotta wait. I gotta be patient. Once I move the egg, once I keep on touching it, it won't have the chance to form and all will just get scrambled.
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Well, after having those little experiments, I realized that life and cooking omelette are not totally far from each other. For in life, things work when I: use the right tools to achieve what I want...manage my own fire...keep steady and still...live simply...remain patient...allow things to come into being as naturally as they should be.
When I assure these are all in place, life becomes just like a perfect omelette for me!
