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Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
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> Oh pshaw, on Sun 18 Nov 2007 03:06:30p, meant to say...
>
>> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:46:19 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Snippage
>>>
>>>
>>>Don't know if this has anything to do with your recipe or not, but I
>>>just don't like eggs and fish together cooked together or eaten
>>>together.
>>>
>>>This morning/afternoon we made our usual "what we call" fritatta. I
>>>will add different ingredients in it depending on what I have
>>>available.
>>>
>>>I chopped a little leek (into a large mince)fried separately, then
>>>chopped shiitakes (about 6 medium fresh), then added both to 8 eggs
>>>in a largish skillet. After the eggs were set, then added
>>>garden-fresh chopped (not tooo fine) on the top, and slipped it into
>>>a 375ºF oven.
>>>
>>>The first bite, I said, "Tastes like there's fish in here!"
>>>We couldn't decide whether it was all in combination that made it
>>>taste that way, or one of the ingredients had a particularly fishy
>>>taste -- (no fish fertilizer was used on the parsley).
>>>
>>>IOW, maybe you don't like the fish-eggs combination?
>>>
>>>Everytime I reply I will continue to tell you I love the clarity of
>>>your photos -- great!
>>>Dee Dee
>>>

>>
>> I think I don't like the fish-egg combination period.
>>
>> Thanks for your nice comments on my photos.
>>
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>>

>
> I'm sure this has already been said, but it may well be the spiciness
> of the gravlax that didn't work well with the eggs.
>
> I am not a great eater of fish, but there are many things I do like.
> Among them are scrambled eggs with lox, and eggs with kippers.
>


How about some brown rice cooked in beef broth topped with a poached egg?

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