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Oh pshaw, on Sun 18 Nov 2007 06:08:35p, hahabogus meant to say...

> 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:
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>>>
>>> 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?
>


Probably not, Alan, but I do like Asian fried rice with bits of egg in it.

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