After some debating, we came up with our own rating system and here's how it works. Each person who eats can give it a star or not and since there are five of us, it can get up to 5 stars. Kinda like a fancy restaurant, but it's Mama's home cookin'.
So:
No eating or putting it in your mouth and spitting or throwing it (only allowed for the baby) = no star
Taking a "no thank you" bite and not continuing = no star
Trying it and eating some and/or eating all but deciding it is just OK = 1/2 star
Liking it and/or putting a considerable dent in your meal = a star
Crab Eggs Benedict got a 1/2 star rating. Deluxe Eggs Benedict got a 1 Star rating. That one star and that 1/2 star were from me.
It began innocently enough.
Toast some English muffins with the cutest girl in the world.
Distract the baby with a banana.
Simmer the water.
Poach a mess of eggs.
Then saute the veggies for the Deluxe E. B.
And open a can (can?!!) of crab meat for the Crab E.B.
First of all, canned crab is not the best. I didn't even know it came like that and why, if it is canned, must it remain refrigerated? Seems fishy...or crabby...to me. And perhaps that is where we went wrong. I blame the cookbook. It is, after all, one from the 90's and any cookbook that regularly includes 3/4 cup AMERICAN cheese and/or a cup of margarine in a recipe, isn't right up there with Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Am I right? But I digress...
All served up. Deluxe on the left, Crab on the right.
Everyone else got English Muffins with theirs.
Matt's reaction was much like this.
The kids were a little braver, but no one really liked it at all. So it was scrape off the crab and do your best because Mama is not making another breakfast.
I ate most of mine, but even the red peppers and onions, which I usually like, weren't doing it for me.
Better luck next time!
Final Rating = 1/2 star
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