Going to take you for some cà phê trứng in Việt Nam; it's salted egg coffee and it's glorious! Invented as a quick fix in the 40s or 50s when a Ha Noi cafe had run out of condensed milk, it's now a nationwide classic.
Thank you for writing this! I very much enjoy your food history, recipes & commentary. I will definitely try your quick Hollandaises sauce recipe. Just this morning, I was thinking about making a dish I make rarely, but love: A whole fish served on a platter with roasted potatoes & carrots, chick peas, zucchini, fresh tomatoes, asparagus, etc with homemade aioli. Definitely a fine spring dish.
Do you happen to know where the idea that eggs should be kept in the fridge came from (even to the point that fridge doors used to have egg racks in them?) -- I remember my roommates in America constantly telling me I'd get sick by my refusal to store eggs in the fridge and keeping them at room temp.
Somewhere around 1970, the US, who along with Australia (who had had a catastrophic experience with a batch of bacteria-contaminated eggs it had exported), Japan and some Scandinavian countries began washing eggs because the US, ever hygiene vigilant, had come up with super-efficient machines to do the job. But even their State bodies agree that it is not unhealthy to keep unwashed eggs and keep them unrefrigerated.
Going to take you for some cà phê trứng in Việt Nam; it's salted egg coffee and it's glorious! Invented as a quick fix in the 40s or 50s when a Ha Noi cafe had run out of condensed milk, it's now a nationwide classic.
Thank you for writing this! I very much enjoy your food history, recipes & commentary. I will definitely try your quick Hollandaises sauce recipe. Just this morning, I was thinking about making a dish I make rarely, but love: A whole fish served on a platter with roasted potatoes & carrots, chick peas, zucchini, fresh tomatoes, asparagus, etc with homemade aioli. Definitely a fine spring dish.
Thanks again.
So pleased...and your plans sound mouthwatering. Happy Valentine's Day.
Do you happen to know where the idea that eggs should be kept in the fridge came from (even to the point that fridge doors used to have egg racks in them?) -- I remember my roommates in America constantly telling me I'd get sick by my refusal to store eggs in the fridge and keeping them at room temp.
Somewhere around 1970, the US, who along with Australia (who had had a catastrophic experience with a batch of bacteria-contaminated eggs it had exported), Japan and some Scandinavian countries began washing eggs because the US, ever hygiene vigilant, had come up with super-efficient machines to do the job. But even their State bodies agree that it is not unhealthy to keep unwashed eggs and keep them unrefrigerated.
Fascinating. Even though I still can't get my head around why anyone would wash an egg...!
I'm with you on that!
Thanks! I hope you had a lovely Valentine’s Day, as well.