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Feeding Yourself 101, Friday Second Period
Raiden was munching on a strip of bacon when the students arrived for this week's class. Okay, several strips of bacon, one after the other. Don't worry, guys. He had more bacon where that came from.
"Last week, we covered your most basic breakfast options," he said. "This week we're moving on to protein, because protein is important. Specifically, we're going to be talking about eggs, bacon, and sausage, because those are your most common breakfast proteins in this part of the world. You're not limited by these! Ham is also a popular option, and in the South you often see pork chops for breakfast, or fried chicken biscuits." Oh, shoot, had he put biscuits on the syllabus? He'd fix that.
"Let's start with eggs. Now, there are so many things you can do with eggs. I could teach a whole class just on eggs. But we're going to cover your basic breakfast egg options here: scrambled, fried, boiled, and, a little more advanced, poached. I think scrambled is the most beginner-friendly, because you don't have to worry about keeping the yolks whole, but you should find the kind of eggs that's right for you! And not the kind that's right for the person you're dating, Julia Roberts in Runaway Bride." He was just saying. Raiden handed out packets on how to make the various egg options, then said, "We're also going to cover a secret extra egg option, which is that you can bake them in the oven!! I like these whoopie pie tins because they're the perfect size for breakfast sandwiches, plus you can make whoopie pies in them, but you can also use muffin tins or just a baking dish and cut them up into pieces. This is a great idea if you're feeding a bunch of people--back home it's breakfast for seven at my place every day--or if you want to do meal prep, like making freezer egg McMuffins!
"Next, let's talk about meat. For sausage, you have a range of options. There's sausage made with pork, or turkey or even chicken, and I'm sure there's also vegetarian breakfast sausage out there, but that's between you and your god. Sausage also comes in a variety of shapes." Heh, sausage shapes. "You can buy links or pre-shaped patties, but me, I like a log." A sausage log. "It gives you the widest range of options. You can make your patties whatever size you like, or crumble it up. There are also a surprising range of bacon options out there--you can even buy duck bacon!--but at most supermarkets it's just gonna be regular pork bacon and turkey bacon. If you're cooking more than one or two pieces of bacon--and you should, because even if it's just for you then you don't have to cook bacon again tomorrow--you should always, always cook it in the oven. And save your bacon fat! That's culinary gold right there."
Raiden finished demoing scrambled eggs and frying sausage to the class, then said, "Now it's up to you! What do you want to make? And if you want to make a breakfast sandwich out of it, we have English muffins and cheese available, and I've got some bacon cooked if anyone wants snacking bacon while they're working." Because he was considerate like that.
"Last week, we covered your most basic breakfast options," he said. "This week we're moving on to protein, because protein is important. Specifically, we're going to be talking about eggs, bacon, and sausage, because those are your most common breakfast proteins in this part of the world. You're not limited by these! Ham is also a popular option, and in the South you often see pork chops for breakfast, or fried chicken biscuits." Oh, shoot, had he put biscuits on the syllabus? He'd fix that.
"Let's start with eggs. Now, there are so many things you can do with eggs. I could teach a whole class just on eggs. But we're going to cover your basic breakfast egg options here: scrambled, fried, boiled, and, a little more advanced, poached. I think scrambled is the most beginner-friendly, because you don't have to worry about keeping the yolks whole, but you should find the kind of eggs that's right for you! And not the kind that's right for the person you're dating, Julia Roberts in Runaway Bride." He was just saying. Raiden handed out packets on how to make the various egg options, then said, "We're also going to cover a secret extra egg option, which is that you can bake them in the oven!! I like these whoopie pie tins because they're the perfect size for breakfast sandwiches, plus you can make whoopie pies in them, but you can also use muffin tins or just a baking dish and cut them up into pieces. This is a great idea if you're feeding a bunch of people--back home it's breakfast for seven at my place every day--or if you want to do meal prep, like making freezer egg McMuffins!
"Next, let's talk about meat. For sausage, you have a range of options. There's sausage made with pork, or turkey or even chicken, and I'm sure there's also vegetarian breakfast sausage out there, but that's between you and your god. Sausage also comes in a variety of shapes." Heh, sausage shapes. "You can buy links or pre-shaped patties, but me, I like a log." A sausage log. "It gives you the widest range of options. You can make your patties whatever size you like, or crumble it up. There are also a surprising range of bacon options out there--you can even buy duck bacon!--but at most supermarkets it's just gonna be regular pork bacon and turkey bacon. If you're cooking more than one or two pieces of bacon--and you should, because even if it's just for you then you don't have to cook bacon again tomorrow--you should always, always cook it in the oven. And save your bacon fat! That's culinary gold right there."
Raiden finished demoing scrambled eggs and frying sausage to the class, then said, "Now it's up to you! What do you want to make? And if you want to make a breakfast sandwich out of it, we have English muffins and cheese available, and I've got some bacon cooked if anyone wants snacking bacon while they're working." Because he was considerate like that.
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