A different morning

[susandennis]

99% of my days for the last 3 years have started out with a swim. Today did not and it's really weird. I will probably go to the city pool that is closest to me at 11 when it opens for lap swim. I also need to swing by the pharmacy to pick up that prescription.

Yesterday, at Trader Joe's, I spied a little tub of holandaise sauce in their dairy section. It might well be something they've had for years but I had never seen it before. I love holandaise sauce. But no way in hell would I ever make any from scratch. (yeah, I know it's easy... still not doin' it).

Every morning when I come home from my swim, I scramble an egg with cheese (and sometimes avocado or bacon) in the microwave and roll it into a burrito. This morning I tried just egg and holandaise. The holandaise was quite decent but it didn't work with with burrito egg. I've got other plans for the sauce, though. What a brilliant idea... a tub of holandaise.

Time now to get to the sewing machine - especially if I want to work in a really long lunch/swim/errand break.

Ohhhh just saw on Twitter that a car kerfuffle (one vehicle actually turned all the way around in a lane on the bridge) has traffic backed up and my drive home from the pool this morning would have been far worse instead of far better. Saved from myself. Nice.

Comments

[silverthief2.livejournal.com]

I officially am of the camp that hollandaise is a huge pain to make from scratch and not worth the effort. That's why I have brunch places. :)

[susandennis]

Yes, but... if you have a Trader Joe's, I'd encourage you to give this a go. A lot of our brunch places use powdered hollandaise (and thanks for the correct spelling - Google can't handle it). The Trader Joe's in a pot is way better than the powered stuff. And you can use it a spoonful (or 2) at a time.

[silverthief2.livejournal.com]

We do have TJ's! I will give that a try.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

It's not terribly difficult, but it's also not difficult to screw up.

I'm surprised, however, that there's a packaged hollandaise that works. I always assumed that it had to be freshly made to be any good.

[susandennis]

Me, too! I nuked some and put it on top of some poached eggs last night. It has great consistency, a nice lemony/buttery taste with no negatives at all. Amazing.