flewellyn | Cooking with Flew presents: breakfast sammiches!

So, I've been experimenting a bit with new things to make. This is a simple, but tasty breakfast sandwich that you can make in about ten minutes or so, give or take.

You will need:

Some bread. I used white bread, but whole wheat or Jewish rye will do just fine. Pumpernickel is a bit too heavy, and the flavor will drown out the other stuff. GF types will want to substitute a bread made from a GF grain, of course.

Ham or something like it. I used turkey ham. It should be sliced into sandwich slices.

Eggs. You can use whatever size you want, but I prefer jumbo, because really, life is too short for small eggs!

Olive oil. Extra-virgin is good. Extra-virgin olive oil is always good. You could use butter, but really, why would you, when you have healthy and tasty extra-virgin olive oil?

A tiny bit of pepper sauce. Tabasco works great, but do not overuse.

Optionally, cheese. Sharp cheddar, mozarella, jack, or whatever you like.

Optionally, some mushrooms. If you're gonna use these, though, they should be sliced and then precooked a bit, with some butter. This will add a bit to your cooking time, but only about ten minutes.

Optionally, some dill weed. Fresh is best, if you can get it.

First thing you will do is make yourself some scrambled eggs, either plain or with the optional ingredients. If using jumbo eggs, you should use one or two (depending) for each sandwich. Whip 'em up, scramble them nicely, and cook quickly with a tiny bit of pepper sauce shaken into the pan. Make sure not to use too much! If you want to mix in cheese and dill (which goes great with sharp cheddar!) to make a mixed scramble, make sure the cheese is nicely shredded. You can also add other things like mushrooms, but see above.

If you have more than one frying pan, you can do this next step at the same time as the eggs. Otherwise, you'll have to set the eggs aside once they're done. Take the olive oil and dribble a small amount (say, half-dollar sized) into the pan. When the oil gets hot, put in the ham slices and fry them until they're a bit browned on each side. If they're thin slices, they might even get a bit crispy on the edges.

Now, once this is done, you have your two main ingredients. All you need is the bread. Toast it in a toaster to taste (or you could fry it a bit in the oil or some butter!). Then just make sandwiches with the toast, ham, and eggs.

For condiments, you have a whole list of choices. Personally, I like either ketchup or a nice sharp stone-ground mustard. Both is probably overdoing it.

Bonus cooking tip: do not fry things in oil when not wearing clothes.