Make Your Own Masterpiece

We had an amusing party this past weekend, a "Make Your Own Masterpiece" omelet party with My Beloved's younger daughter K and her squeeze A. Rather like the French where if you have a group of two people, there will be at least four political parties represented, we four have distinct food preferences and cooking styles.

Hence the idea of Make Your Own Masterpiece.

The choices on offer were, left to right, fresh dill, thyme and tarragon to snip, cubed Swiss cheese, blanched broccoli, sliced mushrooms, fresh King crab meat, chopped green onion, minced shallot, blanched asparagus, and blueberries. Each person had her/his own cutting board, freshly sharpened knife and omelet pan

A chose real eggs, but separated out the yolks for his scramble and went heavy on the veggies. K is on a specialized eating plan to accommodate some food allergies, so she avoided the cheese and butter but loved the fresh tarragon and anise seed with her asparagus and crab omelet. MB loves variety so he added a little of almost every option to his scramble, using EggBeaters to keep the cholesterol count low. I'm a confirmed French-style omelet maker, so mine used whole eggs (even added one of A's yolks for richness) mixed with a little water and was rich in butter, crab, asparagus and cheese with some tarragon and thyme for extra flavor.

They say that too many cooks spoil the broth but in this case it just made for some giggling in the kitchen and four satisfied chefs.