People ask me, “Where do you get the ideas for this stuff?” And the honest answer is that I try to think of the stupidest possible thing that might actually taste good. And then I google it to see if anyone has tried it. With 8 billion people on the planet, plus all the people no longer on the planet, just about everything gets big hits. If you don’t believe me, try it. As long as you’re thinking, “That might be good,” you’ll get hits. Lots of them.
So I thought, what’s the stupidest omelet I can make with canned green beans? And then I thought, naw, that would probably be pretty good… how about canned peas? And if you don’t believe me, google it yourself. Go ahead, google “canned peas omelet”.
Amirite. I know I am, I did it myself.
The apologists say this is the New World spin on the Old World classic of peas and eggs. And it gets filed under “poor people’s food”; all that’s in the pantry is canned peas and eggs. But folks in the comments (on several pages) rave about how it reminded them of their childhood, their grandmother, they forgot how good it is, etc.
Let’s go!
The general idea is scramble the eggs with Parmesan and parsley, sauté some onions, mix in the peas, add the eggs, and… mangia! I used Grana Padano, there’s some Parmesan around here somewhere but the GP was right there.
I sautéed the onions and added the peas, including all the juice from the can.. The instructions say to stir and add the eggs, but I decided to simmer off some of the liquid first.
Add the eggs. Everything was pretty hot, so I turned off the burner and added the eggs, then just stirred everything until it looked like the photos on the internet.
Internet photo for reference:
Mmmm!
Uh…
Yeah, no. I’d have to be pretty damn poor to eat this. I’d rather eat eggs today and canned peas tomorrow, than this twice in a row. Let alone once. I fried up a couple sunnies.
Don't. Don’t do this. The internet isn’t always right.
So I thought, what’s the stupidest omelet I can make with canned green beans? And then I thought, naw, that would probably be pretty good… how about canned peas? And if you don’t believe me, google it yourself. Go ahead, google “canned peas omelet”.
Amirite. I know I am, I did it myself.
The apologists say this is the New World spin on the Old World classic of peas and eggs. And it gets filed under “poor people’s food”; all that’s in the pantry is canned peas and eggs. But folks in the comments (on several pages) rave about how it reminded them of their childhood, their grandmother, they forgot how good it is, etc.
Let’s go!
The general idea is scramble the eggs with Parmesan and parsley, sauté some onions, mix in the peas, add the eggs, and… mangia! I used Grana Padano, there’s some Parmesan around here somewhere but the GP was right there.
I sautéed the onions and added the peas, including all the juice from the can.. The instructions say to stir and add the eggs, but I decided to simmer off some of the liquid first.
Add the eggs. Everything was pretty hot, so I turned off the burner and added the eggs, then just stirred everything until it looked like the photos on the internet.
Internet photo for reference:
Mmmm!
Uh…
Yeah, no. I’d have to be pretty damn poor to eat this. I’d rather eat eggs today and canned peas tomorrow, than this twice in a row. Let alone once. I fried up a couple sunnies.
Don't. Don’t do this. The internet isn’t always right.
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