Definitions
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- noun A dish made with beaten
eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with cheese, chives or other foodstuffs
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly
Etymologies
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Examples
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The BF gets the same, but his omelette is rolled up instead of wrapped around the rice.
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The omelette is crispy, almost like bread, with a light dabbing of chili paste.
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Swapna of Swad recreates a omelette from a popular breakfast restaurant.
Archive 2007-05-01 Nupur 2007
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The omelette is crispy, almost like bread, with a light dabbing of chili paste.
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Panic solution: scrape tops off blobs leaving bases stuck in omelette surround.
how inadvertent experiment powers culinary science | FreakyTrigger 2004
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The omelette is then fried in the usual way; but it is usually served without doubling it up, sugar being grated over the upper side after it is put in the dish, which is then set in front of the fire for a few minutes, or the omelette is browned by holding over it a flat red-hot iron called a salamander.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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In fact, my darlings, making an omelette is a good way to describe our happy life together.
Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010
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In fact, my darlings, making an omelette is a good way to describe our happy life together.
Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010
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Maybe it was but apparently this crazy baked ice cream idea goes as far back as 1804 when it was unimaginatively called omelette surprise.
you're the bombe esther 2007
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Maybe it was but apparently this crazy baked ice cream idea goes as far back as 1804 when it was unimaginatively called omelette surprise.
Archive 2007-04-01 esther 2007
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And coming up with a transporting name is a time-honored trick of culinary entrepreneurialism: the Norwegian omelette (also known as Baked Alaska and supposedly created in France or America); Swiss cheese (a generic American name for holed cheese, while “American cheese” was actually developed in Switzerland).
The Unlikely Rise of the French Tacos Condé Nast 2021
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