CS-E : Cooking Successes - Engineers

Sometimes, you just have to improvise. Lunchtime, and a mood slump meant that a simple butty would not suffice. So, with a guiding recipe, I decided on Creamy Mushrooms on Toast. No "Ingredients" list. Melt some unsalted French butter in a frying pan. (Or store bought economy stuff. Be adaptable.) Finely chop some organic free-range boneless red onions. (Or any onion.) Gently sweat the onions until they soften. Take a handful of woodland forages ceps, chantarelles and oyster mushroom (or supermarket white ones) and roughly chop. Cook  mushrooms in frying pan. Gently. When cooked and juicy, add a splash of genuine Tibetan Yak-Cream, and stir together. Season with salt, pepper and optionally Black truffle. Meanwhile, toast some white bread. (Or some hand-made artisan sourdough bread. Place on a plate (or a cleaned fireman's shovel, if you're a hipster) and pile mushroom mixture on top. Add some grated Parmesan (or grated turnip) Enjoy !

It's not Nouvelle Cuisine ! I do seem to specialise in "not very photogenic" creations, such as this omelette / fritata monstrosity. And there's not even a recipe as such - the ingredients vary with whatever you have in the fridge / cupboard. Chop main ingredients into thumbnail-sized chunks, for example bacon mushroom potatoes onions peppers sweetcorn Lightly fry these ingredients to your taste, Mix up three eggs, with splash of milk, salt n pepper Add to frying pan, letting the mix will in between the chunk bits Let the eggs set, without moving things around much Add some grated cheese on top Stick frying pan under a hot grill until eggs are set, and cheese is yummy. Serve with toast & butter, and a glass of wine.