It’s was day 3 of the third week of the lockdown measures; which were no movement for 3 of the 7 days of the week. In other words, another Tuesday where I found myself at home hungry and in need of making lunch. Now I ended my last article confessing that I’m no chef but if I keep this up, that statement might not hold up in court.
I had some callaloo in the fridge for a little over a week now and any longer and it was bound to be spoiled and in this day and age wasting food is a no-no. A few minutes later I realized, I made the right choice. A few of the leaves weren’t in a pretty state. Anyways I persevered and cleaned it up and salvaged most of it. As I stood there cutting up the stalks, it occurred to me that I had nothing to go with it, as I was feeling way too lazy to make fried dumplings or boiled ones for that matter. I’m not sure what exactly triggered the thought but it was triggered and it felt kinda wild at the moment. The thought you may be asking and I’m not sure why I’m drawing out the suspense and it’s probably gonna be in the title; Callaloo Omelette. Kinda wild right? Or maybe not. What are your thoughts about it?
Now I’ve never before had this in my lifetime and I’m no foodie. I may have seen it on a menu board once when I was in St. Elizabeth the other day. But as I stood there the plan started to come alive in my mind. I smiled as the plan fully formed in my mind, it was now just a matter of execution, and praying to God it would have turned okay. That is edible, as I was still very hungry. My usual playlist was playing in the background and last time around I forgot to link it in the article so you could share it and see if it was decent or not mix.
After I had finished cutting up the stalks of callaloo, I needed to add some seasonings to add a little more flavour. I am a creature of habit and so instinctively I took some tomatoes, onion, and sweet pepper out of the fridge to cut up. It was easy enough work except for those onions, always playing on the eyes. Afterwards, I placed the dutch pot on the stove and added some oil. Now usually I would have added the seasonings to the callaloo and then thrown everything in the pot for it to steam down but today I kinda mixed things up a bit by sauteing the seasonings for a bit before throwing in the callaloo in the pot. While the callaloo was steaming I decided to work on the eggs, which was simple enough. I had left back some of the seasonings I had cut up earlier for the egg mixture. After a few more minutes I took out some of the callaloo from the pot and added it to the mixture and stirred everything together for a bit. All that was left to do now was to fry it up in the frying pot.
I was now in the kitchen for the greater part of 45 mins, if I was hungry before I started, boi I was probably now drooling as I inhaled the smell of my creation on the stove. The flavour of the callaloo, eggs, and seasoning being released by the hot oil as I flipped the omelette to the other side. A couple more seconds and it would be all done. The moment of truth would have to be delayed a few more seconds, as I decided to fry some sausages to add to my lunch.
The moment of truth was now upon me, as I sat down with my plate of bread, fried sausages, and my callaloo omelette. My first bite was everything I prayed it would be, a flavour explosion. I might really have to stop making that chef statement. But then it hit me, I forgot the salt.
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Thanks for reading and I hope I’ll see you next week.
Orlando
