Just a query about something I was served this morning. I had time to kill (had to take husb. to airport for 6am and pick up suit at 9am) so I had breakfast at a cafe. I ordered eggs florentine - English muffin topped with spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, classic stuff- but when my meal arrived and I tucked in the muffin hadn't been toasted. Of course this meant that the moisture from the spinach and the egg sopped straight into the muffin. I couldn't even get it to stay on my fork it was so wet. Not happy. So is this a normal thing for a cafe to do? Any eggs florentine specialist out there?
Doesn't sound the best, Fay! I would expect the muffin to be toasted. I'm not good at complaining in a cafe, other than hurrying up a long wait. Give the cafe another visit but mention how your last meal was disappointing.
Just a query about something I was served this morning. I had time to kill (had to take husb. to airport for 6am and pick up suit at 9am) so I had breakfast at a cafe. I ordered eggs florentine - English muffin topped with spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, classic stuff- but when my meal arrived and I tucked in the muffin hadn't been toasted. Of course this meant that the moisture from the spinach and the egg sopped straight into the muffin. I couldn't even get it to stay on my fork it was so wet. Not happy. So is this a normal thing for a cafe to do? Any eggs florentine specialist out there?
Love the dish. I make it every year for my MIL on Mother's day.
Toasting the muffin is a must. For regular eggs benedict, too. The other mistake I see a lot with eggs florentine is watery spinach. Talk about ruining it. There's already enough liquid going on there with the eggs and the sauce.
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Hi cooking peoples,
Just a query about something I was served this morning. I had time to kill (had to take husb. to airport for 6am and pick up suit at 9am) so I had breakfast at a cafe. I ordered eggs florentine - English muffin topped with spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, classic stuff- but when my meal arrived and I tucked in the muffin hadn't been toasted. Of course this meant that the moisture from the spinach and the egg sopped straight into the muffin. I couldn't even get it to stay on my fork it was so wet. Not happy. So is this a normal thing for a cafe to do? Any eggs florentine specialist out there?
Cheers,
Fay in Melbourne. Oz.
I'm not a specialist by far. I'm trying to think about the eggs florentine I've cooked and been served in restaurants. Here is what I know; When I make them at home I lightly toast the muffins. When served out I'm not sure. I do know they are good eating.
Michael
-- "The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found."
I ordered eggs florentine - English muffin topped with spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, classic stuff- but when my meal arrived and I tucked in the muffin hadn't been toasted. Of course this meant that the moisture from the spinach and the egg sopped straight into the muffin. I couldn't even get it to stay on my fork it was so wet. Not happy.
They should have been toasted to medium - some crunch but not dark. Also sounds like they didn't squeeze the water out of the spinach well.
Just a query about something I was served this morning. I had time to kill (had to take husb. to airport for 6am and pick up suit at 9am) so I had breakfast at a cafe. I ordered eggs florentine - English muffin topped with spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, classic stuff- but when my meal arrived and I tucked in the muffin hadn't been toasted. Of course this meant that the moisture from the spinach and the egg sopped straight into the muffin. I couldn't even get it to stay on my fork it was so wet. Not happy. So is this a normal thing for a cafe to do? Any eggs florentine specialist out there?
Cheers,
Fay in Melbourne. Oz.
Sounds like the spinach might not have been properly drained, just to compound the problem.
Since you're in Melbourne, you want to try the Eggs Florentine at Cafe Sweethearts (in South Melbourne) sometime. Their version has toasted muffins, ham between the spinach, and no hollandaise but instead cheese on the top and then popped under the salamander. Delicious.
Thanks guys, nice to know it wasn't just me being picky. Not likely to go back, since I live on the far eastern outskirts of Melbourne. Coffee was good though. Fey
I ordered eggs florentine - English muffin topped with spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, classic stuff- but when my meal arrived and I tucked in the muffin hadn't been toasted. Of course this meant that the moisture from the spinach and the egg sopped straight into the muffin. I couldn't even get it to stay on my fork it was so wet. Not happy. So is this a normal thing for a cafe to do? Any eggs florentine specialist out there?
I don't believe that English muffins are a standard part of eggs florentine.
It does sound good, though, but as you observed, the muffin needs to be toasted or it will turn to goo.
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I ordered eggs florentine - English muffin topped with spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, classic stuff- but when my meal arrived and I tucked in the muffin hadn't been toasted. Of course this meant that the moisture from the spinach and the egg sopped straight into the muffin. I couldn't even get it to stay on my fork it was so wet. Not happy. So is this a normal thing for a cafe to do? Any eggs florentine specialist out there?
I don't believe that English muffins are a standard part of eggs florentine.
It does sound good, though, but as you observed, the muffin needs to be toasted or it will turn to goo.
-- Dan Abel [email hidden] Petaluma, California, USA
and english muffins are not all that nice untoasted anyway, eggs florentine or not
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Fey said:
I ordered eggs florentine - English muffin topped with spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce, classic stuff- but when my meal arrived and I tucked in the muffin hadn't been toasted. Of course this meant that the moisture from the spinach and the egg sopped straight into the muffin. I couldn't even get it to stay on my fork it was so wet. Not happy. So is this a normal thing for a cafe to do? Any eggs florentine specialist out there?
I don't believe that English muffins are a standard part of eggs florentine.
It does sound good, though, but as you observed, the muffin needs to be toasted or it will turn to goo.
The times I've had it they came sans muffin. Just a bed of spinach, poached eggs and a white sauce. Toast on the side.
