Comments on: Silver fish (银鱼仔）omelette

By: food-4tots

food-4tots — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:49:29 +0000

Lynn: See whether this article is helpful to your scenario – http://food-4tots.com/2012/03/02/how-to-cope-with-picky-eaters-and-mealtime-problems/.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:16:35 +0000

Thanks for the further advice. Did not get a chance to cook last weekend. Will try it out and keep you posted of the outcome. By the way,
Something to vent that is outside the topic. I have a VERY picky 2.5 year old eater at home. We were at our wits end in getting him to eat for breakfast (the rest of the meals were cruised along with whatever the whoever at home were eating). So far tried items were oatmeal porridge, red bean soup, 馒头，肉包，toast (with fruit jam), porridge and nothing seem to satisfy his taste buds. He ate so tiny bit and then declared that he is full. As for the drink, none of the following appeal to him (milk, orange juice, soya bean drink) except plain water. His height and weight has always been below the average line in the growth chart. I hope I can help bring it up by getting something more nutritous into his tummy :<

By: food-4tots

food-4tots — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:50:14 +0000

Lynn: Try to whisk (not mix) your eggs lightly. Hold your fork at 3 o’clock position and whisk (clockwise). Do not lift your fork above the egg mixture level during whisking. To be safe, cut down the silver fish by 1/2. Ideally, you should only have one single layer of silver fish coating the pan. I think the oil and pan are alright. Happy trying!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:15:47 +0000

1. I used fork to slightly “mix” the yolk and the white
2. As for the amount of the silver fish, I didn’t weigh. I used the frozen type bought in SAM’s club. After thawing, it looks quite alot
3. I used about 2 tbsp of oil to fry the egg
4. I used the non-stick pan

By: food-4tots

food-4tots — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:02:07 +0000

LynnL Maybe you’re right. To make sure you have great success in 2nd attempt, can you reply those questions I ask earlier? Thanks.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:00:44 +0000

I have checked out the recipe in your link and found that you used shallots instead of the big red onion that I have used. This could be the point of failure. I will try it again sometime very soon (I am a working mum and try to cook during weekends). By the way, I love your blog very much and I have tried many of your recipes with great success. Thank you for offering such great ideas in cooking for toddlers, and we have one very picky eater in my house…

By: food-4tots

food-4tots — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:50:00 +0000

Lynn: Sorry to hear about your encounter. Did you whisk the eggs well before adding them? How much silver fish did you use? Did you add too little oil? You have to let the eggs set first before flipping the omelette. A non stick pan will do a better job. Maybe you can take a look at this post for ideas on how to make an omelette – http://food-4tots.com/2011/05/05/long-bean-omelette/2/. Do give it a try again!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:42:39 +0000

I tried this recipe and it was a total disaster. I used half red onion, and when I sauté with the silver fish, it has some moisture in it. Then I used 3 small eggs and 1 tea spoon of corn starch mixed with water. When it was time to fried the egg, the egg did not hold together. Could be that my portion of silver fish, eggs and red onion was out of proportion. Could you help? I wish I could make something that is close to your picture… So yummyyyyyyyy!

By: food-4tots

food-4tots — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 15:43:04 +0000

Baobabs: Luak is new to me. Hehehe!

By: baobabs

baobabs — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:56:25 +0000

yummmm this reminds me of oh luak!!!