Still More Bag Shopping, egg sandwich
Apr. 23rd, 2023 12:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutAll year I have been shopping for bags. Initially, it was for the Carry On Only project for the February trip (which went really well, other than A.’s roller breaking, but we’ve replaced it and the replacement is great). Now, however, I have actually committed to a future trip that includes a leg on Ryanair (which honestly, that leg has been _such_ a problem, and it is not really Ryanair’s fault, but still, very annoying), and Ryanair’s luggage rules are … unusually stringent.
I did manage to get the priority 2 bags, so I’m hoping to minimize if not eliminate all checked luggage, and I’m confident the duffle I’m bringing will be fine for the larger bag, but coming up with a plausible “personal item” that is big enough but not too big has been … challenging. I’m probably going to just use it as my day bag / purse for the entire trip, so it also can’t be too horrifying. I think I’ve got something; we’ll see when it arrives.
Once I found something workable and ordered it, I went downstairs to get lunch (we haven’t been to the store since we got home). I have some not totally stale hamburger buns, eggs, fake cheese, soppressata, some condiments, onion, and a helluva lot of mushrooms. (And other things, but this is what I settled on) I diced very finely the mushrooms and the onion and cooked them in bacon fat. Then I got a muffin ring, greased it with bacon fat, regreased the pan with bacon fat, and combined the cooked mushroom and onion with an egg and poured it into the ring. I flipped it too soon, but mostly repaired it and got it to be a patty. It was moderately tricky getting it out of the ring, so the edges were a little rough, but it stayed a patty. Meanwhile, I cut open the bun, laid some slices of soppressata on it and sprinkled fake cheese on top and broiled it for a few minutes. Added the patty, mustard and habanero lime hot sauce and I had an egg and mushroom “burger”. It was soft, obviously, but otherwise a very burger eating experience, even tho it was what I would normally cook as an omelette or frittata or whatever. Did not feel like an omelette or frittata with a roll; it felt like a burger. I’m not ready to let the dice decide what’s for lunch, but I am really enjoying experimenting with form factor.
I did manage to get the priority 2 bags, so I’m hoping to minimize if not eliminate all checked luggage, and I’m confident the duffle I’m bringing will be fine for the larger bag, but coming up with a plausible “personal item” that is big enough but not too big has been … challenging. I’m probably going to just use it as my day bag / purse for the entire trip, so it also can’t be too horrifying. I think I’ve got something; we’ll see when it arrives.
Once I found something workable and ordered it, I went downstairs to get lunch (we haven’t been to the store since we got home). I have some not totally stale hamburger buns, eggs, fake cheese, soppressata, some condiments, onion, and a helluva lot of mushrooms. (And other things, but this is what I settled on) I diced very finely the mushrooms and the onion and cooked them in bacon fat. Then I got a muffin ring, greased it with bacon fat, regreased the pan with bacon fat, and combined the cooked mushroom and onion with an egg and poured it into the ring. I flipped it too soon, but mostly repaired it and got it to be a patty. It was moderately tricky getting it out of the ring, so the edges were a little rough, but it stayed a patty. Meanwhile, I cut open the bun, laid some slices of soppressata on it and sprinkled fake cheese on top and broiled it for a few minutes. Added the patty, mustard and habanero lime hot sauce and I had an egg and mushroom “burger”. It was soft, obviously, but otherwise a very burger eating experience, even tho it was what I would normally cook as an omelette or frittata or whatever. Did not feel like an omelette or frittata with a roll; it felt like a burger. I’m not ready to let the dice decide what’s for lunch, but I am really enjoying experimenting with form factor.