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From what I understand, despite its simplicity, there aren't many dishes held in higher esteem by the culinary community[1] than the French omelette. To all of you uncultured numskulls out there who don't spend hours upon hours watching YouTube videos about cooking like I do, a French omelette looks like this: See how it's underdone and creamy inside? It's not the same thing that you cook for breakfast in the morning with ham and cheese. Adding cheese to a proper French omelette would be like adding ketchup to a good steak. A good steak doesn't need ketchup, and a good French omelette doesn't need cheese. It's perfect just the way it is and you'd be covering up that perfection if you added something to it.[2] But getting a French omelette right requires a certain level of mastery.[3] Let's hear what Dan Gritzer of Serious Eats has to say: The French omelette looms large in kitchen legend, and the story you'll most often hear is that it was the dish chefs would use to test prospective c

x Choosing the right dish — LessWrong Hamming Questions Practical Frontpage 38 Choosing the right dish by Biff Wiff 19th Nov 2022 10 min read 7 38 1 From what I understand, despite its simplicity, there aren't many dishes held in higher esteem by the culinary community [1] than the French omelette. To all of you uncultured numskulls out there who don't spend hours upon hours watching YouTube videos about cooking like I do, a French omelette looks like this: See how it's underdone and creamy inside? It's not the same thing that you cook for breakfast in the morning with ham and cheese. Adding c

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