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 JW> I suspect Dave D has bigger brag numbers from his trucking days.

 DD> mostly when I was trucking I'd go until I got tired and
 DD> then pull over and jump in the sleeper for a nap.

Very wise of you.

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     Title: About Egg Foo Yung And Denver Omelet Sandwiches
Categories: Eggs, Info, Chinese
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           Egg Foo Yung 
           Denver Omelets
           Omelet Sandwiches

Understanding Egg Foo Yung

Most versions are large flat omelets smothered by thick brown sauce.
But it was originally made as small fried egg pancakes with slightly
crisp, frilled edges. I grew up on a Vietnamese rendition called
trung chien tom (egg, shrimp, and scallion pancakes) and ate it with
fish sauce. (There's a recipe for it in Into the Vietnamese
Kitchen.)

Beard explained that egg foo yung was a Chinese dish that had been
pretty thoroughly Americanized. Chinese chefs cooking for logging
camps and railroad gangs during the 19th and early 20th centuries
were likely responsible for introducing egg foo yung to America. 

Denver (Western) Omelet or Sandwich

Back when Beard wrote American Cookery in 1972 there were plenty of
egg foo yung recipes around. Beard's recipe stood out because he
took a multicultural stance, saying that egg foo yung may have
inspired the Western (Denver) omelet or sandwich. Sliding fried eggs
between bread slices wasn't too farfetched for Chinese cooks trying
to hastily feed hungry workers.

When I used the leftover egg foo yung (without sauce) to make a
Western (Denver) sandwich, I followed Beard's suggestions but took
liberties with the recipe, lavishly spreading mayonnaise instead of
butter on the toasted bread. It was super tasty.

Later that week, I met two retired anthropologists from Michigan.
They recounted how in 1970, when they'd moved from the Bay Area to
the Midwest, they were greatly disappointed at the Chinese
restaurants. It was mostly egg foo yung, they said, adding that the
eggs were sometimes oddly served with bread. It still goes on
somewhere in the South, they told me.

When a sandwich features a Denver omelet, it's called a Denver or
Western sandwich. But when egg foo yung is between the slices of
white bread, the concoction is a St. Paul Sandwich. It is not really
related to Minnesota. In American Gastronomy, culinary historian
Evan Jones wrote that the original Denver/Western sandwich likely
contained egg foo yung. The sandwich's origin remains murky but you
can order it at Chinese-American chop suey-type restaurants in the
St. Louis, Missouri, area.

Making these sorts of discoveries is why I love American Cookery.
Beard knew America.

Original source: James Beard's American Cookery, published in 1972

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Cheers

YK Jim


... This is white people foo young. Don't expect any black mushrooms.

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