"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:04:16 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
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>>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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>>> PanDOODOO wrote:
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>>> A shellfish omelet... BLECH... doesn't get more TIAD except for the
>>> asparagus... asparagus with seafood is as TIAD as mushrooms with
>>> seafood.
>>
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>>Technically a frittata isn't an omelet.
>
> "Technically".
>
> frittata [frih-TAH-tuh]
> An Italian OMELET that usually has the ingredients mixed with the eggs
> rather than being folded inside, as with a French omelet. It can be
> flipped or the top can be finished under a broiling unit. An omelet is
> cooked quickly over moderately high heat and, after folding, has a
> flat-sided half-oval shape. A frittata is firmer because it's cooked
> very slowly over low heat, and round because it isn't folded.
>
> © Copyright Barron's Educational Services, Inc. 1995 based on THE FOOD
> LOVER'S COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.
>

I don't really care what Barron's has to say about it. I've never put
spaghetti in an omelet

Jill