Ruining It For Everyone Else Since 2004
I slept in a bit too long this morning, and I was at that halfway point between breakfast and lunch. I was in a bit of a Chinese themed mood and opted to make some bacon and egg fried rice. Unfortunately I didn’t have any peas or spring onion, but I did chop and fry some yellow onion in the bacon along with the egg. I used brown Jasmine rice, but you can use any kind that you want. I have quite a bit leftover for tomorrow and a couple work trips methinks.
I’ve been working mornings for a good number of years now, but I still don’t consider myself a morning person. I can just barely do fine waking up at 3am everyday, but god forbid if I wake up two hours later… for some reason on work days my stomach isn’t a morning person either. For years I’ve pretty much abandoned not bringing anything to work to eat and just lived off of one yogurt for the morning, and every once in awhile for the whole day…. or a salad, or anything I can keep down. I’ve also been doing meal bars and diet shakes for when I’m not hungry but know that I should probably eat something. That changed today:
Over the weekend I made a nice pile of three pepper scrambled eggs with bacon and some feta cheese sprinkled on top… don’t judge me. Then for my work week I’ve decided to wrap them in tortillas for a more portable breakfast lunch. I also had some watermelon and salad with me for small nibbles. I’ll probably bring one or two to work again tomorrow, they were really good. Much cheaper than the diet bars too. :v:
I’m coming up with other ideas too for a good breakfast to have at work. I’ve been contemplating some Miso Soup and a Japanese Tamago with some rice on the side. Maybe even breakfast muffins. I was looking through some recipes for matcha nut muffins and a few others.
I was reading one of my cookbooks the other day, coming up with some ideas… and I found a neat breakfast type dish called Eggs Hussarde. I didn’t have all the ingredients needed to make it, but still wanted to have something of a similar vain. It did serve to inspire me to make this though:
I bought some sourdough English muffins and some back bacon (or Canadian bacon as we call it in the states). There was also a bunch of tomatoes that were heavily discounted, so I bought them all up and made them into a balsamic tomato sauce, and instead of Hollandaise I made a white sauce with Parmesan and Marsala. I lightly seared the bacon on both sides in a pan and made the poached eggs using a microwave. It’s really good, but also really rich in flavor. I don’t think this is something that I would make every weekend, but as a treat every so often to take a break from the traditional weekend omelette I seem to do every so often.
Now, I wonder what I’ll call this dish. Eggs Tomala? Eggs ala Overlord?
Welcome back to the Tour de Underpants! I hope that the riders involved in accidents in the first week had a good rest day so they can perform well in the Alps!
Today’s segment, Stage 10, starts in Macon (I like to call it bacon!!) and finishes in Bellegard-sur-Valserine. Since today’s stage begins in the northern Rhone Valley, The Wine of the Day is Chateau de Beaucastel from the Chateanuneuf-du-Pape region of the Rhone Valley. Chateau Beaucastel is the go-to wine as far as Rhones go because they are always well-made and have more flavor than the other Rhones wines. Also, Chateau de Beaucastel has an epic history with Pope John XXII moving the Roman Catholic Church to Chateau de Beaucastel in 1321 (yes indeed, I said 1321 A.D.!)
Quality Rhone wines have the coat of arms as part of the bottle as seen below, so if Beaucastle is not available or is too expensive (which it is in today’s world!), look for a Rhone with the coat of arms on it.
Red and rose Rhone wines are made primarily from the Syrah grapes and usually are blended with other grapes such as Marsanne, Roussane and Viognier (white grapes). White Rhone wines are made from the same grapes, only with no Syrah.
One of the latest fads in winemaking here in the States are wineries specializing in producing Rhone varietials, and they call themselves Rhone Rangers. Domestic wines made from Rhone grapes are very different in flavor and character than wines from the Rhone Valley, just as domestic wines made from Bordeaux grapes are very different than Bordeaux wines. If you are looking for something different, give the Rhone Rangers a try. Often pairs well with beef and other full-bodied dishes.
And here they go through the beautiful French Alps! The TV coverage begins at the sprint and Michael Goss wins it in Beon by a spoke or two! Nicely done tram!
And they ride on to Cozon along the Rhone River, past the big rail yards with cars and containers. This is an industrial town with the air conditioning company CIAT located here.
And up the big big hill towards the small town of La Seppette. This is a challenging section, the Grand Colomier, as the peloton stretches out up the hill.
Oh wow, the switchbacks on top of the large hill are sooooo epic with views down to the Rhone River. I would love to take pictures there! France is such a beautiful country!
Oh mys, the picture is rezzing out so it looks as though one of the riders doesn’t have any skin – LOL!
The peloton is about 6 minutes behind with 30 miles to go. The riders are really working here with their shirts open and such. Pedal pedal pedal!
Oh mys, a spectator was waving a huge flag on a long stick and was draping it over the peloton so that the riders in the back of the group couldn’t see where they were going! Don’t impede their progress, please!!!
Nice Norsk flags as they approach the top. What a great crowd here!
Awesome Huge French flag over a field. Acres and acres of French flag!
The peloton is about 5 minutes behind the leader as they fly down the backside of the hill.
Nice sculpture of a pig by the fine food producers with some people waving flags in the middle!
Now they are in valley in the scenic town of Sothonod with the peloton behind by a couple of minutes. They are approaching the final hill with 4 riders in the lead. Oh mys, more Norsk flags!
Nice stretch! One of the riders bent his leg back and gave his hamstrings a nice stretch as he was pedaling down the road.
And now Thomas Voeckler is taking off towards the finish! He’s busting a move as the other four leaders struggle to keep up with him in the agricultural town of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine.
Zoom Zoom Zoom as Voeckler zips underneath the rail bridge and on toward the finish! And he digs deep as he huffs and puffs to the finish. Three riders are desperately chasing him as they all grimace to the finish! They are all looking back at each other as Voeckler holds them off for the finish in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine. All of riders were so exhausted by the finish that they had one of the slowest finishes seen in many years. Nice job at digging deep!!!!
Cadel Evans is leading up the peloton as he also digs deeps and holds off the peloton except for Thibot Pinot. Great job everyone!
The Bulge of the Day Award once again goes to Peter Sagan for the way his protective cup was bulging as he was sitting on his bicycle seat as he pedaled over the finish line. I can’t help but wonder sort of protective cover he keeps wearing through the Tour – LOL!
Awwws, Thomas Voeckler is so happy to be on the podium! He jumped up and down from excitement and is beaming more than even the sun! The French peeps really dig him!
Bradley Wiggins retains the Yellow Jersey, with Cadel Evans almost 2 minutes behind, and Chris Froome a few seconds behind Cadel. Paul Sage is leading in Points for the Green Jersey, while Thomas Voeckler also leads in the hills for the red polka dot shirt. Thomas Van Garderen leads the youth for the White Jersey, and the Radioshack-Nissan Team is ahead of the pack.
Tomorrow’s stage features some serious mountaineering in the Alps, including two of the most difficult climbs of the entire tour! Tomorrow’s stage promises to truly separate the men from the boys. Good luck to all the riders tomorrow tram!!!!
Thank you meh hearties for following the Drunken Gaming Corner on my epic journey through France’s Underpants! Take care and have fun!