How Awkward Omelets Became Our Thing at TnF Farms

In my younger years I discovered a YouTube channel called Epic Meal Time. It was what I guess, was a group of friends. They would buy a bunch of food after a workout and binge it down. These guys were in pretty good shape. One of the original crew was definitely a weight lifter that never spoke a word in the videos, referred to as “Muscles Glasses”. Most of the earlier clips were MC’d by a guy with a fantastic beard that went by the handle “Harley”. The model for the channel was genius. After a great lift session at the gym, buy a bunch of food, record video eating it, edit, then upload it to YouTube. Edit out any cuss words with a bird call so it was family friendly. Internet popularity of course ensued.

A food binge YouTube channel cannot stay relevant forever. They were pretty good about changing things up and including a rolling calorie counter in the episodes. The channel has now become a podcast hosted by Harley. I don’t watch it anymore but the early episodes were pretty entertaining. As they started to gain momentum, more buddies would participate and they even had a guy that did most of the cooking. And did they include a lot of bacon in their feasts!

Breakfast became a big deal

Back in my bachelor 20’s, for breakfast, I’d do some Pop Tarts in the car or a big bowl of Peanut Butter Captain Crunch to start the day off at work. When I first married, a decent breakfast was a daily cornerstone for our relationship. We tried to get up early and try to have a quality, cooked breakfast together to start the day. We even watched some of the Epic Meal Time episodes for a laugh. We started our own thing called Epic Breakfast Time. Occasionally, on the weekends, we would make a giant bingeworthy breakfast and eat it throughout the day.

Great breakfasts always stuck with me.

In my bachelor 40’s, when it was an omelet day, I made a 6 egg, deluxe omelet with all sorts of goodies rolled in. Then when Faith and I got together, she would see me eating my omelet, grab a fork and start working on the other side. We coined the name Awkward Omelets because the plate kept getting pulled away.

So let’s make an Awkward Omelet

Today it’s going to be a cheese omelet with a side of bacon. I start with a 12” pan and cook a package of bacon. This is the last of my bacon from Porterhouse Meat Market. We’re restocked with our own American Guinea Hog bacon.

A quick advertisement for my favorite local butcher shop

Porterhouse Meat Market has an everyday deal of 5 packages of bacon for $20 for bacon lovers on a budget. If you want to spoil yourself, Porterhouse also has fresh smoked pork bellies where you can decide how thick you want your bacon to be. If it’s not too busy, Fawzi, the owner will slice that smoked pork belly into bacon for you while you wait. Thin slices? Absolutely. Or my favorite, ¾” or ½” thick bacon steaks! Located on the Florida-Georgia highway just south of Havana. If you’re going past the Dollar General on 270, turn north on highway 27. Great deals, personalized service, Porterhouse offers everything in one stop to make an epic breakfast of your own.

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My wife is furious with me that I’m not promoting the TnF Farms bacon. But if I don’t promote it, more American Guinea Hog bacon for me!

Now that I’ve got my bacon cooked and applying the Chef Tim Tax on said cooked bacon, I pour the pig butter (bacon grease) aside and wipe the bacon glitter out of the skillet for the omelet.

Return the skillet to the stove with the burner set to low with a big pat of butter.

At TnF Farms, YOU the customer, get our best farm fresh eggs laid by free range chickens fed a supplemental non-GMO feed. Those large, perfectly shaped, brown, green, blue and tan eggs are off limits to me. All week Faith curates perfect, farm fresh egg collections specifically for our regular customers. I get the small, pullet and fairy eggs for my cooking.

I take 10 pullet / fairy eggs and beat them with a little cream. Then pour the mixture into the skillet.

I add a generous amount of cheddar blend shredded cheese then cover the pan until the egg mixture is firm and the cheese is melted. To not over cook the outside of the omelet, low and slow. Besides, there’s bacon to munch on while we wait.

Let’s Eat

We’re plated up. A 12” extra cheesy omelet with a package of cooked bacon. Add a little Himalayan salt and fresh ground pepper. I also added fried jalapeno peppers to my side.

After brunch we’re taking the dogs to the dog park at Tom Brown Park and maybe try to burn off this big meal with a walk on the trails.