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omelet

or dz··ٳٱ

[ om-lit, om-uh- ]

noun

  1. eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of omelet1

1605–15; < French omelette, earlier amelette, metathetic form of alemette, variant of alemelle literally, thin plate, variant of Old French lemelle < Latin 峾. See lamella, -et
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If you’ve got a stockpile of eggs and you’re sick of endless omelets, why not make something that uses several eggs and lasts longer than one meal?

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Expert tip: If you’re grabbing breakfast at the hotel, ask for an omelet with cheese.

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When you need a frying pan to cook fluffy omelets, a skillet to brown mushrooms, or a sheet pan for baking an afternoon treat of chocolate chip cookies, it’s tempting to reach for something nonstick.

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It comes when Callas, resplendent even in a bathrobe, glides into the kitchen to sing at Bruna while the poor deary cooks her an omelet.

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The route: This is your longest day, so get an early start with coffee, an omelet and a tall stack at Uncle Bill’s Pancake House.

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