Hard to understand

Maria Nina — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:30:16 GMT

I don't understand what is meant by "no" in this recipe of Cheese Omlette.

2 no : eggs

I appreciate your help

Thanks

Maria Nina

RE: Hard to understand

annette — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:14:43 GMT

Frankly I've never seen a recipe written like that. I would assume however that no stands for the number of eggs needed to make the omlette. Generally omlettes are made as a 2 egg or 3 egg omlette.

RE: Hard to understand

Maria Nina — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:49:22 GMT

I hadn't either.

It is used for other itens too. Such as chicken breast (1 no chicken breast) and some vegetables.

Here is the link in case you feel curious.

http://www.fathersdaycelebration.com/fathers-day-breakfast-recipes.html#cheese-omellete

thanks for your interest.

RE: Hard to understand

annette — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:31:34 GMT

I see what you mean. I checked out the link. It sounds like it originated in the UK, as some of the ingredients were listed in grams, as opposed to TBS. or cup fractions. Looking over the other recipes, I'm even more sure that the no stands for number. Like with the chili's and the onion, it said 1 no: which I would say is telling you the number to use, just not the way we're used to seeing it stated.

I know I used to watch the cooking channel alot and I loved the naked chef, but again he is from the UK and I sometimes had trouble converting his measurements into cups, TBS. and tsp. I had to tape all of his shows so I could play them back and pause to do the conversion.

Well anyway I think we know now why wev'e never seen it like that before in any of our cookbooks. Have fun and just use the no (number) it calls for and you should be ok.

RE: Hard to understand

A Brown — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:11:49 GMT

I know some eggs are graded by size and I wonder if they were going to put Grade A # 1,2,3,(whatever). I think it was just a mistake when typing the recipe. I't just 2 large eggs, the standard recipe for a omelet.

RE: Hard to understand

Maria Nina — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:52:03 GMT

It'll make little diference if we can't figure out the meaning of this mysteryous "no". It is just my curiosity demanding an answer. Thanks for your trouble.