We all know Cat Stevens, right?
The 1970’s Singer/Songwriter responsible for tunes like ‘Peace Train’ and ‘Wild World’ (Which went on to become a pretty good Amusement Park!). He lulled America to sleep with some overly catchy tunes.
Of course now, he goes by the name of Yusef Islam and looks like this —->
But that’s neither here nor there, because this post has nothing to do with his music or his religion, and everything to do with his recipe for SCRAMBLED EGGS!
This recipe is taken from a wonderful little community style cookbook called ‘Scouts And Celebrity Stew’ which really only works if you say it out loud.
It was released by some dopey Boy Scout troop in 1981, and while Stevens had already changed his name by then, I doubt anyone wants to eat eggs made by a guy named Yusef Islam and his beard probably sheds like a St Bernard, so they went with Cat Stevens. Now, we all know how to make Scrambie Eggs, so I had originally passed this recipe by, but I came back to it recently and read it again, and noticed some very interesting differences from how I make it. You start with three eggs (chicken eggs if you want to be like that), but you seperate one egg and keep the yolk to the side.
This yolk comes back later, like a shady but helpful character in a bad novel. Our next instruction gets a bit BRITISH, but throw a KNOB of butter into a pan. Well, ok not THAT british, but a Knob is about a tablespoon.
Now, once that is melted and delicious, throw in your 2 eggs and the white of the third and mix it up all sexy like
Keep stirring it, and when it starts to set, add some salt, and a tablespoon of CREAM OF MILK. Oh those silly british ha ha ha, it’s not cream of MILK its just cream. Ok I used Half and Half but you can use Heavy Cream if you don’t have that in your fridge. Stir it all up nice.
Now the recipe only called for salt and cream, but I added pepper because I wanted to. Cat Stevens may declare a Jihad on me for breaking his recipe but I am just that kind of fearless chef. Now, cook those eggs scrambled style until they are done. They will still seem a little ‘wet’ because of the butter and milk, but you should know when to stop. Here’s the Cat Stevens twist though, when the eggs are done, remove them from the heat and add that third yolk!
WHAT??? Yes, stir that yolk into the eggs, and you’re done! This makes the eggs just super awesome, rich and creamy as all get out.
And that’s it! These eggs are easy and delicious. Between the butter, cream and yolk they taste like they have cheese in them, they’re rich and creamy and very tasty. You may not want to eat the eggs of someone being followed by a Moon Shadow, but ignore that part of your brain because it is stupid, these eggs are fantastic!