Hollandaise Sauce

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(08-04-2010 11:51 AM)Brutus Wrote:  ...
Bubba will be getting back into the swing of things at The Bar 'n' Grill when he finishes that side gig hitting things with sticks.

Ah, yes. Another year, another Nowhere-Near-Me tour. <sigh>

(08-11-2010 04:27 PM)Merrilloverturf Wrote:  Call me lazy, but I usually make Hollandaise using that Knorr brand powdered mix, which actually is pretty good. ...

Oh, my. How much less effort could powder sauce rate versus combining egg yoke, lemon juice, butter and cayenne in the Mixmaster? To rephrase the investment commercial, if you mix a powder Hollandaise ... mm ... I may think less of you.

Two pre-Christmas brunches reafirmed Eggs Benedict for me as a can't-fail crowd pleaser. Though, while I typically steam (lightly) the asparagus, a recent evening out highlighted the virtues of proscuitto-wrapped asparagus grilling. But that's another topic.