The proper way to make an omelette

[VRtimemachine]

I'm not quite sure why you chose to respond to my comment, which, compared to the other comments, was respectful and cordial. Not only are you misinformed, you are arrogant. I'm not buying into your whole Cordon Bleu story. And you shouldn't assume that people giving you constructive criticism are ignorant and get their information from food network. I could name drop plenty of french chefs that precede Escoffier. Don't be an asshole. "what thyme is it?" stfu. 

[VRtimemachine]

There is a name for what you have done here. It is called "scrambled eggs." I am not sure why you told me to read Escoffier's technique seeing as how Escoffier's technique is the same as pepin's. Escoffier said an omelette as scrambled eggs wrapped in what you might call a "skin" of cooked egg. There is no reason to "incorporate air" into an omelette or "make it fluffehh." Its an omelette, not a souffle.

[VRtimemachine]

Your video says "the proper way to make an omelette" not "my way to make an omelette." Your omelette may very well be tasty, but its not the correct french method of making an omelette. That is the reason for all of the hate. I would suggest renaming the video.

[ringkingpin]

@VRtimemachine

OK, this is the deal. I learned how to make omelettes like this while running the EGGSchange in Tahoe City from a french chef before he quit and I took over. Years later, I went to the Cordon Bleu, Paris and completed my Grand Diplome. About midway through the BASIC cuisine semester, chef Patrick Terrien did a demo on omlettes. Low and behold, he made is EXACTLY the same way I do. He then asked for a volunteer to try to make one. ----I'm running out of room, next block

[ringkingpin]

@ringkingpin

if you don't have the skills to make ingredients or eggs "saute" to pour kosher salt in your sauté pan and use that to get the motion down.

Enfin, oui, j'ai bosse dans les cuisines a Paris, oui je sait que pleins des gens pense q'ils savent tous mais apres tous, je sait que ma technique es correct.

The idea is to incorporate as many layers of air in the eggs as possible without it browning. This is the fastest and the best way to do this.

[ringkingpin]

@VRtimemachine

So I raised my hand and seemingly the entire room was freaked out for me. Well, I made it perfectly, exactly how he did and pretty much exactly what you see in this video. The entire room broke out in to an applause.

Later on, completing the Cordon Bleu, I worked for a while at the Ritz in Paris as well as many other restaurants. At the Ritz, omelets were actually on the lunch menu and guess who's job at grade mange it was to make them, MINE!

[ringkingpin]

@VRtimemachine

And at the Ritz, the same kitchen Escoffier worked in, I made omelets identical to these day in day out, hundreds, maybe thousands. SO, I can't help but crack up when all of the guys who have watch food network, gone to trade school or work at cracker barrel tell me I'm making french omelets the incorrect way. You do often see people using forks or chopsticks but for production cooking, that's simply not feasible. Chef Terrien at the CDB always suggested

[ringkingpin]

@VRtimemachine

BTW, please watch my other video on the same subject. YOu can also watch some of my other vids, I think the only other food ones have to do with VPN Pizza and some BBQ stuff but please, watch them and tell me all the things I'm doing wrong ;)

[VRtimemachine]

@ringkingpin I didn't say this method was wrong. You obviously know what your doing. But when people read "proper french omelette" they are typically looking for the classic Jacques Pepin technique. Thats why this video gets so much hate. and BTW i don't watch the food network. Food network is trash.

[ringkingpin]

@VRtimemachine

Go read Escoffier's technique who was around 100 year before Jacques Pepin and get back with me.

[ringkingpin]

@VRtimemachine

Henri Babinski, writing under the pen name of Ali-Bab, starts his section on omelets by writing, “Il peut paraître banal de donner une recette d’omelette, car tout le monde croit savoir la faire. Cependant, en réalité, il ne manque pas de gens qui n’ont jamais mangé une omelette vraiment bonne.” Or “It may seem banal to give a recipe for an omelet, because everyone thinks they know how to make one. Actually, there is no lack of people who have never eaten a really good omelet.”

[annabodhi38]

Julia Child makes her omeletts pretty much the same way... the way the French make it, or so she says...

This looks delicious, great work and thanks for the post!!

[ringkingpin]

@annabodhi38

Thanks! Some people understand, some people don't.

[Castor66]

Sorry but that's not how you make an omelette. That is a sort of offspring of scrambled eggs and an omelette. Tasty but not the way I learned during my years as a breakfast cook. But, each to his own.

[ca1cifer]

Get over yourselves people. I'm sure there's 100 different ways to make eggs. If you don't like his way, don't make it his way! And I bet none of you even tried making it his way before you started bashing.

[HOsPoduction]

this isnt stir fry dont do that to the eggs....



[hotpapaish]

Your technique is horribly sloppy, your kitchen is a mess (your coffee mug is on the stove for Christ's sake) and you don't have the proper equipment to perform the simple job of cooking an omelette; every cook on the planet who knows how to make an omelette uses either chop sticks or (the rare bred) a carving fork. You should take this down; it's a disservice to the cooking community.

[ringkingpin]

@hotpapaish

You must be a real dolt or you didn't watch the video or more than likely, a potent combination of both. The coffee cup on the stove is full of clarified butter ya dip...

Chop sticks or a fork? Well, I worked in France for three years, never saw a French guy use chop sticks for anything other than eating chinese food. The rare bred? Are you trying to type out rare breed or raw bread, hahaha.

You should show me how it's done... shoemaker!

[hotpapaish]

@ringkingpin You may have worked there, but it couldn't possibly have been in a kitchen cooking. You have no skill. And I don't have to show you, I'll tell you how it's done. Start by cleaning your kitchen; given the state of it, it will take you awhile. We'll go from there.

[ringkingpin]

@hotpapaish

You're a troll brining nothing here including your criticism. The kitchen is spotless, it's a home kitchen you dolt... I'll cook circles around you all day long with a hand tied behind my back.

I'll continue to make amazing food while you continue to try to gleam knowledge about French cooking from Japanese guys on youtube. G'luck with that... TROLL...errr... shoemaker...

[hotpapaish]

@ringkingpin How can you say that kitchen is spotless? There is grease that certainly took months cake on your shitty electric stove. Get some Easy-Off and get to work, son. I admire your self confidence, but you really don't know what you're doing and you should stop believing that you do. You are doing a disservice to people learning how to cook. That is simply not the proper way cook an omelette.

Your comments about Japan just prove your utter ignorance of food culture.

[hotpapaish]

@ringkingpin Have you cleaned the two years of caked on grease off of your 20 year old, crap, probably 30 year old, electric stove top? The foil could probably use a changing white your at it super-star. Perfect job on the lingering onions BTW, you have every shape in the known universe there, all manner or rhombi, triangles, not a lot of squares, not a lot of properly chopped onion, but a lot of shapes! You are a very sloppy cook.

[RustyTE80]

@ringkingpin No he's right not necessary with the chopsticks but at least use a fork, lower the heat in the pan, cook it longer and slower, use butter to it acts as a flavor and browning agent, among others. Better than 90% of cooks out there but notice I said cooks anyone who cooks at home is a home cook. You never worked in "real" French kitchen the proper way to make an omelette is often the first thing a Chef asks his young apprentices to make and can tell their cooking ability like that.

[MisterBushid0]

@hotpapaish BRO WHERES THE FUCK RESPECT THIS IS WHY PPL LIKE YOU SHOULD NOT EXIST ITS BCUZ YOUR TO JUDGEMENTAL AND MEAN AT LEAST SHOW SOME MANNERS AND RESPECT IDIOT EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT TECHNIQUE FUCKING FAG DO WHAT YOU BELIEF AND NOT FOLLOW EVERYONE ELSE QUOTE "EVERY COOK ON THE PLANET KNOWS HOW TO MAKE AN OMELETTE USES ETC" FUCK BE ORIGINAL IDIOT DONT BE A FUCKING FOLLOWER

[jcao91]

Thats a new way to make scrambled eggs

[idahochas]

stick to your day job....and hopefully its not as a cook.

[ringkingpin]

@idahochas well it was my day job (night job) for a long time until I figured out that it's more fun to eat in the restaurant than work in the restaurant.

[ChrisTeamLevi]

Everything was good until u put that yogurt in it ewwww

[RandomJenny26]

0:24 loL he drop sumthin in the fire and smoke came up

[Photo314159]

what thyme is it? lol. And yet another way to cook an egg! Looks tasty.

[autopilotflight]

Vomlette- soft runny egg omlette is the worst!

[boomboomgirl]

I guess everybody has their own way of doing it. I like my omelet folded over, nice looking.

[tomatoorcheetos]

it looks alive.

[Lukash636]

Now make it dance lmao it actually came out looking good in the end

[hudhusk]

Well that's one way to do it, and I like it.

[bridog1980]

Dude, I just watched like 5 vids on making omelets, and yours was the coolest way I've seen. Now I'm hungry...

[ringkingpin]

@bridog1980 Thanks bridog! You need to check out my other omelette video!

[ringkingpin]

@bridog1980 youtube.com/user/ringkingpin#p­/u/12/SHtN_m695IQ

[NOTSOBER2012]

advice. when you make the omlette stir the pan fast and dont let it sit in the pan for too long i mean is not rocket science

[ringkingpin]

@NOTSOBER2012

You must be drunk because you have no clue. You don't want to stir anything, you want to flip the eggs on themself many times to incorporate air. C'mon, it's not rocket science!

[NOTSOBER2012]

@ringkingpin i mean i go to culinary school and im very good at making omlettes you should take my advice. BTW what type of omlette are you making, country style, classical french or italian.

[ringkingpin]

@NOTSOBER2012

Excuse me, now that I know that you're going to culinary school, everything you say MUST be the right way, right? LOLzzzz Where are you enrolled at, Johnson and Wales, CIA or a local school. FYI, I received my Grand Diplome from the Cordon Bleu in '98 and worked in Paris for three years including the Ritz, L'auberge bressane and many other places that would straight SMOKE 99.5% of the restaurants over here. At the very least, I learned how to make an omellete lol.

[ringkingpin]

@NOTSOBER2012

check out my other omelette video. I don't do editing or film multiple ones, waiting for the best, just filmed what I made. Stirring an omelette with a spatula, wooden spoon or whatever is for people who can't "sautee" or make the eggs jump in the pan. Go ask your teachers about that. Since you probably can't sautee properly, pour some kosher salt in a 10" sautee pan and practice with that til you got it down. I'm sure you're proabably a pro though because of "culinary school"

[chefkoo]

@ringkingpin I've been a chef for 15 years and for as many chefs I've worked with, you're the only one I know of that tosses an omlette. In the Country style omlette you're just bring the cooked curd into the middle replacing the bare spots of the skillet with raw egg and then fold it. For a classic French you whisk it as fast as you can to have a creamy centre. In both cases you whisk the eggs as much as possiblebefore cooking so that the egg white is completely homogenous.

[rhosteph]

If I tried to do that w/ the eggs I'd be wearing that omelette! It looks great though!

[juniorgut1]

Scrambled eggs and cheese

[garrygold123]

My god how not to make an omlette.

[ringkingpin]

@garrygold123

GaryGlitter? What do you or any brits know about cooking? Go get your teeth cleaned.

[ringkingpin]

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[2calista6]

great video on how NOT to cook an egg!

[savybest67]

that looked like a very unique omlette....good job on how to cook one!!

[knifeforkandaspoon]

oh god. please leave those eggs alone.

[ringkingpin]

take your knife forka and spoon and shove 'em up your ass!

[ringkingpin]

@knifeforkandaspoon

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[ringkingpin]

I have a new omelette video up, omlette 101 REDUX

[ringkingpin]

@ringkingpin ?v=SHtN_m695IQ

[lololzak]

i have no clue what temo it needs to be on?!

[exojjl]

mad man omelette. You only need 140f to kill bacteria. a few minutes at max and you got the perfect egg not to dry crusted and overcooked. If the steak is bloody you are fine if the out side cooked at right temp for desired time. I am finding i feel better eating medium boiled eggs versus hard boiled. Eggs if overcooked kill all the protein and nutrients needed,

[ringkingpin]

@exojjl

thanks EX, I agree with everything you have to say. Good to see it's not just shoemakers who are making comments. :)

[kirmour]

felt almost like undercooked scrambled eggs! nice though

[bisk1407]

it's look like crap :P

[ringkingpin]

@bisk1407

How the hell would you know, you're only good at pickling fish?

[SuperOlds88]

that was unique

[los1975]

Hey ringkingpin, great video. And you look like you had fun and you're happy with the results. Awesome! Just so people know there are different omelets. What you made was simply an omeletet to your liking--western style. A "french omelet" is what Julia Childs made. 2-3 eggs tops. Any more eggs and you got an American version egg omelette--bigger portioned. French version omelettes cook a lot faster (less than a minute) than other omelette versions cause of the lesser eggs used.

[ringkingpin]

@los1975

Sorry Los, I'm going to have to agree to disagree with you on this one. I lived in Paris for three years and worked i restaurants the entire time I was there. Often a family or even in a restaurant, we'd make BIG omlettes, much larger than this one, 6, 8, 12 egg omlettes in BIG pans that would feed an entire family or group.

[los1975]

@ringkingpin

Interesting. I guess I'm going to have to re-evaluate my statement. Do you think your pan was too small for four eggs? I'd have to believe you cause your technique for making the omelette seems correct. Another reason for believing you is because you put salmon in the omelette--very french.

[thorntrotube]

Yum! Thanks for the vid....

[GauravA42]

salmon and yogurt omelette... interesting

[12danny21]

wow i would be too scared to flop the egg like that when it is still wet, too scared that it would make a mess :(

[captincaveman89]

PLZ don't spit in the pan "to see if i's hot" thats what we have water for. X_____x;

[ringkingpin]

@captincaveman89

you obviously didn't hear what I said right after that "I'm only kidding." Sheesshhhh!

[gjmuller242]

Well done !!!

[KWalsh554]

Stop acting like you're experts because you watched the Julia Child video. There are about five billion different ways to make an omlette. Julia Child cooked a single serving french style omlette for one person.

[morgan699]

Gosh, I found myself getting hungry. Could be your sexy southern accent and the camera focused on your crotch that made my mouth water. I think I saw you spill some. You messy boy... And all that white stuff at the end.... Bet it tasted good

[ringkingpin]

That's something on the burner like oil, not paper.

[ringkingpin]

what the hell are you talking abooot?

[fluenty9]

hahahhahahaha

[ChonkersWoW]

The yogurt is interesting...I would have used something else...like a soft cheese...perhaps cream cheese....either way, i think your process has a lot more work than it needs to. I understand where you are coming from with presentation. but regardless..

[babychanel21]

too messy i prefer a flat tortilla lookin one lol

[Akariari]

My own personal taste is not to include so many extra ingredients, but that's just me. What people watching this video should really pay attention to is the excellent technique he uses while cooking the eggs. And the end product looks beautiful on the plate!

[DorisErikssonisCRAZY]

r u being sarcastic?

[Akariari]

If that question is for me, then no, I'm not being sarcatic. It's a great technique, although it takes a lot practice to get it right.

[metonymy3]

Point being: It's the finished product that justifies the means in cooking, not some bizarrely rigid attachment to a certain number of eggs (ever heard of differently sized pans?), or some religious affinity for Julia Child's idiosyncrasies. Get a grip guys.

[metonymy3]

It seems that the cool thing to do is bash poor kingpin because he doesn't make his omelette exactly like Julia Child (Atheisto). But what counts is right in this video. It's not scrambled eggs if the eggs stay in one piece. And you can't call it "leathery" (regardless on the number of eggs used) when the the underside is beautifully soft and yellow underneath when you flip it. I've personally never tossed my eggs out of the pan to aerate them when I've made omelettes, but who knows now I might.

[craposo]

This is scrambled eggs...LOL gimme a break.

[ringkingpin]

The rest is simply trivial. Family style dinners in France often have very large omlettes for five or more people. Those you need to usually cover with a clean towel to perfectly shape. Sure I can make an omlette without a spatula or spoon or whatever but it's way more simple and makes the presentation much cleaner. Each of the 100 pleats in a toque represent a different way to cook an egg.

[ringkingpin]

I agree that the pan is a little small for four eggs, it could be a couple inches larger. However, that's not the important part of the video or making an omlette. You need either a good quality butter or clarified butter, a HOT pan, and then you need to "saute" or make the eggs jump in the pan to incorporate air and pull it off quickly enough to not develop a skin.

[geewhiz76]

a lot of people quoting julia child on this vid - but with good reason. 2 eggs means it's thin and light. this omelette is too thick with the 4th egg. BUT i like the homemade grav/salmon and yogurt - i'll try it but add some parsley and dill

[EntFan1]

that looks really really good.

[747t]

Im 23 as well, i dont claim to know everything...but i just came from the julia child video as well (catch that, i said "as well") and she said no more than 2-3. I will trust you on this one, that you can make a good omelette with more ;)

[ringkingpin]

You really don't know what you're talking about but I understand what it's like to be 23 years old and feel like you know everything. Traditionally omlettes are much larger than three eggs.  Omlettes traditionally are made from 8, 10, 12 eggs and served as a dinner course, family style and portioned out. When making a big one like that, you use a spatula to assist in rolling it out of the pan and then shape it on the plate using a torchon and your hands but I'm sure you knew that, right.

[scyldschefing]

Magnifique!

And I hope this isn't condescending... but I love the fact that you never felt the pressure to lose your native accent.

Thank you so much for posting this video. I saw Julia Child make an omelet like this in a clip at her kitchen in the Smithsonian Museum of American History, but I needed a reminder. I'm going to fry up the onions and garlic right now!

[gemmamitzi]

the eggs are not scrambled, thats an omlette

[andreviloria]

thats just scramled eggs

[jessejax]

I dunno if i would call that an omelete. I mean, its more like a pile of scrambled eggs neatly adjusted to resemble an omelete. Looks nice though.

[ringkingpin]

Well, that's how ya do it. At least that's what I learned after working in Paris for three years.

[ringkingpin]

It's Omelette. When you do scrambled eggs, you want to cook them as slowly as possible. Ever make them over a double boiler? Mmmmmiam Miam!

[jessejax]

I do my scramnled eggs over a hot heat(usually should take no more than 90 seconds to fully cook). Its a better result, less mushy and more firm. I should make a video sometime.

[KWalsh554]

If your scrambled eggs look like his omelette, then your scrambled eggs suck.

[Akariari]

Oh man, making scrambled eggs over a double boiler is such a total pain. I've never really mastered it. If you have, ringkingpin, can you put a video up showing the proper way?

[Atheisto1]

You worked in Paris and they taught you to make an omlette with 4 eggs and flip it with a spatula?

[ringkingpin]

What the hell are you talking about, lol? You can make an omlette any size jack ass! One egg to 100, it doesn't make a difference. You use a spatula to facilitate rolling the omlette out of the pan.  Watch how I actually make the omlette and you'll see that I incorporate air in to the mixture by constantly flipping it on to itself. Get a clue.

[Atheisto1]

A proper omlette should have no more than three eggs, because any more will fail to cook before becoming leather....and a real french chef would never use a spatula. I'm only saying this because you felt the need to brag about living in Paris for three years.....

[IndyCote]

I think people need to remember that typically an omelette with 2-3 eggs is made for one person. I'm sure the creator of this video, when he talks about 8-10-12-100 eggs means huge omelettes for family style type serving...I'd love to see the pan for a 100 egg omelette. LOL Though I will agree with Atheisto, a spatula shouldn't be necessary, but I'm sure we've all had moments when the eggs needed a little coaxing. Even Julia used forks to form hers on on the plate. :)

[KWalsh554]

Just because you watched the Julia Child video does not make you an expert on making an omlette. It also means that you can't pay attention because even she says that 2-3 eggs is an omlette for ONE PERSON.

[jessejax]

if your hungry your hungry.. an omelette can be any size... i usally make mine 3 or 4 eggs depending how hungry i am.. or how much protein i need. Omelettes are a great source of protein, they taste great and its aprox 7g of protein per egg!

[ringkingpin]

mais bien sur!