omelettey
See also: omelette-y
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editomelettey (comparative more omelettey, superlative most omelettey)
- Alternative form of omeletty.
- 1993, March Egerton, Adventures in Cheap Eating: Hawaii; The Comprehensive Guide to Righteous Deals and Authentic Meals on Oahu, Honolulu, Haw.: Tsunami Press, →ISBN, pages 151–152:
- The house special oyako donburi (a sweetish, omelettey concoction of chicken and long rice noodles served over rice) is on target, as is the sukiyaki.
- 2002, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, 5th edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 81:
- Knowledgeable Japanese folk always start a meal of sushi with tamago (£1.50) – the sweetish, omelettey one which allows the diner to properly assess the quality of the rice before getting serious with the fishy bits.
- 2006, Hugo Rifkind, Over Exposure, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, →ISBN, page 188:
- The Princess was scraping some kind of omelettey muck out of a pan (the ‘Jewish Wife’ transformation hadn’t quite started yet) and my dad was judiciously sharing out two cans of Diet Coke.
- 2008, Xanthe Clay, Recipes to Know by Heart, London: Mitchell Beazley, →ISBN, page 127:
- I have tried various combinations of eggs, milk and water to a constant 100g/40z plain flour to find the ultimate batter. A mixture of half and half milk and water produces a slightly lighter and toastier-tasting result than milk alone, while beer is too yeasty. Two eggs gives a very omelettey flavour and a rubbery texture.
- 2015, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Love Your Leftovers: Recipes for the Resourceful Cook (River Cottage), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 198:
- It’s a kind of omelettey, ricey pancake, and can be pleasingly topped with other goodies or even rolled up around them like a wrap.
- 2017, Sally Butcher, Persepolis: Vegetarian Recipes from Persia and Beyond, Northampton, Mass.: Interlink Books, →ISBN, page 69:
- Kookoo are a whole range of Persian egg patties and omelettey things.