Recipe: James Hartley's Eggs Not Quite Benedict

Eggs Not Quite Benedict

by James Hartley

Everyone has heard of Eggs Benedict, that pearl of the Breakfast Brunch, but has anyone ever tried to make them? No way! First, they call for poached eggs, and who knows how to do that? Fried eggs, fine, but poached? And Hollandaise Sauce, well, real chefs know how to make that, but I don't think you can go down to the local grocery store and buy a jar of it, nope. So let's think of something else.

Suppose we settle for the eggs fried, then scrounge around in the fridge for some other kind of sauce. Like, maybe, spaghetti sauce. That's Italian, so we're going to call this one:

Eggs Benedito

One English Muffin

Butter or margarine for muffin

2 slices Canadian Bacon (optional)

2 eggs

2-4 Tbsp. spaghetti sauce (leftover is OK)

2-4 Tbsp. ground or shredded Parmesan (or other Italian) cheese

Split and toast English muffin, spread with butter or margarine. Lightly fry Canadian Bacon (if using it), place one slice on each half of muffin. Fry eggs, over medium, then place one on each half of muffin. Top eggs with spaghetti sauce and cheese. Serves one.

But then one day we were out of spaghetti sauce. A little more scrounging yielded a jar of Salsa, well, that sounded good. Being on the Mexican side, this one gets the name:

Eggs Bandito

One English Muffin

Butter or margarine for muffin

2 slices Canadian Bacon (optional)

2 eggs

2-4 Tbsp. Salsa (Mild, medium, or hot, your choice)

Split and toast English muffin, spread with butter or margarine. Lightly fry Canadian Bacon (if using it), place one slice on each half of muffin. Fry eggs, over medium, then place one on each half of muffin. Top eggs with Salsa. Serves one.

Jim, thank you for your creative egg recipes. This would make a delicious, fancy dish to serve to company visiting over the holidays. Thank you for sharing information about your newly released time travel adventure, Ten Years. The story's blurb and excerpt follow.

Blurb about Jim's short story: Peter Ingraham invented a time machine, and traveled into the future. Ten
years too far into the future. But he soon found that the future didn't 
match the past, and when he returned to where he started, the present 
didn't match either of them ...

    Excerpt from Ten Years 

by James Hartley

Keller turned to Peter and said, "Come on back to my office. I think we have to talk about this." He led the way back down the hall, and when they entered the office he carefully closed and locked the door. He sat down, and said, "Now, tell me again what you have in that backpack."

"Lieutenant, it's a temporal displacement…" he started, then, seeing the look on Keller's face, he changed his mind and said, "Okay, damn it, it's a time machine. You satisfied?"

Author, James Hartley

"Yep. That was what I wanted to hear. Hey, I've been a science-fiction fan all my life, you're lucky you ended up talking to me instead of one of the other guys. Now you want to know what's in this report?" Peter nodded. "Okay. According to the fingerprints, you are Peter Ingraham. But Peter Ingraham disappeared ten years ago. There was a big scandal, his wife charging Carltronics and its owner with kidnapping. Nothing was ever proven, but the legal fees and bad publicity bankrupted Carltronics, and old man Carlson committed suicide not long after. After seven years, that would be about three years ago, Peter Ingraham was declared legally dead by the courts. Near as I can tell, we can't even charge you with trespassing, because you don't exist." 

Please tell readers how to find you on the web and where to purchase your new book, Ten Years, released by Muse It Up Publishing.


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