well, that is the reason-to-be for all those national treasures …
be it pizza, quiche, paella … it was historically always about recycling food - for the same reason all those come in dozens of flavors and types …
That’s exactly what I did!
I used six eggs this evening. I made a big batch of chocolate chip meringue cookies for new years Eve, and used the yolks to make pasta carbonara.
6 egg yolks
1 lb pasta
0.4 lbs bacon, chopped into pieces
~1 cup grated Parmesan
Black pepper
Put the egg yolks into a large bowl that you’ll serve the pasta in.
Cook the bacon, heat the water for the pasta, grate the cheese. (I used a little food processor.)
When the bacon is cooked, and the pasta water boiling, whisk about a tablespoon of the grease into the egg yolks, add the bacon, a lot of ground black pepper, and stir it well.
Cook the pasta. Strain it, reserving about a cup of the cooking water. Dump the still-hot pasta into the eggy mess and stir well, to cook the eggs. Add about a quarter cup of the hot pasta water (or more, to taste) to thin the sauce and make it creamy. Dump about 3/4 of the cheese into the bowl, and keep stirring until it melts in.
Serve immediately, with the rest of the cheese and additional pepper.
I just picked up this idea from the appetizers post/thread, and I’m going to try it: make deviled eggs with avocado. I have some hard-boiled eggs and mild guacamole on hand, so methinks I’ll give it a whirl for my New Year’s treat.
Yay more recipes!
After I make the Shakirashakira in Paradise (look, I can’t be checking spelling on everything all the time) I may be boiling a half a dozen-- three to marinate for ramen and 3 to devil.
Happy New Year! Here is a terrible picture of Shakira Beans.
Was going for 6 eggs in the shakshuka but that 5th one barely fit. There. A dozen eggs used. That took more effort than I thought it would.
Your dedication is impressive
I would like to thank you for the best laugh I’ve had in a while.
(It was the footnote that lost it for me.)
Hubby’s name isn’t Gaston, is it?
When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs
Every morning to help me get large
And now that I’m grown I eat five dozen eggs
So I’m roughly the size of a barge 
(Everybody sing!)
Nooooooooo oooooooooone shoots like Gaston… .
No one poots like Gaston!!
No one gasses out attacking brutes like Gaston!!
Outstanding! Like angels. ::applause::
I’m especially good at evacuating… .
Was a dozen eggs the 4th item on the list? Listen to Jeanne Robertson relate how she ended up in a similar circumstance.
I initially misread this as “4 lbs bacon,” and was in awe.
“Award-winning 6’2” humorous speaker. Jeanne Robertson"-- get it right!
This is the first time I recall her height being mentioned. It’s the hilariously funny part that I always remember. Is this something important to you that’s reflected in your username?
No, not important to me at all. It’s how she describes herself at the end of the video. She not a stand-up comedian, she’s an award-winning 6’2" humorous speaker.
The last of the eggs. We did use them up more quickly than I thought. They were finished before I got to the Deviled Egg portion of the eggathon.
Pork Belly Ramen. Look at them eggs! I’m rather proud of them.
That looks delicious!
That looks delicious. Exceptional. I wish I could try that.
No deviled eggs? Go to your room!