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Busy chefs cook 5000 eggs. Photo credit to Abbeville's website
When:
Jun 2009 (annual)
Where:
Granby
They'll be breaking 5000 eggs to make the Giant Omelette in Granby, Québec this June. This celebration involves five French-speaking cities - Abbeville, Bessieres and Frejus in France and Dumbea in New Caledonia as well as Granby - where, at various times of the year, people convene to cook enormous omelettes to share with the public.
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The reason behind this extraordinary event is apparently because when Napoleon and his army were travelling through the south of France, they decided to rest for the night near the town of Bessieres. Napoleon feasted on an omelette prepared by a local innkeeper. This was such a culinary delight that he ordered the townspeople to gather all the eggs in the village to prepare a huge omelette for his army the next day.
Before the present-day event there is an elaborate parade and a knighting of the omelette chefs takes place. Then all the eggs are lobbed into one very large pan and sizzle away before becoming a delicious omelette, made with:
5000 eggs
50lb onions
4 gallons onion tops
2 gallons parsley
1 ½ gallons cooking oil
6½ gallons milk
52lb butter
3 boxes salt
2 boxes black pepper
Crawfish tails
Tabasco sauce to taste!
Nowadays, the omelette is the symbol of a worldwide fraternity rich in friendship, tradition and cultural exchange, known as the Confrerie. So if you're feeling a little peckish and fancy a rather extraordinary lunch, then head to Quebec on this summer's day.
Before the present-day event there is an elaborate parade and a knighting of the omelette chefs takes place. Then all the eggs are lobbed into one very large pan and sizzle away before becoming a delicious omelette, made with:
5000 eggs
50lb onions
4 gallons onion tops
2 gallons parsley
1 ½ gallons cooking oil
6½ gallons milk
52lb butter
3 boxes salt
2 boxes black pepper
Crawfish tails
Tabasco sauce to taste!
Nowadays, the omelette is the symbol of a worldwide fraternity rich in friendship, tradition and cultural exchange, known as the Confrerie. So if you're feeling a little peckish and fancy a rather extraordinary lunch, then head to Quebec on this summer's day.
Event details can change.
Please check with the organisers that the event is happening before making travel arrangements.
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