How difficult is it to cook eggs benedict?

[PavlovtheForgetfulCat]

For my darling DH, if he ever surfaces?

Anyone? Should I just do scrambled eggs and be done with it?

The recipe am looking at says I need shallots Do i really? I don;t have any? Onions? Or nothing?

Its not like I got all day, DH wants to go watch gp on the big screen in town at 1pm . I might just do a bacon sarnie

Delia doesn't use shallots! The hollandaise looks a bit faffy to me but not as hard as I thought it would be. You could do him a homemade Egg McMuffin type thing which is much the same as eggs benedict except you use a slice of cheese instead of sauce!

phew! No shallots then

AAAAH no clean glass bowl!!!!
What can be used instead?

Why do you need a glass bowl?! I am now fascinated by your recipe! I'd use a pottery one as I only have glass jelly moulds. I would imagine the glass thing is so there is no grease on it so as long as you avoid plastic it should be ok.

Oh dear my DH has the hump and has gone off into another room.

He had suggested using something other than glass, on the basis of guess work, with no theory to back it up. I said I did not want to take the chance. I then said 'i asked MN but they have not got back to me' and he said 'so you will take the advice of complete strangers over me?' I said, no I am asking people who have cooked it before, I am taking advice off those with more experience than me. He said 'no, you think I am a fuckwit'

And walked off oh dear.

I'm sorry . Hope he gets over it soon and you have a nice day.

He got over it I told him I just wanted to make him breakfast on my own. He is a good cook mostly and as such he always interferes has suggestions to improve whatever I am doing and it makes me feel a bit inadequate. So I wanted to do it myself and I told him that, a special breakfast.

The sauce was a distaster. luckily we had an emergency packet in the cupboard which while not perfect at all, was a good emergency! The poached eggs were perfect though, at least his and DDs were

And now he has happily gone off to watch gp in town, I will meet him in a mo when we have bathed and dressed (cooking was soooooo stressful, i need some time )

Glad it all worked out. Am very impressed at the emergency hollandaise in the cupboard!

My kids grew up thinking hollandaise sauce was holidays sauce. I think it's a bit diff.

I just wanted to interject that I love eggs benedict dearly.

Delia's foaming hollandaise is handy if you have a houseful - if I have all the in-laws at once I make benedict because once you've done the sauce, if you do the Delia poached egg method it's only really dressed up bacon & eggs with toast, but looks so much more [big-head show-off emoticon]

oh snigger - i will try that recipe next time