The Anatomy of a Breakfast Sandwich

When I was a boy, my mother would sometimes make fried egg sandwiches. This was nothing more than a fried egg slapped in-between two slices of white bread. I suspect it was an easy meal to prepare. Mom seemed to favor eggs outside the breakfast meals.

Later, when I worked at the Mad Batter, I was introduced to the wonders of Eggs Benedict. I love Eggs Benedict. The Batter later created the Chesapeake Benedict, which replaced the Canadian bacon with fresh crab. Yummy. Of course, there were a few variations before they hit on this one: I recall the artichoke bottom that replaced the muffin. Yuck!

Anyhow, I loved Eggs Benedict and learned how to perfect my own hollandaise sauce. It is a tricky process. After a while, I got it and soon became known for fixing this for company. But a single guy doesn’t necessarily have a lot of company and nearly a dozen eggs for one meal for one person seemed a bit extreme, so the dish fell off the menu for a while.

But being single opened up the opportunity for the Poor Man’s Eggs Benedict: the Egg McMuffin. I love these things. I am not convinced the egg is really and egg. The muffin is usually just shown the toaster, it doesn’t really enter it. But there’s that Canadian bacon and the unmelted piece of cheese. Well, yes, I do like these a lot.

Guys do a lot of things in the name of love. A year or so ago, Gert got on the kick of the National Body Challange. I played supportive husband and got onboard. So, we picked out our meals based on what the program suggested. Through that, we found a couple things we really liked. One of them was the breakfast sandwich. The idea behind this is to eat regular foods, but find ways to diminish what is not great. So, we used extra egg whites and substituted turkey bacon for pork bacon. We liked it. Even after the Challenge ended, we continued.

After a while, however, the extra egg white seemed superfluous. I didn’t need the second egg, so we just cut it out. We have continued with the turkey bacon. Surprisingly, we like it. I am not one who normally thinks a bastardization such as this is recommended, but it works.

Yet, I still like Canadian bacon. The other day I picked some up for a frittata I had planned. But this morning Gert had her pregnant breakfast of leftover pizza and Lucky Charms. Beetle wanted nothing to do with me. What is a man to do? Make his own damn breakfast, of course!

I pulled out that Canadian bacon, toasted my muffin and created my breakfast sandwich. I saw a piece of American cheese in the refrigerator (thanks Gert) and added that to my creation. And just to polish the thing off, hearkening back to my days of making Eggs Benedict, I broke out the cayenne. Yummy!

The breakfast sandwich is something I really enjoy.

  • 1 egg
  • 1 English muffin
  • 1 slice Canadian bacon
  • 1 slice American cheese
  • 1 dash cayenne pepper
  • cooking spray
  1. Toast English muffin
  2. Fry/heat the Canadian bacon. Place on muffin.
  3. Prepare egg pan with cooking spray
  4. Fry the egg, breaking the yolk before the turn.
  5. Melt cheese on the egg.
  6. Place on Canadian bacon and muffin.
  7. Sprinkle with cayenne pepper.

Breakfast Sandwich @ Group Recipes

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