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Eggs Ackley
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     Have a crowd to feed for breakfast? I heard a friend once comment that men inevitably serve scrambled eggs when there are more than five people present for breakfast. Breakfast on the morning after a late nighter is probably the most important meal of the party. Here's how to do it in style. (Note that Eggs Ackley was named after the 70's underground cartoon character. Eggs Ackley, what you need the morning after.)

     Since feeding a crowd is often an inexact science, never knowing exactly how much each person will eat or exactly who will eat, measurement is something left to judgment and the size of the frying pan. Hence, I'm not going to give an exact amount for any of the items. Use the estimation of personal taste of the crowd you're feeding as your guide. If they like tomatoes, then go heavy on the tomatoes, etc. Listed are the essential ingredients. Figure twice the volume of eggs to the vegetables after sauteing, or 1:1 before sauteing. A little experience feeding a crowd helps the judgment considerably.

Eggs (1-2 per person)
Onion
Tomato
Bell Pepper
Mushrooms
Cilantro
Butter

OPTIONAL:
Bacon
Ground pan sausage

Avacado
Grated cheddar
Flour tortillas (1 per egg)

     The recipe starts with the meat (if any is used), since it takes the longest to cook. For the bacon, cook it on jelly roll pans in the oven, since it is the quickest and easiest means of cooking quantities of bacon. Lay the strips out and rotate pans, cooking until crisp. Drain and break into bits, place in a bowl lined with paper towel.
     The sausage is cooked on the stovetop in a pan separate from the pan used for the eggs. Break into pieces as cooking (like using hamburger in a sauce recipe, like sloppy joes) for sprinkling. When done, drain well and place in a bowl lined with paper towels.
     Grate the cheese and peel and slice the avacado. Place in bowls and refrigerate until serving.
     The onion, tomato, bell pepper, mushrooms, and cilantro is diced while the meat is cooking, then placed in the skillet, hot and buttered. Saute until the moisture from the tomatoes is cooked off. Press to the side of the skillet, and crack and add the eggs, leaving the yokes intact initially. Cook the eggs until at least half of the egg whites are firm, as if intending to fry. Then break the yokes and scramble the remainder, stirring in the sauted vegetables. Cook until firm.
     Heat the tortillas in the microwave or the still warm oven. Place all ingredients on a buffet table, starting with the plates and napkins, then tortillas, then eggs, then meat, then avacado, then cheese. Serve with sliced or peeled fruit and juice and coffee.
     The crowd will appreciate your efforts as the meal brings them back to some semblence of feeling human again.



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