This Sunday was not a good day for sports in our house. Our beloved Red Sox's post season was ended after being swept in the ALDS. A blown save in the 9th inning of Game 3 wasn't very easy to take. Then the Patriots lost in overtime. That loss was a little easier to stomach, but still, if you know my husband and his love for New England sports teams, you know it was sad day. It did began very nice, lounging around the house with the family and a late brunch. The Patriots were playing the Broncos, and the food most associated with Denver is the Western Sandwich, which is a Denver Omelette, served on toasted, buttered white bread or a roll, with ketchup. It is believed that the onions were used by westward-bound pioneers to mask the flavor of eggs gone bad. The omelette also contains green peppers, ham and salt and pepper. It was tempting to top this with cheese and omit the ham (I really don't care for ham) but I wanted to make it authentic. Since biting into chunks of cubed ham wasn't something I could handle, we chose to use thin sliced deli meat, chopped. Even with the ham, these were good! I had some French rolls in the freezer, so that's what we used and served them roasted potatoes. I have no idea what they actually ate with their sandwiches; I just like breakfast potatoes!
I don't think its neccesary to give directions on how to make a basic omelette, so I'll just share what we used. This will yield 4 sandwiches: 5 eggs beaten with 1/4 cup of milk, 1/2 green pepper, 1/2 onion, 3/4 cup chopped deli ham slices, salt and pepper, 4 toasted rolls (or 8 slices of bread), butter, and ketchup. You can either make individual omelettes or one large one, divided in four pieces.
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