Giant Omelette Celebration in USA

It is said that the passionate admirer of omelette was verily Napoleon Bonaparte. According to the ancient legend, once Napoleon with mates stayed overnight in Bossier city where he was regaled with local delicacy called «gift of chicken».

Enjoying the «gift», the ruler came into unbelievable excitement and immediately ordered to gather all chicken eggs that could be found in the neighborhood and prepare giant omelette for the whole army. In memory of this event in Bossier, Omelette Celebration has been held to the present day. In opinion of cookery specialists, omelette is the prominent bait: not only Napoleon but also other powerful governors appreciated this dish. Consider, for example, Australian Kaiser Franz Joseph who called omelette as «wonderful gift of God».

According to the legend, with this «gift» heaven lavished attention on Franz Joseph when he was twenty years old — up to this point he had hardly heard about omelette because it was considered to be a food of ceorls, not intended for the imperial feast. Once ruler, going for an outing, with horror found out that strayed from his retinue and got lost in lonely wood.

Bushwhacking, suddenly, he saw spark and soon reached tiny country hut where he was welcomed with open arms. The mistress in haste made holiday omelette for Franz Joseph: mixed milk, eggs, flour, and sugar, poured this mixture on the pan, a bit fried it, afterwards with a sharp knife quickly cut this splendour into thin slices, toasted and frosted, giving to Kaiser together with plum compote. Franz Joseph became crazy about the tasty dish and, after returning, he ordered to courtier gastrologists to prepare «Ceorl bait» every day. Since that moment, sweet omelette achieved name of «kaisershmarren» — translated from German as «slices of kaiser». People believe that good omelette is a big omelette, and it is right to feast on it in the company of friends. This recommendation is accurately followed by the cookery specialists from American state Louisiana who annually prepare a giant omelette of Friendship made of 5000 eggs, 6 liters of oil, 25 liters of milk and 10 kg of garnish and regale guests with it.