Folded Egg Product

When I was writing and visiting New York to attend writing conferences, I often stayed at Hilton Hotels. On Long Island, there was a nice Homewood Suites, a place where you could sprawl out with easy access to the Long Island Railroad into the City or a 20 minute drive to the Fire Island Beach.  The Hilton in Manhatten wasn't bad either....or the one in Oak Brook, Illinois near my parents.

It made sense to become a "Hilton Honors Member" and start accumulating points. After all, who doesn't like a free room now and again just staying at hotels you would stay at anyway.

On my trip to Chicago and Ohio, I continued to stay at various Hiltons...from Garden Inns to Hampton Inns to Homewood suites....nice rooms, good locations and breakfast is often included..saves time to have my coffee, yogurt and egg right there.

But lately....the rather okay scrambled eggs of past visits has been replaced by what I call "The Folded Egg Product."  By the looks of it, it's supposed to be an Omelet...either plain or with cheese.  

Trouble is....it doesn't taste like an omelet.... it taste like a folded egg product disguised as an omelet.

The Folded Egg Product now seems ubiquitous in the Hilton chains.  At the lower end Hampton Inn, you slip your Folded Egg Product onto a shiny paper plate.  At the Homewood Suites, your Folded Egg Product has little buckets near it with salsa and shredded cheese so you can "liven" it up and you get to place your Folded Egg Product on a real plate.

I tried the Folded Egg Product once or twice but after that....just sliding back the steel/aluminum lid of the food tray and seeing them there....lined up like some fake tacos....or half a  Frisbee...or ????  Made me leary....and weary.  I know they must be easy to serve....obviously some frozen product which gets thrown into an oven ....but eeeewwwwwwwww......this is threatening my loyalty. And if the egg is fake certainly the cheese is too.  Double ewwww.

 Of course, God knows what the Holiday Inn or other hotels are serving....maybe the  Folded Egg Product is luxurious in comparison to other fake egg products.....maybe it's the best of the best fake eggs and I don't know it.

Trust me, after almost two weeks on the road and in hotels....I loathed the sight of the Folded Egg Product and ate only name brand yogurt and bagels...with my hot cup of coffee.

And what did I have my hub cook for me our first day home...which happened to be a Sunday?  Eggs....real ones from shells....sunny side up so I could enjoy the sight of the cooked yoke ...... I also asked him not to FOLD or bend or in any way change the shape of the eggs.....just make 'em flat and real.

Flat and real.