Blackstone Coffee, Part II

Breakfast has to be my favorite meal!  If I have a chance to make something, I usually pick eggs.  Today, I had some time before heading out to one of our local amusement parks (King's Dominion).  I decided to re-create my breakfast at Blackstone Coffee. 

I was smart...  I did my weekend grocery shopping this morning.  I picked up two croissants and the eggs.  I had bacon and sharp cheddar cheese at home.  Once I got home, I convinced Darryl that we needed to have a good breakfast before heading out to the amusement park. 

I fried up two pieces of bacon to what I like to consider perfection... that is with some fat still soft and white, and the meat cooked but not crisp.  While that was frying, I scrambled four eggs with some fresh ground pepper, salt, and a few spices I had laying around.  (Sage goes very well with eggs, and I have a forest of it growing in my garden).  Once the bacon was done, I drained off most of the grease and then fried the eggs in the same pan.  I was careful to leave the eggs as attached as possible.  I figured that if my scrambled eggs looked a little more like an omelet vs. a lot of little pieces of scrambled egg, it would stay on the sandwich better.  As they were just about done, I placed a slice of cheese on top and let it melt a bit.  Final assembly was pretty easy (thanks to leaving the eggs look like an omelet). 

The taste?  It was out of this world!  Now, if you read my Part I blog, you know that the coffeehouse used pre-cooked eggs.  Freshly made eggs will almost always top pre-cooked eggs.  I say almost always because burnt eggs are just gross. 

Was my sandwich better?  Yes, and no.  Yes: the taste was out of this world... I think I'm going to make it again tomorrow, which means another run to Wegmans in the morning.  So, why the no?  The only days I have the time to make this sandwich are when I don't have class or something else going on first thing in the morning.  On those mornings I'm lucky to drink a breakfast shake or maybe even get a quick bowl of cereal in.  On those mornings, it would be much easier to buy this sandwich out at a place like Blackstone Coffee.  I hear the little shop on campus makes a good breakfast sandwich too.  Outside of the pre-cooked eggs, the sandwich at Blackstone Coffee was amazing... I would sacrifice the fresh cooked eggs for the convenience any time... as long as I don't have the time to make it at home. 

Moral of my story... if you have time to make this great sandwich at home... go for it.  If you don't, definitely try the one at Blackstone Coffee. 


Thanks for reading!