6XC Modernist Home Cooking | Monthly Archives: September 2016September 2016

Parmesan-crusted scrambled egg omelette

Posted on September 24, 2016

The video (from Lennard Young) shows a simple but effective method for an omelette that I only recently became aware of (but that might be widely known to others). It is excellent. Three layered textures and flavours: crispy parmesan outer crust holding a simple egg omelette encasing a decadent scrambled egg centre. Plus, it’s a one-pan dish. My

99.9% – an update on antibacterial hygiene products

Posted on September 3, 2016

Around 2½ years ago, I summarised the health, environmental and efficacy concerns being expressed about antibacterial hand and body washes and soaps. The post was called 99.9%, because most manufacturers make the sweeping claim that their products are this effective (and by inference safe). At the time, the FDA had given manufacturers until 2016 to substantiate the claim and,