Recipe: Green Eggs & Ham From The Huckleberry Cafe & Bakery (2024)

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Friday, 29 March 2013

While it was a perfectlyserviceablemeal with some very good points, The Huckleberry Cafe and Bakery in Santa Monica was one of those places that everyone told me I simply had to try in Los Angeles that just failed to really blow me away. It reminded me of a much more crowded, much less exciting version of Joans on Third in West Hollywood. Unlike Joan’s though, during the breakfast or lunch rush there is a very good chance you’ll order hot food then not be able to sit anywhere; you are not allowed to save a table until after you have queued and ordered. I feel this is an even more stupid situation in quite a small cafe than the fashionable thing in London where you can’t book in lots of the newerrestaurants; at least that serves a purpose.

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However, one good thing I did take away from my meal (the food was good, just not stand out good) and myexperienceat therestaurantwas this breakfast/ brunch dish that I have stolen: Green Eggs & Ham (helloDr Seuss fans!) It was a lovely dish, but you know those times when you are in arestaurantwhen you feel you can do a better job of whatever you are eating at the time, back in your own kitchen?

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Green Eggs & Ham

  • Author: Rachel Phipps
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: Serves 1
  • Category: Brunch
  • Cuisine: Californian
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Description

One of my favourite brunch dishes, inspired by The Huckleberry Cafe in Santa Monica, Los Angeles.

Ingredients

Scale

  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Pesto
  • 4 Slices Parma Ham or Prosciutto
  • 1 English Breakfast Muffin
  • 1 Very Large Handful Fresh Rocket (Arugula)
  • Sea Salt Flakes (I use Maldon)
  • Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Instructions

  1. Slice the muffin in half down the middle and lightly toast.
  2. Arrange two slices of parma ham or prosciutto, covering each half of the toasted muffin. I know most of you out there, like me will just get your muffins from the store, but if you fancy trying your hand and making your own, Lottie + Doof has a recipe that looks pretty good.
  3. Top each half with a sunny side up fried egg (Izzy has a brilliant tutorial for getting the perfect fried eggs every time (I use hertechniquebut with olive oil instead of coconut oil) over on her amazing blog Top With Cinnamon. It is not fair she is this talented at only 17 years old!) and spoon half the pesto over each egg. You need to use fresh pesto for the flavours to work, and to be runny enough to work in this recipe too. You can either buy this from good supermarkets (think Waitrose in the UK, Whole Foods in the USA) or from a deli in the fridge section, or you can make it yourself; BBC Good Food, my go to source whenever I want a recipe for something, as an easy to follow version.
  4. Finally, sprinkle over a few sea salt flakes, crack over some black pepper and sprinkle the rocket. Enjoy!

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I personally do not like granola, but as most of the time I’m brunching in Los Angeles I’m accompanied by my friend Evie who loves the stuff, I have been on something of a granola tour of LA and I can tell just from this photo that Huckleberry does have something other granola offerings on the cities brunch menus does not have; they do not skimp on the amount of fruit they serve it with, which as granola is dry, I should think is important.
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Another recipe discovery of mine from Huckleberry Cafe is the Arnold Palmer, a half and half mix of iced tea and lemonade named after the American golfer, Arnold Palmer. As someone who likes her iced tea flavoured and/ or sweetened, I don’t know how I did not know about this new brunch favourite before now.
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When I posted a picture of Huckleberry’s impressive looking case of baked goods on Instagramit seemed to gather a lot of attention, both on Instagram, Twitter and on my personal Facebook page. After my meal I tried one of their chocolate sandwich cookies; it was basically my Double Stuff Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Filled Cookies, but made with ItalianMeringueinstead of Marshamallow Fluff, and half dipped in a dark chocolate ganache.It was a good cookie, but nothing to get jump up and down excited about. If you are passing or you live nearby, their all natural baked goods will hit your sweet spot, but not something I’d make anexcursionto make sure I tried.

Have you ever had a meal in arestaurantwhich you have gone on to recreate yourself at home?

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Recipe: Green Eggs & Ham From The Huckleberry Cafe & Bakery (2024)

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Recipe: Green Eggs & Ham From The Huckleberry Cafe & Bakery? ›

by Dr. Seuss

Finally, the boy tries them and discovers that he actually does like green eggs and ham, so he thanks Sam. Moral reasoning in the story focuses on concern for relationships. The theme of the story is Don't make up your mind about something without trying it. The story is rude half the time.

What is the moral of the story green eggs and ham? ›

by Dr. Seuss

Finally, the boy tries them and discovers that he actually does like green eggs and ham, so he thanks Sam. Moral reasoning in the story focuses on concern for relationships. The theme of the story is Don't make up your mind about something without trying it. The story is rude half the time.

What are actual green eggs and ham? ›

Introduction: Real Green Eggs (and Ham)

The secret lies in a special pigment found in ordinary red cabbage, when cabbage juice is introduced to the alkaline egg whites the change in the pH causes the purple juice to turn a greenish-blue colour, it's completely harmless and produces a neat effect.

What is the setting of green eggs and ham? ›

Water, Water, Everywhere/ And Not a Ham to Drink

Green Eggs and Ham mentions "rain" (92, 93) and a "boat" (112, 113) but we're never told that a huge chunk of the book (111-147) is set on and in the ocean. But this setting helps give the book its splashy, bright, fun water-park feel.

Is the ham green in green eggs and ham? ›

The actual words in the book only say "green eggs and ham". And being the key word. The picture on the cover shows a green ham and 2 green eggs so yes the ham is green.

What is the famous quote from green eggs and ham? ›

The quote "I would not, could not, in a box. I could not, would not, with a fox," from Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham, encapsulates the main character's resolute refusal to try new things.

What are the 50 words in green eggs and ham? ›

Green Eggs and Ham only uses 50 words: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, and you.

What is a fun fact about green eggs and ham? ›

“Green Eggs and Ham” uses only 50 different words. Seuss's editor bet him after “The Cat in the Hat,” which used 225 words, that he couldn't write a book using fewer.

What is the French version of green eggs and ham? ›

Les Oeufs Verts au Jambon:

What is the Hebrew version of green eggs and ham? ›

When the Hebrew version of Green Eggs and Ham was published in 1982, she changed the title to Lo Raev, Lo Ohev — which means, roughly, “Not Hungry, Don't Love It.” Throughout the entire story, the name of the disliked dish is never mentioned.

What is the solution in green eggs and ham? ›

The story ends when Sam I Am suggests his final combination of the meal and the other character gives in and agrees to try the dish, just to get Sam I Am to stop his pestering. To everyone's surprise the co star tries eating Green Eggs and Ham and realises that he actually does likes it.

What is the main conflict in green eggs and ham? ›

Green Eggs and Ham is a classic story about a picky eater. The nameless main character refuses to try green eggs and ham. Throughout the book, his friend Sam-I-am keeps insisting that he'd like them. Sam suggests all different places to try this dish, but his friend keeps refusing.

What is the person's name in green eggs and ham? ›

Michael Douglas as Guy-Am-I, a cantankerous, sardonic, and frustrated failed inventor who is revolted by green eggs and ham, despite never having eaten them.

What color is the ham in Green Eggs and Ham? ›

Keep the Ham Simple

I know that Seuss's ham from Green Eggs and Ham is also very green, but rather than dye ham for breakfast, I opted to leave the ham as is.

What are the three animals in Green Eggs and Ham? ›

The Mouse, The Fox, and The goats*eussville is filled with all sorts of creatures, and in Green Eggs and Ham, we meet the mouse, the fox, and the goat.

What is the first line of Green Eggs and Ham? ›

DO WOULD YOU LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM? I DO NOT LIKE THEM,SAM-I-AM. I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM. WOULD YOU LIKE THEM HERE OR THERE?

What's the story behind green eggs and ham? ›

His book “Green Eggs and Ham” was inspired by a bet between Geisel and another publisher. According to The Art of Dr. Seuss project, the published bet Geisel he wouldn't write an articulate, entertaining book using only fifty different words.

What is the importance of green eggs and ham? ›

The main message of Green Eggs and Ham is to try new things and not judge them based on appearance.

What are green eggs and ham a metaphor for? ›

Green eggs and ham is a metaphor for anything that somebody does not like. Many times people have an aversion to something but there is no real reason for it. For example, if someone says they do not enjoy woodworking but they have never tried it, then woodworking could be a version of green eggs and ham.

What is the green eggs and ham theory? ›

Despite this, he's pretty adamant, and it could be argued that Green Eggs and Ham are a sacred dish for Sam-I-Am. The theory is essentially built on the idea that green eggs with ham are a staple meal in the I-Am culture. From there, the theory splits into two sections and connects to another Dr.

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