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This is one of the quirky recipes my grandmother Cookie tried on us when i was about twelve.

"Boiler" meals were big back then. If you don't remember that's not so bad, but you could buy your favorite meal in the frozen foods section.

It was encased in plastic and you boiled it over the stove.

My favorite was S.O.S., but that's a recipe for another day.

Cookie was always coming up with interesting recipes or twists in the kitchen.

My brothers and I were always willing to test the results.

There were many successes and an occasional one we promised to keep to ourselves.

This rainy day she envisioned "boiled omelets" for camping.

The thought was, you had to boil water to wash dishes, why not use the water for cooking first?

She had us get out the eggs, onions, peppers, garlic, ham, last night's fried potatoes, tomatoes, mushrooms, and cheese.

We diced up the vegetables and ham, resulting in about a cup of each.

Except for the garlic that she limited to three cloves.

Then we took a large freezer bag and broke two eggs into it. Add a 1/4 of each ingredient, go easy on the garlic, and then mixed them up in the bag by squeezing the outside.

We added salt and pepper, sealed the bag and repeated it three more times.

Cookie dropped them in a pot of boiling water for 10 minutes or so until they were done.

As they boiled, I was assigned toaster duty while my brothers grabbed the butter, ketchup, hot sauce and set the table.

Then we pulled them out with tongs, let them cool just long enough to open them.

They steamed so Cookie opened them facing away from us.

She emptied them, plopped one onto each of our plates.

They were actually very good.

After we ate, she had us use the water to wash and rinse the dishes.

Oh she was a clever woman.

We never did get to try this on a camping trip.

To this day I'm not sure if she ever intended to take it camping or if she just wanted to keep three boys busy on a rainy afternoon.

I've actually repeated this a time or two over the years, I'm looking forward to trying it with my grand kids once they get a little older.

We'll use the dish washer for the cleanup, but I won't tell if you don't.

8 Eggs

1 C. Diced Ham

1 C. Diced Onions
1 C. Diced Cheese
1 C. Diced Tomatoes
1 C. Diced Peppers
1 C. Diced Fried Potatoes

3 Cloves Diced Garlic

4 Large Freezer Bags

Make substitutes to your personal taste.

1. Stir the vegetables, cheese, and ham together in a bowl

2. Crack two eggs into a freezer bag, scramble the eggs by gently squeezing the bag.

3. Add a quarter of the mixture from the bowl

4. Salt and pepper

5. mix everything together in the bag.

6. Seal the bag and repeat with the other three bags.

7. Drop in a pot of boiling water.

8. Cook uncovered for ten to 12 minutes.

9. Get toast and condiments ready.

10. Remove with tongs from water. Pat outside dry with a towel

11. They're hot so be careful opening them

12. Place each omelet on a plate, add toast. Serves 4.