Whilst queuing up at my local Asda i happened to glance over my shoulder at the person behind to see what they were about to purchase. This was an attempt to make myself feel better about the monstrous Victoria sponge cake i was about pay for.

Amongst all her goods, was a ready made meal. To my amazement, it was a pre-packed ready made omelette. WTF?!?!!

Now, I am famous for not knowing how to cook. Its not that I don’t try, its more that i have a problem with the word simmer. Simmering is something which I cannot bring myself to stand around and wait for. As a result….well…. you can guess the rest. But one dish I can manage is an omelette.

I was not able to read the cooking instructions, something which I plan to do on my next visit. But surely, no matter how simple, it cannot take as long as it would to whisk up a few eggs and fry them. I realise that omelettes come in many different varieties, but this just said “Omelette”. Not to mention the idea of re-heating a half cooked omelette is enough to put you off eggs for life.

Surely, this has to be convenience gone mad. Are we now so busy that we just don’t have the time to mix a few eggs in a bowl? We must be if manufacturers feel their is a demand for such foods. Not to mention Asda in all this, but a large supermarket chain which has a team of people who decide what to put on their shelves thought an omelette in a box would be a real hit. Well they must be onto something, the person behind me bought one.

For those needing cooking instructions from a person whose bookshelf contains 101 recipes by Baldrick.

• Break eggs in bowl
• Whisk ‘em
• Pour into frying pan
• Fry
• Put on plate
• Eat

(p.s. and yes, i had to look up the recipe to make sure :) )