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Purplewithred · 10/07/2020 16:24
Eggs Benedict is one of my favourite lunches, but obviously only when someone else makes it.
I have just been to a cafe and had it served with hot poached eggs but cold Hollandaise on top. When I questioned this I was told this is how they had been doing it for 6 years with no complaints. They googled Hollandaise and came back to confirm to me that it could be served cold or hot. I refrained from saying "well yes, of course you can serve it cold, but not on Eggs Benedict".
Everywhere else, always, forever, my Eggs Benedict have come with delicious, yummy, hot Hollandaise.
AIBU to find cold Hollandaise on hot eggs to be a travesty?
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bluefoxmug · 10/07/2020 16:28
yanbu
it should be warm on warm dishes.
a cold asparagus salad can take cold hollandaise but not eggs benedict.
Obviouspretzel · 10/07/2020 16:30
Obviously hot. Or warm. Definitely not cold on eggs Benedict, one of the finest breakfast dishes known to humans.
MinesAPintOfTea · 10/07/2020 16:30
We always serve it cold at home. Very easy to separate it otherwise
TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 10/07/2020 16:31
Hot if you’re making it properly and there is a lot.
Cold if it is just a spoonful out of a jar and the heat from the egg will be enough to take the chill off.
AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 10/07/2020 17:03
Hot, i don't like it cold with poached eggs.
QueenOfWinterfell · 10/07/2020 17:07
Warm is best but it’s so easy to overheat and for it to separate. I’m guessing they serve it cold to make sure it can’t be ruined
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OldLace · 10/07/2020 17:10
Cold sauce on hot eggs? NO
Hollandaise is fine cold for poached salmon.
Or asparagus salad.
But not for a hot dish.
And yes, Eggs B is food of the Gods indeed.
DieFly · 10/07/2020 17:10
Warm with eggs. If I make it (rarely) is goes in an insulated coffee cup.
Doesn't cold set?
Chanjer · 10/07/2020 17:14
When I make it at home if I'm just using hollandaise from a jar then I'll put it into a warm ramekin to take the chill off it but wouldn't bother heating it
If I was going full from scratch then obviously the hollandaise is warm cos you just made it
CarterBeatsTheDevil · 10/07/2020 17:16
Warm with warm food. It won't separate if you follow the instructions from someone really reliable, like Delia Smith who is excellent for breaking down tricky foods into easy steps that really work.
sleepyhead · 10/07/2020 17:17
Warm, kept in an insulated flask if necessary.
Oh so yum. I want some.
MrsClatterbuck · 10/07/2020 17:18
Another one for hot. Especially as the eggs can cool quite quickly. At least in future you can make sure the sauce is served hot. I usually ask for my sauce separate as I once had it served absolutely swimming in sauce.
DeRigueurMortis · 10/07/2020 17:19
Warm of course!
I make and keep it in a bowl sitting over barely simmering water until it's ready to serve or as a pp suggested in a thermos.
Cold sauce on warm eggs is awful!
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mbosnz · 10/07/2020 17:20
Absolutely, has to be warm. I'm incredibly fortunate that DH is an absolute God at making hollandaise, after his brother shamed him for producing a jar of the stuff one Christmas day! And now the daughters are taking lesssons. As is the wife.
BakedCam · 10/07/2020 17:21
NU, OP, hot all the way.
user8558 · 10/07/2020 17:30
Definitely NOT cold.
iklboo · 10/07/2020 17:36
I want eggs Benedict now. Or eggs royale.
Purplewithred · 10/07/2020 17:50
Phew! I was worried for a nanosecond that I might have been wrong. Thank you ladies, and @mbosnz we're all on our way to your house, please warn your husband.
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mbosnz · 10/07/2020 18:01
LOL, bring your own eggs and salmon, oh, and are you wanting bubbles?!
IHaveBrilloHair · 10/07/2020 18:03
I prefer warm over hot, but definitely not cold, that's just wrong.
GrouchyKiwi · 10/07/2020 18:09
You're all bastards. I now really, really want Eggs Benedict but we have no ham.
mbosnz · 10/07/2020 18:12
Kia ora grouchyfellowkiwi! No naice ham?! This is terrible!
LakieLady · 10/07/2020 18:37
f*ck, I want eggs Benedict now, and my fish pie is in the oven and almost done.
mbosnz · 10/07/2020 18:41
Oooooh. Fish pie.
user1486131602 · 10/07/2020 18:44
Neither, in France it is served warm to not overcook the eggs!
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