Happy National Eggs Benedict Day - April 16, 2021 - Easy Hollandaise

Happy National Eggs Benedict Day! On April 16th, National Eggs Benedict Day celebrates a long favored breakfast or brunch dish. Before you start eating, make sure you take a picture and share it with the extra-long hashtag #NationalEggsBenedictDay on your social media.

National Eggs Benedict Day is on April 16 and it’s a day all about the special American dish. It consists of a poached egg, an English muffin, and Canadian bacon covered in Hollandaise sauce and it’s surrounded by a misconception. Some have assumed that the name originated from Benedict Arnold, the American Revolutionary War traitor, but its origins are a lot more complicated than they appear.

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Did you know?
There are multiple stories about who first invented Eggs Benedict and one of the earliest was in the eighteenth century. Pope Benedict XII was obsessed with eggs. He loved one egg dish so much that he repeatedly ordered it on a consistent basis. It was said that despite his illness, he still had cravings for it and his love for this egg dish never diminished. From that point on, his name and the dish were bound to one another.

Another story claims that Eggs Benedict came about in 1894 when a Wall Street broker named Lemuel Benedict created it in an attempt to rid himself of a hangover. He was staying at the Waldorf Hotel and he ordered buttered toast, poached eggs, bacon, and Hollandaise sauce in hopes of concocting a remedy. The chef at the restaurant, Oscar Tschirky, was so impressed with the dish that he added it to the menu and named it after Lemuel Benedict.

In 1967, yet another origin story was created for Eggs Benedict. A man named Edward P. Montgomery wrote a letter to The New York Times Magazine with information about the man responsible for the dish prior to his death in 1920. He named Commodore E.C. Benedict as the inventor and that the recipe from his mother, thus further complicating the true origins of the dish.

Today, there are a plethora of ways to make Eggs Benedict that vary by location. It’s seen a change from Canadian bacon to regular bacon and from English muffins to toast, but the concept very much remains the same. With brunch culture on the rise and food bloggers going strong in the modern age, Eggs Benedict is as popular as ever, no matter who actually created it.

Do it your way! Experiment with your own style of Eggs Benedict. You can use your favorite toast or English muffin, use flavored bacon, and use your favorite brand of Hollandaise sauces with seasonings like salt, white pepper, and cayenne pepper. You can even change the name of your specific creation to put your signature on it.

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If you’re not in the mood to make it yourself that’s understandable, it’s a holiday after all. Go to a local restaurant that specializes in breakfast or brunch and act as if you’re a foodie. Try out the different styles of egg dishes and rank them. Some of them include Eggs Florentine, Eggs Hemingway, and Eggs Blackstone. You might leave with a new favorite.

00:00 Intro
00:10 Kevins recipe
00:15 What is National Eggs Benedict Day
01:10 Hollandaise Sauce starts here
01:40 Whisk like the wind, Bullseye
02:00 The last ingredients
2:21 OH NO!

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