Revenge doesn’t always turn out the way you want it to.
Back in high school, once of my longtime guy friends (we’re talking friends since kindergarten sort of thing) decided that we were meant to be together and asked me to be his girlfriend (yup, we jumped straight to that without even a first date).
I turned him down because I didn’t want to ruin the friendship (and I wasn’t interested in him in that way). Therefore, he decided to “get revenge” by asking one of my “friends” to an upcoming high school dance.
To start, I actually wasn’t friends with this girl. We hung out in the same group of friends, but personally I found her rather annoying. Victory #1 for me, with more to follow.
They both bragged the entire month about how they were going to the dance together. And then, the fateful day arrived.
The girl had chosen a glittery silver floor-length dress (which would have blended into her skin- she had one of those practically transparent complexions- in pictures if the glitter hadn’t caught the flash). Then they chose to grind it out (and sloppily make out- it was the first of such incidents for both of them) on the dance floor before getting their official dance pictures taken.
A week later, I walked up to this girl wailing over her dance pictures with her new boyfriend. Without a word, she passed the pictures to me.
It’s really recommended that, if do you choose to wear a dress with glitter, that you get your pictures first. Otherwise, you’ll end up with their situation. Remember how I said the glitter caught the camera flash? Well, the guy had a large area of glitter on his suit. It was unfortunately all centered around his crotch, since they had made the unwise decision to dance before taking their pictures.
Yup, his revenge plan TOTALLY worked.
Stay Classy Asparagus and Eggs
the easiest, fanciest-looking dinner you’ll make
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb asparagus per person
- 2-3 eggs per person
- Olive oil spray (I use a spray bottle with olive oil in it)
- Salt
- Pepper
How-to
- Preheat oven to 475 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spray cookie sheet with olive oil.
- Break off woody ends of the asparagus and line up on the pan. Spray with some additional olive oil (you don’t need too much) and salt and pepper to taste.
- Roast for 6-8 minutes until bright green (I use 6 minutes for thin spears and 8 minutes for thicker spears).
- Remove tray from oven. Crack one egg in a separate bowl and carefully pour onto a section of asparagus spears. Repeat with additional eggs. Sprinkle with some additional pepper and salt.
- Return to oven and roast for an additional 8-10 minutes, or until the whites have set (the eggs will end up having the consistency of a poached egg). If you like your egg yolks harder, cook for an additional 3-5 minutes.
- Use a spatula to remove from the pan. If desired, top with a drizzle of hollandaise sauce.
domestic diva, M.D. 
Hysterically funny… Revenge is never a good idea… if someone ever has truly bad intentions for you, just let karma sort it out… negative energy always finds a way to attach itself to the right place…
And your dinner looks delicious… 🙂
This is Spring for me .. Asparagus – love, love .. love – but never had it with egg. Easy to try … with glitter or no glitter. And hollandaise sauce – is so good with Asparagus … the best asparagus I ever had was in Cannes at a restaurant by name “Felix” – along the La Croisette. It wasn’t the asparagus – it was the hollandaise sauce, 3 times they refilled the little copper pot we got it. Thanks for this one.
Just checked – FELIX – still going strong … http://www.felix-cannes.com
I’ll have to remember to go there when I finally visit France. I’m a sucker for good hollandaise.
It’s an fantastic restaurant … so if you end up in Cannes, go there. Cannes I don’t really like, but for a good lunch och great dinner – I will go back. *smile
This is definitely going on our menu!!!
This looks like it would make a yummy brunch dish! I’ve done an asparagus eggs benedict (replacing the english muffin & Canadian bacon with asparagus) so I’ll echo the reader above about putting hollandaise sauce on it. And those dance pics sound priceless!
Hehehe great story, and perfect intro to the recipe! Thanks!
Love this combo! (the eggs and asparagus, not glitter and crotch!) haha. I usually cut up the asparagus and throw it in a pan, cook it until almost done. Then toss in scrambled eggs. some S&P, cheese and voila!
This is a much more beautiful presentation though, bravo! 🙂
What a great story! I like the idea of putting olive oil in a spray bottle. I’ll add that to my kitchen repertoire. I seriously don’t know how you keep up med school and a blog and cooking! My hat goes off to you!
Med school is easy…check back in July when I’m an intern. 😉
P.S. I read in one of your blogs, you’re always looking for food photo tips. As I’ve also read your CLEARLY a full time gal. Try and cook in the morning if possible one time and take photos of the food by a window! Window light is glorious!
Unfortunately I’m normally working in the mornings! I’ve managed to take advantage of natural light once this week- you’ll have to let me know what you think once I post that recipe!
I would be more than happy to! I’m just now getting into some food posting here and there. I’m more of a “dinner” person myself. So natural light isn’t always on my side. But when it’s there, it sure is heaven! Look forward to your recipe!
What a great story – I can just picture the glitter gaff. And a terrific recipe – never would have thought of baking eggs. I like the idea of putting olive oil in a spray bottle.
I seriously don’t know how you keep up med school and a blog and cooking. My hat goes off to you!
It’s actually better for your pans to do it that way- the additives in cooking sprays can ruin your pots and pans (especially nonstick ones!)
Asparagus and eggs…. YUM!
I’m currently flirting with the idea of revenge against my ex… hopefully if I go through with it, I’ll be more successful than your high school friend and his glitter monster! 😉
That is such a brillaint story and so, so funny! Love the asparagus and eggs too but am still chuckling at the glitter 😉
OK, I’m making this for breakfast soon! It’s only a few minutes actual prep work, and I can continue getting ready while everything in in the oven.
Your story is hilarious. What do they call glitter? The herpes of craft supplies?
Love the story! I don’t think I’d ever wear a glitter dress but hey that’s just me! 🙂 Also this asparagus dinner is brilliant, I would have NEVER thought of this ever 🙂 Awesome!
Thanks for the sparkly laugh and the perfect recipe and inspiration for tonight’s dinner!
Such a funny story! The asparagus and eggs look so tasty, I’ve never tried them together!
I think I would have called him “glitter crotch” until the end of time after that. Hah!
That exact nickname might have happened for a while…
Looks yummy
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Looks so good! I’ll have to give it a try 🙂
Funny story as well 🙂
Asparagus, eggs and glitter – top combination.
Just proof that all that glitters is gold…comedy gold! Love the recipe, simple and elegant. A nice artisan loaf of bread to sop up the leftover yolk…omg
Love your anecdotes!
Oh, ouch! Sooner or later, we are each our own worst enemy.
I’ve done this with a fried egg and shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano over the top of everything. It’s really good. I’ve never baked an egg though. I will try that.
A question on the whole friends-since-kindergarten-and-I-have-a-thing-for-you thing. Has it ever happened in the whole history of embarrassing silences that the girl is the one who wants go beyond friendship? It always seems to be the guy.
In my experience it’s always the guy. Though I don’t see why it couldn’t be the other way around.
This looks delicious! And too much glitter is always dangerous. 😉
It’s unfortunate that trying to preserve the friendship damaged it but at least it had a funny ending. LOL! Did your friendship recover the shiny crotch incident?
It managed to survive. He’s also happily married now…and not to glitter girl 😉
Best. Story. Ever.
And the eggs look really yummy too. 🙂
Haha! Great story and even better recipe. I’m looking forward to read more of this revenge 😉
Revenge is a dish best served cold but those asparagus and eggs look much better warm 🙂
He also didn’t do the greatest job of serving that revenge 😉
Love your posts!
must try this unique meal! love reading your posts, this one really sparkled! thanks
Bwahahaha! I’ve seen pics where the girl’s deodrant gets all over the guy’s shirt in the chest region, but never glitter in the nether region.
Sounds wonderful…. I really love asparagus wrapped with prosciutto. Next time I feel like having breakfast for dinner, I’m going to try this egg trick! Thank you for the inspiration yet again!
As for the glitter… wow… I’m still laughing!!
This sounds delicious. I think I found dinner for the family. Thanks!
The dish looks great! I bet it tastes really delicious as well. The story is very hilarious. It’s like dinner and a show!
This looks delicious. I’m sooo looking forward to asparagus this spring. I love that the seasonings on the eggs look a bit like glitter.
Just smirking at the glittery crotch! 🙂 definitely stay classy. those eggs look amazing
If you can get that creative in the kitchen, I understand why your guy friend took it so hard when you pulled the “just friends” line. Did you at least offer him some Eggsparagus to lighten the blow?
I wasn’t that good of a cook back then 😉
What a story! Just goes to prove my life maximum that glitter is good on kids’ artwork but not so much as a sartorial choice. Eggs and asparagus, on the other hand, are an excellent culinary choice. This dish looks delicious and easy, which is a hard-to-beat combination. We’re at the wrong end of the season for asparagus down here, but I will make a note for spring! Thanks for dropping by the blog!
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Love the title for your recipe! I say, always be classy, don’t be crazy!
That story is hysterical! I wore a glittery red dress to homecoming my senior year and my date and I were both covered head to toe in red glitter. We looked like a craft project gone terribly awry.
And that recipe is the combination of two of my very favorite foods! Definitely trying that soon. I’ve always eaten my asparagus roasted with olive oil and salt (I call them healthy fries!) but delicious egg on top? I think yes!
I was just thinking to myself the other day about a quick in easy recipe with eggs.
I for sure have to give this a try
such a funny story! They used to say that revenge is a “dish that must been served cold”…but you’d better eat hot these amazing asparagus!
MMM, this looks delicious!
This looks amazing! High school revenge is the best kind of revenge. It is so random and immature. I dated a guy in high school for about 3 months before my friend decided she really liked him and broke us up (well, at the time I thought it was her but now I know we just weren’t good together). That was 12 years ago and they are still together. She apparently still talks a lot of smack about me, even though we haven’t seen each other for years and that part of my life was a blip on the radar. I think my revenge is that they both gained about 60 pounds each (I know that makes me a horrible person for saying that), live in his parent’s basement, and I just got engaged to the perfect guy for me!
This looks delicious!!! And doesn’t look too complicated, which is great for a non-cook! Will definitely have to give it a try. Thanks for subscribing to my blog! You’re my first :))
You’re welcome! 🙂
gosh that looks yummy ! definitly gonna try !!
Sounds tasty and easy enough… and the great part is I can make it for one!
I have been having a love affair with asparagus this month. I’ve eaten it every day. This looks so good! And thank you so much for following my blog. Look forward to getting to know you 🙂
My college roommate (featured again in today’s post) has been making that for dinner once a week for the past month. 😉
Lovely breakfast idea! Thank you for visiting my blog. Cheers!
I love this 🙂 I usually have soft boiled eggs, cut the tops off the eggs and dip blanched asparagus into the runny yolk so I just LOVE your version 🙂
This looks like my kind of meal. Lovely post and a great idea — I just might have to cook it today!
I made this tonite. I blanched them first instead of roasting. Far quicker to get them partially cooked. Only did 2 mins in salted water. Then placed in the oven. While the eggs cooked, I made the quickest hollandaise-bernaise that I have ever made. Perfect combo. Thanks!
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