I’ve said before that all farmers’ markets have similarities, but they also offer local flavor. In Albuquerque, the local flavor revolves around red and green chile peppers. Donna bought a loaf of green chile sourdough bread at the market on Saturday. On Sunday morning, she made a breakfast dish she’d tried at the Cracker Barrel in Nashville – eggs in a hole. She sliced the bread, cut a hole in the center, then toasted the bread in a frying pan and added egg in the center. It made a nice combination with the fried eggs and green chile flavor.
Egg in a hole with bacon strips
I opened yesterday’s post by saying a reader had asked what became of the consulting gig I was offered. I wrote about that offer from my former colleague, Skip Redmond, in this post last April.
At that time, I was expecting a contract and we had a trip to Valencia, California scheduled on the following week for on-the-job training. I would leave on Monday and work through Friday and return Friday evening. This was all arranged via e-mail exchanges April 8th, where Skip said he was ordering my business cards and we would be rolling.
When we originally discussed the opportunity during a lunch meeting in November, Skip said the work should suit my RV lifestyle. Each job would take five or six days, depending on the travel time. I would have two or three weeks lead time – all I would need to do is make sure I had access to a major airport whenever I took an assignment. He said the work would be infrequent, maybe six to eight trips per year.
I received another e-mail from Skip later on April 8th that puzzled me. He asked how many weeks per month I would want to work. Weeks per month? This didn’t sound like an infrequent assignment. I replied, asking Skip if something changed – I expected to take an assignment every six to eight weeks as we discussed in November. I didn’t hear back from him.
On April 16th, the Thursday before our scheduled trip to Valencia, I e-mailed Skip and asked if the trip was still on. He replied that the trip was cancelled and he would get back to me with new dates when he got them. I never heard from him again.
I don’t know what happened. I heard that another former colleague went to work for Skip. Maybe he decided it wasn’t worth it to hire me if I wasn’t willing to work “weeks per month.” The lack of communication has certainly put me off though. I’m retired and I don’t want or need to work on regular basis. The job he offered in November sounded ideal for me. Maybe he was just trying to lure me onboard, then he could make it into something more than infrequent assignments.
So that’s how my consulting gig crumbled.
Sound like Skip needs a refresher course in Management 101….
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Sounds like an outfit you can do without. I worked for a company like that for about 3 months, realized what they were, and got out. Considered myself fortunate.
Hi, Marv. Good to hear from you! I still get nice compliments on the headshots you took of me a few years back.
Hi Donna and Mike,
Still enjoy your blog on your USA travel adventures.
All is fine here in Michigan and have really been enjoying the mild weather we have been having for the last few weeks. Mid 70’s at this time of the year has been great. Cheryl watches our 11 month old granddaughter once a week on Wednesdays in Waterford and really has a lot of fun! Cheryl is still working 4 days a week at her same job with the CPA firm. I left my test driver job working for Roush as a test driver for about 1 1/2 years. I did this part time at night on the streets and xways in SE MI. Got to drive all Chrysler and Fiat vehicles. Chargers, Challengers, SRT’s, and Hellcats. What a blast with the power of these cars.
I am now working for Ultimate Soccer Arenas in Pontiac as a security/ maintaince staff. A good friend of mine is one of the managing partners and needed some part time help. We are adding on an entire full size indoor soccer field to our already 300,000 sq. ft facility. This facility we now be N. Americas largest Non Professional indoor sports Arena. We also have lacrosse games and one day a week we have a remote control/ electric airplane club that flies inside. 65 foot high ceilings makes it nice and no wind or obstructions.
The egg inside a hole in the bread my brother and I make these all the time during deer season when we go to the farm in Upstate NY. We call these 1 eyed Jacks and are a quick breakfast when you have to get into the woods by 530am.
Safe travels,
Gary and Cheryl
So good to hear from you, Gary! I was so sorry I missed my lunch date with Cheryl. We had a little miscommunication. Next time! Your new job sounds very interesting with all the different sports and activities going on. I love that name…one-eyed jacks! We don’t have a toaster so this is a great way for us to have toasted bread with eggs. I never knew about this breakfast idea until we went to Cracker Barrel one morning for breakfast.
Hi Donna
No toaster needed.
Put hole in bread, baste both sides of bread with butter, put bread on frying pan and crack egg into hole. Flip it after a few minutes and Bam! Season egg to your likings.
Love love love the egg in a hole, must try that tomorrow
Diana, I first had this breakfast at Cracker Barrel and loved it! Use a dense bread like sourdough or multi-grain, butter both sides of the bread, then cut a hole big enough for an egg. Fry one side first, then flip it and crack an egg into the hole. Cover the frying pan so the top of the egg can cook. I fry the holes too!
Beautiful pix of the balloons and breakfast. Glad you could help out the people in the Foretravel.
Thanks Nolan – are you here?