English-Dutch translations for omelette

• omelet
  President De Gaulle heeft eens gezegd dat men moeilijk van 6 gekookte eieren een omelet kan bakken, laat staan van 15 of straks 24. President de Gaulle once said that it is difficult to make an omelette out of six boiled eggs, let alone 15 or 24.
  Ten eerste wordt in mijn land gezegd dat je geen omelet kunt bakken zonder eieren te breken. First, we have a saying in my country, that you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.
  Wat we nu bespreken lijkt wellicht meer op de omelet van Columbus dan op het ei van Columbus. Maybe now we are discussing something which is not so much a Columbus egg as a Columbus omelette.
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Definition of omelette

• A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with cheese, chives or other foodstuffs

Related words

• you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
• you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette
• Spanish omelette
• you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs
• you’ve got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette
• you have to break the eggs to make an omelette