Quiche Lorraine Slice
$9 play money
A wedge of egg and bacon tart. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $9 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.
No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.
Key facts
- Cuisine
- French
- Menu section
- French
- Price tier
- Snack ($1 to $14)
- Play-money price
- $9
- Main ingredients
- eggs, cream, bacon, pastry
- How it is served
- A wedge of quiche with a golden top and visible bacon on a plate with salad
History, tradition and origin
Eggs are the centre of breakfast in much of the world. The cooked breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage and beans is a British and Irish institution. Poached eggs with ham and butter sauce were created in New York in the late 1800s. The French made the omelette and the souffle tests of a cook's skill, and the egg and bacon tart comes from Lorraine.
Food economy and industry
The world produces well over a trillion eggs a year. Housing for hens is changing, with many countries and retailers moving from cages to cage-free systems. Outbreaks of bird flu periodically reduce flocks and push egg prices up. Bacon and breakfast sausage are major products of the pork industry.
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