Fifty Before 50

It was a quiet Father's Day Sunday after a busy week and I was craving eggs benny. I decided it was a perfect opportunity to attempt my first pass on making good Hollandaise sauce. I walked to the market and picked up eggs, english muffins, ham and potatoes and it wasn't until I was partway home and read a Facebook comment from my friend that I realised I had forgotten the butter. Doh! “First hollandaise attempt?? It’s easy…All you need is butter. Lots and lots of butter” So finally after nearly two hours of prep I was ready. I decided to start with an easy recipe [1] and chose Julia Child’s classic take on this saucy staple (recipe follows). The ingredients. Please note the packaged hollandaise sauce. It was purchased as a back-up incase I totally destroyed the one I was making. Wisking water and lemon juice into the eggs. I used my Grandma's double boiler for this and put the pot on the simmer element. Starting to thicken over the bath just th...