Egg painting

In the wake of the vernal festival, I thought about the practice of painting / coloring eggs. (Actually egg shells.) And then I made a leap to consider how to paint _with_ eggs.

One simply separates yolk from albumen, uses a plastic hypodermic to squirt patterns of yellow on an oiled frypan, and then covers with the remaining egg white.

See [link] for a snapshot. You're seeing the yolk through the as-yet-uncongealed albumen. Later I found it better to reverse the lettering, as once the white cooks, the design becomes visible only when flipped.

Works best with a slow flame, to avoid water vapor bubbles. I also considered that it might be fun to combine this with 4 layered cheese, as an omelette.

I thought surely this had been baked (fried?), but I didn't find a reference.

Tastes best when served with croissants!