I know a lot of people hate their names. I’m not really one of them. I have to admit though that I don’t really feel like a Lorraine if you know what I mean (my parents were going to name me Selina which I think suits me better). However it’s not a bad name-I could have had worse inflicted upon me. However as a consequence, I’ve been called Quiche Lorraine quite a few times which didn’t bother me as much as that Australian-ism “Lozza” which just made me cringe.
I didn’t particularly like Quiche Lorraine growing up, only because the Quiche Lorraine that I tried was the frozen type found in the freezer section of the supermarket. So I dismissed Quiche Lorraine as something watery and eggy and not particularly nice. Until I tried a good one.
This quiche is not your typical Quiche Lorraine with egg, bacon and cheese but a version made with whatever I had in the fridge before our move which happened to be leftover roast chicken, grilled eggplant and a few cheeses. So please feel free to use whatever you have to hand that you think would go well together. I’m hoping that by making Springtime and picnic friendly dishes that the weather will continue to be gorgeous. Sydney-siders be sure to enjoy the fabulous 28 degree day predicted for tomorrow perhaps with this quiche and a picnic!
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So tell me Dear Reader, do you like or dislike your own name? And have you changed your mind about it once you got older?
Quiche Not Lorraine
- Premade shortcrust pastry shell or a sheet of shortbrust pastry cut to fit a flan tin
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/2 onion sliced thinly
- 1 cup grated cheese
- 2 baby eggplant sliced lengthways, grilled and then chopped into bite sized pieces
- 1/2 cup chicken breast, sliced (I used leftover roast chicken)
1. Roll out shortcrust pastry and prick small holes in the bottom. Bake blind at 180C/350F for 20 minutes. Then cool for 20 minutes.
2. Mix all quiche ingredients together in a bowl. Pour inside shortcrust shell and bake at 180c/350F for 20-30 minutes until set.
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If it makes you feel better my grandmother wanted to name me Bubbles. Oh my gosh I would have had the same name as Michael Jacksons pet monkey. Lucky my dad came to the rescue..
Do you know, it was just 2 days ago I was looking through a cookbook and quiche lorraine came up and i seriously thought to myself “Oh I wonder if NQN loves her name because it’s food related”…. *freaky*
I think you should call it “Quiche Selina”
Names are funny, aren’t they? I really like my name though. Growing up, there was never another Julia in my class at school – which was great. I owned that name. It was mine! My name was selected because of my month of birthday – July. Since, I have met many Julia’s who were also born in July (seems their parents had the same idea!). Only thing that urks me is when people call me Julie. I like the name, but that’s not my name. Otherwise my parents would have called me Julie. Seems silly, but my pet peeve. Lozza? What’s that? I’ve never heard of it. I really really don’t like shortened names in that way. Could only imagine being called Lozza! Poor you!!!!
I’d love to have a quiche with my name on it…
Your title made me laugh! I love Quiche Lorraine. Yours looks beautiful! I have always liked my name. When I was little I thought Cindy (from the Brady Bunch) was a better name.
You should call your quiche “Not Quite Lorraine”!
i love mine. it’s unique and one of a kind. lately there’s been a TV series named after me…and when i was growing up, there was also a robot on perfect match that shared my name. i do think that when parents think of names, they need to consider the playground taunts…you don’t want a kid hating their identity… i do find it funny with people with same first and last name – had a guy in my school, his name was Peter Peters – now that’s just lazy if u ask me!
Oh man I didn’t realise making quiche would be this dead easy! I thought there would’ve been thousands more ingredients… this is fabulous! And I agree – sometimes I don’t feel like a “Patricia” but I should count my blessings and thank my parents I wasn’t given a more eccentric or hard to pronounce Filipino name.
Chicken and eggplant. Nice combination in all that creamy cheesey-ness.
I’ve always liked my name, because it was so unusual. Perhaps we could give you a new name…
That’s a tasty looking quiche. I’m so jealous of your good weather! Perth is nothing but rain and gloom right now.
I love my name, but everyone always spells it wrong and/or assumes I’m male. You get used to it, but it is quite annoying when the only contact I’ve had with someone is an email I’ve sent them, where I’ve spelled my own name correctly, and they reply saying “Hi Connor”. Last person that did that I replied by saying “Hi Davvid”, hehe.
The thing I like most about quiches is that they are very adaptable. My favourites are potato & chorizo, zucchini, leek and bacon, and chicken, macadamias and tomatoes.
I was going to be Kylie, after Kylie Minogue, it was the late 80’s. Glad my parents changed their mind!
I wanted to say something but real men don’t comment on Quiche – Lorraine or not.
That quiche looks like a delicious way to eat leftovers! My mum gave us ordinary middle names in case we didn’t like our first names, but we’ve both kept them.
I may not KNOw know you, but I think “Lorraine” sort of suits you….I don’t know, it makes me think of someone really pretty, really glamorous, really sophisticated, yet down-to-earth.
I like my name, actually. It means “wisdom” and that’s what I am! A very very very very verrrrrry wise girl
Haha!
The quiche looks to die for, I am inspired! As for the names thing, it is very cool having a food related name I must say!
That looks yum! And “Lozza” .. nahhh! lol.
My name is Snehal [it means lovable in Sanskrit]. Growing up in India, it was alright, everyone could say it. Then I moved to Singapore and the fun started. Apparently outside of India, it is quite a tongue-twister [pronounced snai-hull]. 14 years ago when I met Nick, he started calling me “Sneh” [short for my longer name and means "Love" in Sanskrit, pronounced "Snai-h". Then we moved to Australia and people never remembered my name, couldn't pronounce it and didn't call me by it because they were scared to mispronounce it ... to a point where I started thinking of what I could call myself that would be a derivative of my name and easy for people to pronounce. So I took the "Hal" from my anme and made it "Halle" as in Halle Berry and people wopuld still call me Hayley or "What's that again?" .. Now I just go by Sneh [which I love] and a lot of people still don’t get it .. They spell it “Snae” and “Snay” and “Sanay” and it drives me nuts … LOL
Hmm the quiche looks so much better than the one I’m eating right now for lunch!
As I always go by Yas which is short for Yasunari, I often don’t even recognize it when I’m referred by my full first name lol Sometimes I wish I had a name that exists both in English and Japanese so I don’t have to spell it out everytime when asked. haha
Being the only one in your class with your name is, I think, preferable. My daughter (Claire) had 6 Sopie’s in her class last year. Ellen is a family name for us – and much better than the moniker my mother was given – Gertrude. At least you can change your name if you hate it – she’s Trudy except to family – which is so much nicer. Nick names, however, are a whole different discussion!! Ellenphant didn’t make me very happy as a child!!!
Oh I hate my name. Of course my mother was adamant to name me something ladylike and ‘British’ but I just think my name is so old fashioned that I feel daggy everytime I say it. The name means ‘pure maiden’ which clearly I might be at odds with!
I always thought a boys name suited me more and yes I considered changing it. Btw I love love love quiche and this looks mouthwatering.
Beautiful quiche!!
It’s funny, I really wasn’t a big fan of my name as a kid, I thought Myriam was a bit weird. But then when I grew older, my parents explained me why they chose that name: in Paris, there’s a very interesting mix of immigrants from all over the place, all sorts of religions too. And they said that the reason they chose Myriam, which comes from Marie, is because it’s a central character in the Bible, the Torah and the Quran. They liked the universality of the name. A bit too elaborate for me to get as a kid, but now I really like it!
I love my name Matilda, I was named after my maternal grandmother because she died 15 days before I was born. Also, I’ve never ,ever come across another Matilda while growing up and felt quite unique. However, I have seen a quiet resurgence especially after Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward named their daughter Matilda. Nowadays,it’s much more common and when I hear a mum calling out Matilda, I smile inwardly. I think Selina would have suited you , why did your parents change their mind. Not Quite Selina?
My name was quite normal Nicole -yet no one ever called me by it..I was Nicki. Now the only original part of my name that remains is my middle name Louise. I changed my firstname by deedpoll 18yrs ago and have had 3 surnames (2 marriages!)I now just loved being “Nicki” with no confusion!
Your quiche not so Lorraine is looking fabulous!!
What else is there to say?
I’m fine with Fiona
There’s a whole 1 restaurant I can use that voucher at. Better than none! (A nice Indian place though, I like their food!)
Quiche Lorraine is an awesome quiche. My fav – love it. You don’t meet many Lorraines’ these days…every one I have met has been lovely.
LOL, the quiche, while I am not 100% a fan, since i always find it rather bland, yours looks rather wonderful!
Love the title =) my name is ann lee, surname ling but ppl kept thinking my surname is lee, and I have to keep correcting them. names…
quiche lorraine WISHES it was as delicious as your creation here. the traditional version isn’t worthy of your name.
Hee hee it would be soo cool to have a food related name! Oohh that quiche does look so tasty but I think it should’ve been called Quiche Not Quite Lorraine
oh this looks delicious! I always associate quiche lorraine with eggy and watery too but this one looks so good
thanks for the offer (even though i don’t live in australia hahaha) my name is Dorothy, and i love it! i think it suits me!
lovely name L
your quiche turned out nice. sounds yummy!!
have a lovely weekend!
cheers!!
Wow quiche with eggplant and onions sounds delicious, tempting clicks!
love those quiche photos – gorgeous and creamy – I was going to be called peter but then I was a girl!
28 C is crazy weather – we have our own crazy windy weather in melbourne at the moment – enjoy the sunshine
Oooh, your quiche is gorgeous! I used to very much dislike my name…as a child I was serenaded George Michael’s “Gotta Have Faith” more times than I can remember. And of course, each time the person singing it would laugh hysterically like they had just come up with the most original joke ever. Luckily, since then I’ve actually come to like my name (and not hate George Michaels as much).
Yummy! Eggplant sounds like a perfect addition to quiche! I have to make quiche Lorraine in class on Tuesday. Yay quiche!
I am not a big fan of my own name – Anna seems like a name for tall blond Nordic girls, not short brown-haired girls of indeterminate European ancestry like myself. It’s better than Ann, I suppose, and anyone daring to call me Annie will be thoroughly ignored.
Yum, I’ve recently begun to love quiches (homemade), my early memories were also of those frozen ones – yuck.
I love my name, though I often get called “Channel” or “Oh, just like the perfume, right?” etc
Yum – I adore quiche! This looks like a goodie. I dislike my name, but have given up the urge to change it as I have gotten older because I don’t think either me or anyone I already know would remember or get used to a new moniker, so this one will do. At least it’s short!
Hi Katherine-Oh wow really? Yes like Bubbles the Chimp or the characters in Ab Fab!
That would be an interesting name to have! :O
Hi Iron Chef Shellie-Haha isn’t that funny!
Yes I should have! 
Hi Julia-You have a nice name! Ahh July I see, that makes total sense. Yes I can imagine people don’t see how important the a is which can be annoying. I know, we used to do that to our names to “westify” them for a laugh but of course it stuck as there’s not much you can do with a name like Lorraine.
Hi Paula-You can create a Quiche Paula!
Hi Barbara-Thanks!
Oooh I loved Cindy too and Jane but now I go for wild, outlandish names! 
Hi Anita-Haha I love it!
Hi kewpie -Oooh your name is Dexter! How fantastic! Haha yes that is just mean for the kid not to mention lazy!
Hi Trisha-It’s sp easy-that’s why I never buy it as it’s expensive for the effort you make
Ahh I know what you mean! 
Hi The Duo Dishes-Thankyou!
Hi Blond Duck-Haha I’ve gotten used to it now!
Hi Conor-Thankyou! We’re quite lucky with our weather lately which is a nice change. Ahh yes I can imagine! Haha good way to get your point across!
Hi Lisa-Yes you’re right, just throw anything into them! That sounds like a fantastic combo and macadamias!? Yum! Ah yes I thought that Krystle and Alexis
were good names as I was a Dynasty addict
Hi Ed-Haha you don’t! Say you do!
Hi Arwen-Thankyou! Yes it was the best thing to do with them
Ahh I like that, that’s a very prudent way of thinking!
Hi Sophia-Aww thankyou! That’s such a lovely thing to say!
Yes you are! And I know another and she is wise too 
Hi cherryblossomcupcake-Thankyou! It is the ultimate coup for a food blogger!
Hi Sneh-I know, so wrong!
Aww that’s so lovely!Oh that’s a great story to tell and I love the fact that it means Love. How could you not be called that!? 
Hi Yas -Aww sorry Yas! Hehe is it a case of only being called it when you’re in trouble?
Hehe believe me, I still have to spell Lorraine out to people!
Hi Ellen-Trudy is a nice version of Getrude I think too
Oh no, kids can be so mean! I got Lori a lot so that was kind of boring but at least not offensive
Hi Karen-Oh really! LOL Pure maiden! They were aiming very high weren’t they. I don’t know if there are that many pure maidens nowadays! Ooh which name would you choose? Thankyou!
Hi Myriam-Thankyou!
Oh what a lovely story! Funnily enough my husband disliked his name until his mum explained why they chose it. Isn’t that funny how things change! 
Hi Matilda-It’s a great name and so Australian too!
Yes also Heath Ledger’s daughter! I’m not sure why they changed their mind (I should really ask!)
Hi Noodlehead-Ahh interesting! I’m sure there’s an interesting story behind that!
Hi Sophie-Thankyou so much!
Hi Fiona-Cool! Ah yes better than none and at least you like their food!
Hi Katrina-It is! I know, it’s a well known name but not common. I’ve only met a handful in my life! Hehe good to know!
Hi ArtemisIII-I think a homemade one is always good
Thankyou!
Hi pigpigscorner-Ahhh yes my maiden surname was a handful! I can imagine they’d think that!
Hi grace-hehe aww thankyou Grace!
Hi FFichiban-Dare you to change yours to one! Go on!
Hi snooky doodle-yes me too-I think frozen ones always tend to be don’t they!
Hi DessertObsessed-Hehe no problems!
OOh just like The Wizard of Oz which is fabulous! 
Hi nora-Thankyou so much! You too!
Hi Parita-Thankyou very much!
Hi Johanna-Thanks! Ahh they didn’t think to do Peta?
I was in Canberra so I missed it but it’s relatively warm now! Relatively… 
Hi Faith-Thankyou! OH you poor thing, I can imagine and everyone would feel like they were so original! Hehe at George Michael!
Hi anna-Thanks!
Oh how cool, did you like it? I must remind myself never to call you Ann or Annie! 
Hi Zam-Yes mine was too!
Oh why oh why can’t people pronouce Chanel? Have they been living under a rock?
Hi Cakelaw-Fantastic! I bet you make great quiches too
Yes there’s a lot to be said for brevity!
As you can see, I’m Vanessa and you know what goes with that.
Love your Quiche, Lorraine!
You’d fit as a Selina, but I think Lorraine is more unique.
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