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Revuelto de Gramajo

(Gramajo's Scramble)

Revuelto de Gramajo is a popular Argentine hangover cure that is typically consumed and served for breakfast. It consists of only a few selected ingredients – scrambled eggs, thinly sliced ham, and fried potatoes, although some like to add green peas, chicken, or onions to the mix.


Gramajo is capitalized because the dish was supposedly invented by a man named Artemio Gramajo. However, there are multiple theories about the origins of this delightfully greasy breakfast: the first one says that Colonel Gramajo used to eat fried eggs, potatoes, onions, and ham for breakfast every day, while the other one says that the Colonel was a member of an exclusive club and restaurant in Buenos Aires where he played cards and billiard, and he used to order a special dish of scrambled eggs, Serrano ham, and peas.


There is also the third theory claiming that another Gramajo, Arturo, who was a playboy in Paris, ordered a breakfast dish when the kitchen was closed, so they made him a dish with leftovers: ham, eggs, chicken, and French fries. Regardless of the origins, one thing is indeed true: whoever invented the dish had the last name Gramajo.