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FFS Scotch Eggs used to be the food of the elite

Little shop down the End of My road a scotch egg specialist

£5 each at farmers market last week...

OOha Ahh it's Ambrosia

Little tip. The waitrose deli counter scoth eggs are the same ones as the cheaper ones on the shelf. They just take them out the box.

I used to consider myself a bit of a scotch egg expert.

The range in quality and freshness is immense.

The benchmark was Tesco's Finest.  Anything cheaper than that was usually inedible.

Just found this article which may sort of endorses that...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/19/supermarket-scotch-eggs-best-worst-taste-test

Another little tip. Anyone new to scotch eggs... Free range does not mean that you don't have to pay for them.

The Contentious History of the Scotch Egg........ The Scotch egg is said to have been invented by luxury London department store Fortnum & Mason in the 18th century – or was it in fact derived from the Indian dish Nargisi Kofta?

The exclusive London provisioner Fortnum & Mason claims it invented the portable snack for rich coach travellers in 1738.....

“The eggs would have been smaller in those days,’’ says the company’s archivist Dr Andrea Turner. “They would have been pullet’s eggs rather than hen’s eggs, and the meat would have been gamier, like a strong Victorian pâté.’’

For those that are bothered, making your own is a real treat.

Make sure you get the freshest small eggs possible and top quality sausagemeat.

Mrs H. shallow fried them as we haven't got any deep frying facilities.

Eaten hot for breakfast.....fecking great.

I do like a properly well made Scotch egg, in the Herne Hill street market on a Sunday at the top end of Railton Road there is a stall that sells them and they are the absolute nuts. £4 quid each but 2 for a fiver if you go when they are shutting up shop at 16.00, well worth the money and the yolk is cooked to perfection. I'm going there tomorrow!

you sound just like me, SlippyBlue lose 2k on a tennis match (or cricket)  & then march to a Sunday market near closing to grab a bargain

Yep, that's me all over !

I’ll see your scotch egg and raise you a gala pie. The king of pork-based snacks.

Why are they called "Scotch Eggs" ?

How did scotch eggs get their name?....


The London department store Fortnum & Mason claims to have invented Scotch eggs, but the name for the snack was supposedly derived from a nickname used by Londoners who lived around Wellington Barracks after Officers of the Scots Guards stationed there developed a taste for the snack.

I'll be at Fortnum & Mason soon. I'll ask for one of their famous 300 year old scotch eggs.

Try them.....Century eggs also known as preserved egg, hundred-year egg, thousand-year egg, thousand-year-old egg, millennium egg, skin egg and black egg, are a Chinese preserved food product and delicacy made by preserving duck, chicken or quail eggs in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime, and rice hulls for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing.

Make ya want to chuck......

They sell the in the food hall at F&M, they do look very good. I can't remember how much they were but not outrageous. My dad makes them quite regularly in a fryer and they are heaven, which if he carries on is were he'll be!

i ate 2 on saturday one after the other dint have a shyte till this morning !

My "Egg Woman" always has loads in the house, but goes to get ultimate fresh ones for me, as they are the best for poaching and frying.

Unfortunately they are not the best for boiling, as peeling off the shell is a tad difficult!

Advice for peeling eggs, is to do it in cold water (that's the egg in cold water, and not yourself)!