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Featured Food 4, February Editiion - Eggs
12 years ago
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before submitting a dish please read our club rules and TOS on the main page I started a series called Featured Food which I had hoped to be able to put up once a fortnight or month. Well life interfered and there was quite a delay...3 months delay over the Christmas/New Year period; so maybe I'll try for monthly.
The
faccc would love to hear from you the reader. So please add your comments, any information,history items, anecdotes, links, recipes, hints & tips or any related items...I’m also looking for suggestions for the next featured food. What food would you like featured?
Foods currently completed or on the list for Featured Foods
1. Potato (done: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4906035/)
2. Tomato (done: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4982455/)
3. Durian (done: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5199578/)
4. Egg
5. Banana
6. Peppers
EGGS
This is a subject that has been mentioned before in previous journals
see: Questions of EGG names and types etc: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2706385/
and A Question of Raw Eggs. http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2547589/
But what is an egg?
An egg/ovum is the largest cell visible to the naked eye.
From Wikipedia
Eggs are laid by female animals of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have been eaten by humans for thousands of years.
Isn't that the truth. To my knowledge almost every type of egg has been eaten by humans and other animals world wide since before recorded history. For the most part these days most of us eat chicken eggs but many get the opportunity to try other types of eggs and different countries have different eggs available. For example in Africa guineafowl eggs are common, in England and Norway Gull eggs are a delicacy and Pheasant eggs are popular in other places.
For me personally I've had quail, duck, goose, emu, turkey and fish eggs (roe aka caviar).
How can we use them? COOKED? CRAFTED?
Boiled (hard or soft), scrambled, baked, fried, poached are all common methods but we also put them into a multitude of dishes from savoury to sweet. Some cultures choose to pickle them, salt them (usually duck eggs in this case) and even preserve them to create 1000 year old eggs.
If there is anyone out there that has tried pickled, salted or 1000 year old eggs please tell us what you thought of them.
Eggs are sometimes used in cosmetics and in craft projects too. Thought those shells were useless? Think again as shells can be cooked and crushed and put into the garden or garden compost. Many cultures choose to decorate eggs as part of festivities either as a decorated hard boiled egg or decorated blown egg. Some eggs like ostrich and emu eggs are even blown and carved because their shells are so thick. One artist I know takes eggshells, dries them, crushes them to a fine powder and coats thin card with a glue and the egg shells. He then takes a piece of silver wire and draws on the eggshell coated paper.
Nutrition Facts
(Based on 100g of boiled chicken egg)
Calories 155
% Daily Value* based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Total Fat.......................................11 g ........16%
Saturated fat.................................3.3 g....... 16%
Polyunsaturated fat....................... 1.4 g
Monounsaturated fat..................... 4.1 g
Cholesterol.................................... 373 mg.....124%
Sodium .........................................124 mg..... 5%
Potassium ......................................126 mg ....3%
Total Carbohydrate.......................... 1.1 g .......0%
Dietary fibre...................................... 0 g ........0%
Sugar ............................................1.1 g
Protein........................................... 13 g........ 26%
Vitamin A 10%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 5%
Iron 6%
Vitamin D 21%
Vitamin B-6 5%
Vitamin B-12 18%
Magnesium 2%
How can we use them? RAW?
Yes eggs can be eaten raw but care must be taken and a knowledge of the source, transport and age of the eggs are important, make your choice to do so as an educated one. The main cause is contamination; so care must be taken to prevent the egg shell from becoming contaminated with faecal matter. The risk of infection from raw or undercooked eggs is dependent in part upon the sanitary conditions under which the hens are kept. So if you keep your own hens, make sure the eggs are laid in a clean environment, collected daily and washed as soon as possible. Refrigeration is a good thing but let them come to room temperature before cooking. Most commercial eggs at least in the US are washed moments after being laid in a sanitizing solution. Other information on raw eggs can be found in the journal and comments of A Question of Raw Eggs. http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2547589/.
nb: Personally I use raw eggs; mostly in milk drinks and homemade mayonnaise as I have my own hens and keep them in good conditions. I know the age of an egg, the quality and in most cases which hen has laid it.
Allergies and Cautions
Egg allergies are very common in infants. In many cases cautious exposure to limited amounts of either white or yolk can help the infant grow out of this allergy. If the allergy or food intolerance is a permanent one the problem may be in the yolk, white or both parts. For some the allergy isn't actually to the egg but what is fed to the chicken that laid the egg. It is also worth trying eggs from either ducks, geese or turkeys as a few people who try my turkey eggs have discovered that although chicken eggs cause them issues the turkey eggs don't...One young man of the age of 30 hadn't had bacon and eggs for twenty years and was almost in tears enjoying a favourite dish for the first time in a long time. He has now gone on to discover he can tolerate duck eggs as well so his wife now cooks cakes and biscuits that he can eat with duck eggs.
Care should be taken if there is a history of type 2 diabetes, cholesterol issues and heart issues as eggs in some studies have shown problems in relation to egg consumption, equally so there are studies that show the opposite and state that there is no association between egg consumption and heart disease or stroke. It's a case of working out what works best for your health and as in all things moderate the consumption of eggs.
Substitutes or alternatives
For those that can't tolerate eggs or choose not to eat eggs due to diet or lifestyle there are potential alternatives for cooking. These include a variety of cooking substitutes.
Quote from Wikipedia
For those who do not consume eggs, alternatives used in baking include other rising agents or binding materials, such as ground flax seeds or potato starch flour. Tofu can also act as a partial binding agent, since it is high in lecithin due to its soy content. Applesauce can be used, as well as arrowroot and banana. Extracted soybean lecithin, in turn, is often used in packaged foods as an inexpensive substitute for egg-derived lecithin.
Other egg substitutes are made from just the white of the egg for those who worry about the high cholesterol and fat content in eggs. These products usually have added vitamins and minerals, as well as vegetable-based emulsifiers and thickeners such as xanthan gum or guar gum. These allow the product to maintain the nutrition and several culinary properties of real eggs, making possible foods such as Hollandaise sauce, custard, mayonnaise, and most baked goods with these substitutes.
Interessting Egg Facts
Is it raw or hard boiled? - Just spin the egg. If it wobbles, it’s raw. If it spins easily, it’s hard boiled.
Is it fresh or stale? - A fresh egg will sink in water and lay on its side, a stale one will float and is best discarded. If the egg stands up but doesn't float its okay to use but use it soon and is better suited to be used in a cooked item such as a cake mix or biscuit mix.
The colour of the egg shell is not related to quality, nutrients, flavour, or cooking characteristics and is largely a cosmetic issue. It can be a major issue in production due to regional and national preferences for specific colours, and the results of such preferences on demand. In Brazil and Poland brown or reddish (sometimes referred to as speckled) ones are preferred, in much of the U.S. white eggs are the preference but in a few states brown is customers choice. Brown eggs are also preferred in Costa Rica, Ireland, France, and the United Kingdom and for many Japanese the white colour is the colour of choice.
A whole egg is about 3 tablespoons worth of liquid, the egg yolk measures about 1 tablespoon of liquid.
Eggs contain all the essential protein, minerals and vitamins, except Vitamin C.
But egg yolks are one of few foods that naturally contain Vitamin D
China produces the most eggs, at about 160 billion per year.
Chicken are descendants of the red jungle fowl (gallus gallus spadiceus) that lives in Asia. The chicken is one of the first domestic animals, appearing in China around 1400 BC. There are some 150 chicken species and hundreds of chicken breeds.
Quote from:http://www.express.co.uk/fun/top10f.....cts-about-eggs
1. Worldwide, around 1.2 trillion eggs are produced for eating every year. The average person on Earth consumes 173 eggs a year.
2. Forty per cent of the world’s eggs are consumed in China.
3. The Guinness World Record for omelette making is held by Howard Helmer, who made 427 omelettes in 30 minutes.
4. The average hen lays between 250 and 270 eggs a year but some lay more than 300.
5. According to research published in 2008, male dinosaurs were sometimes responsible for sitting on eggs until they hatched.
6. “Nobody can eat 50 eggs,” (George Kennedy in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke).
7. The world record for eating hard-boiled eggs is 65 in 6min 40sec, by Sonya Thomas in 2003. She would have eaten more but they ran out of eggs.
8. This year’s World Hard-Boiled Egg Eating Championship is due to be held at Radcliff, Kentucky, on Saturday, with a prize fund of $3,000. (This event was in 2013)
9. The brown or white colour of an eggshell is purely dependent on the breed of the hen.
10. “A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg,” (Life And Habit by Samuel Butler 1835-1902).
For Better or Worse here are some Egg Jokes
Egg Jokes, egg-cetera from: http://www.jokes4us.com/miscellaneo...../eggjokes.html
What day do eggs hate most?
Fry-day!
What did Snow White call her chicken?
Egg white.
How do eggs leave the highway?
By going through the eggs-it.
How do comedians like their eggs?
Funny side up!
How do monsters like their eggs?
Terri-fried!
What do chickens call a school test?
Eggs-amination!
What did the eggs do when the light turned green?
They egg-celerated!
Why is Kristy Alley so fat?
Because she did not eggsercise!
How did the egg get up the mountain?
It scrambled up!
What do you call an egg taking a snooze on the job?
Egg-zosted!
Who wrote the book, Great Eggspectations?
Charles Chickens!
Why can't you tease egg whites?
Because they can't take a yolk!
What do you get when you cross an egg with a sperm?
An omelette you probably shouldn't eat.
Why did the egg go to school?
To get "egg-u-cated"!
Why is the chef so mean?
She beats the eggs!
Why did the chicken lay her egg on an axe?
She wanted to hachet
Why do chickens lay eggs?
Because if they dropped them they would break!
What do Chickens grow on?
Eggplants!
What did the egg say to the clown?
You crack me up!
What part did the egg play in the movies?
He was an "Egg-stra".
What do you call an egg who is on the computer too much?
An "Egg Head".
What sport are the eggs good at?
Running!
What did the mommy egg say to the baby egg?
You're "Egg-stra special".
What does the cihcken say to get across a busy street?
EGGS-cuse me please!
What grows on yolk trees?
Egg-corns!
What is an eggs favourite tree?
A y-oak tree!
How do chickens pay for their groceries?
Using the eggs-press line.
Where do you find information about eggs?
In the hen-cyclopedia!
Who tells the best egg jokes?
Comedi-hens!
What do chickens serve at birthday parties?
Coop-cakes!
What do you call an egg that goes on safari?
An eggs-plorer!
How many eggs can you eat on an empty stomach?
Just one, because then your stomach won't be empty.
How do you know if it's too hot in the chicken barn?
The chickens are laying hard-boiled eggs.
How do baby chickens dance?
Chick-to-chick!
What do you call a mischievous egg?
A practical yolker.
What do you call an egg white with cowboy boots?
A western omelette!
What do you get if a chicken lays an egg on top of a barn?
An eggroll.
What do you get when you cross a chicken with a Martian?
An eggs-traterrestrial!
What do you call a city of 20 million eggs?
New Yolk City!
What do you call a handyman who lives on a farm?
An egg-chanic.
If fruit comes from a fruit tree, what kind of a tree does a chicken come from?
A poul-tree!
Q: What do you call a pig with a rash?
A: Ham and Eczema
Who CAME First?
A chicken and an egg are laying in bed.
The chicken is stretched back smoking a cigarette with a very satisfied smile across his face.
The egg is frowning and looking extremely frustrated.
The egg says, "Guess we answered that question."
Not Too Egg-citing
If you think life is bad. How would you like to be an egg?
You only get laid once.
You only get eaten once.
It takes 4 minutes to get hard. Only 2 minutes to get soft.
You share your box with 11 other guys.
But worst of all. The only chick that ever sat on your face was your mother.
Egg Pick Up Lines
How do you like your eggs cooked? Why? Well I just wanted know what to make for you in the morning!
How do you like you eggs in the morning? scrambled or fertilized!
Hey baby can I crack my eggs in your hot sizzling grill?
I never said they were all good jokes. So share your egg related items here, tell us what types you have tried, egg health issues, jokes, puns, fun facts etc. We would love to hear about preserving eggs and any recipes you would care to share. Any funny stories out there or naughty ones!? Any information on caviar which I didn't cover here much? Share you egg related picture links etc.
*hugs* from mod yelleena
And don't forget to have an egg-cellent day!
The
faccc would love to hear from you the reader. So please add your comments, any information,history items, anecdotes, links, recipes, hints & tips or any related items...I’m also looking for suggestions for the next featured food. What food would you like featured?Foods currently completed or on the list for Featured Foods
1. Potato (done: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4906035/)
2. Tomato (done: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4982455/)
3. Durian (done: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5199578/)
4. Egg
5. Banana
6. Peppers
**************************************************************************EGGS
This is a subject that has been mentioned before in previous journals
see: Questions of EGG names and types etc: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2706385/
and A Question of Raw Eggs. http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2547589/
But what is an egg?
An egg/ovum is the largest cell visible to the naked eye.
From Wikipedia
Eggs are laid by female animals of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have been eaten by humans for thousands of years.
Isn't that the truth. To my knowledge almost every type of egg has been eaten by humans and other animals world wide since before recorded history. For the most part these days most of us eat chicken eggs but many get the opportunity to try other types of eggs and different countries have different eggs available. For example in Africa guineafowl eggs are common, in England and Norway Gull eggs are a delicacy and Pheasant eggs are popular in other places.
For me personally I've had quail, duck, goose, emu, turkey and fish eggs (roe aka caviar).
How can we use them? COOKED? CRAFTED?
Boiled (hard or soft), scrambled, baked, fried, poached are all common methods but we also put them into a multitude of dishes from savoury to sweet. Some cultures choose to pickle them, salt them (usually duck eggs in this case) and even preserve them to create 1000 year old eggs.
If there is anyone out there that has tried pickled, salted or 1000 year old eggs please tell us what you thought of them.
Eggs are sometimes used in cosmetics and in craft projects too. Thought those shells were useless? Think again as shells can be cooked and crushed and put into the garden or garden compost. Many cultures choose to decorate eggs as part of festivities either as a decorated hard boiled egg or decorated blown egg. Some eggs like ostrich and emu eggs are even blown and carved because their shells are so thick. One artist I know takes eggshells, dries them, crushes them to a fine powder and coats thin card with a glue and the egg shells. He then takes a piece of silver wire and draws on the eggshell coated paper.
Nutrition Facts
(Based on 100g of boiled chicken egg)
Calories 155
% Daily Value* based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Total Fat.......................................11 g ........16%
Saturated fat.................................3.3 g....... 16%
Polyunsaturated fat....................... 1.4 g
Monounsaturated fat..................... 4.1 g
Cholesterol.................................... 373 mg.....124%
Sodium .........................................124 mg..... 5%
Potassium ......................................126 mg ....3%
Total Carbohydrate.......................... 1.1 g .......0%
Dietary fibre...................................... 0 g ........0%
Sugar ............................................1.1 g
Protein........................................... 13 g........ 26%
Vitamin A 10%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 5%
Iron 6%
Vitamin D 21%
Vitamin B-6 5%
Vitamin B-12 18%
Magnesium 2%
How can we use them? RAW?
Yes eggs can be eaten raw but care must be taken and a knowledge of the source, transport and age of the eggs are important, make your choice to do so as an educated one. The main cause is contamination; so care must be taken to prevent the egg shell from becoming contaminated with faecal matter. The risk of infection from raw or undercooked eggs is dependent in part upon the sanitary conditions under which the hens are kept. So if you keep your own hens, make sure the eggs are laid in a clean environment, collected daily and washed as soon as possible. Refrigeration is a good thing but let them come to room temperature before cooking. Most commercial eggs at least in the US are washed moments after being laid in a sanitizing solution. Other information on raw eggs can be found in the journal and comments of A Question of Raw Eggs. http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2547589/.
nb: Personally I use raw eggs; mostly in milk drinks and homemade mayonnaise as I have my own hens and keep them in good conditions. I know the age of an egg, the quality and in most cases which hen has laid it.
Allergies and Cautions
Egg allergies are very common in infants. In many cases cautious exposure to limited amounts of either white or yolk can help the infant grow out of this allergy. If the allergy or food intolerance is a permanent one the problem may be in the yolk, white or both parts. For some the allergy isn't actually to the egg but what is fed to the chicken that laid the egg. It is also worth trying eggs from either ducks, geese or turkeys as a few people who try my turkey eggs have discovered that although chicken eggs cause them issues the turkey eggs don't...One young man of the age of 30 hadn't had bacon and eggs for twenty years and was almost in tears enjoying a favourite dish for the first time in a long time. He has now gone on to discover he can tolerate duck eggs as well so his wife now cooks cakes and biscuits that he can eat with duck eggs.
Care should be taken if there is a history of type 2 diabetes, cholesterol issues and heart issues as eggs in some studies have shown problems in relation to egg consumption, equally so there are studies that show the opposite and state that there is no association between egg consumption and heart disease or stroke. It's a case of working out what works best for your health and as in all things moderate the consumption of eggs.
Substitutes or alternatives
For those that can't tolerate eggs or choose not to eat eggs due to diet or lifestyle there are potential alternatives for cooking. These include a variety of cooking substitutes.
Quote from Wikipedia
For those who do not consume eggs, alternatives used in baking include other rising agents or binding materials, such as ground flax seeds or potato starch flour. Tofu can also act as a partial binding agent, since it is high in lecithin due to its soy content. Applesauce can be used, as well as arrowroot and banana. Extracted soybean lecithin, in turn, is often used in packaged foods as an inexpensive substitute for egg-derived lecithin.
Other egg substitutes are made from just the white of the egg for those who worry about the high cholesterol and fat content in eggs. These products usually have added vitamins and minerals, as well as vegetable-based emulsifiers and thickeners such as xanthan gum or guar gum. These allow the product to maintain the nutrition and several culinary properties of real eggs, making possible foods such as Hollandaise sauce, custard, mayonnaise, and most baked goods with these substitutes.
Interessting Egg Facts
Is it raw or hard boiled? - Just spin the egg. If it wobbles, it’s raw. If it spins easily, it’s hard boiled.
Is it fresh or stale? - A fresh egg will sink in water and lay on its side, a stale one will float and is best discarded. If the egg stands up but doesn't float its okay to use but use it soon and is better suited to be used in a cooked item such as a cake mix or biscuit mix.
The colour of the egg shell is not related to quality, nutrients, flavour, or cooking characteristics and is largely a cosmetic issue. It can be a major issue in production due to regional and national preferences for specific colours, and the results of such preferences on demand. In Brazil and Poland brown or reddish (sometimes referred to as speckled) ones are preferred, in much of the U.S. white eggs are the preference but in a few states brown is customers choice. Brown eggs are also preferred in Costa Rica, Ireland, France, and the United Kingdom and for many Japanese the white colour is the colour of choice.
A whole egg is about 3 tablespoons worth of liquid, the egg yolk measures about 1 tablespoon of liquid.
Eggs contain all the essential protein, minerals and vitamins, except Vitamin C.
But egg yolks are one of few foods that naturally contain Vitamin D
China produces the most eggs, at about 160 billion per year.
Chicken are descendants of the red jungle fowl (gallus gallus spadiceus) that lives in Asia. The chicken is one of the first domestic animals, appearing in China around 1400 BC. There are some 150 chicken species and hundreds of chicken breeds.
Quote from:http://www.express.co.uk/fun/top10f.....cts-about-eggs
1. Worldwide, around 1.2 trillion eggs are produced for eating every year. The average person on Earth consumes 173 eggs a year.
2. Forty per cent of the world’s eggs are consumed in China.
3. The Guinness World Record for omelette making is held by Howard Helmer, who made 427 omelettes in 30 minutes.
4. The average hen lays between 250 and 270 eggs a year but some lay more than 300.
5. According to research published in 2008, male dinosaurs were sometimes responsible for sitting on eggs until they hatched.
6. “Nobody can eat 50 eggs,” (George Kennedy in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke).
7. The world record for eating hard-boiled eggs is 65 in 6min 40sec, by Sonya Thomas in 2003. She would have eaten more but they ran out of eggs.
8. This year’s World Hard-Boiled Egg Eating Championship is due to be held at Radcliff, Kentucky, on Saturday, with a prize fund of $3,000. (This event was in 2013)
9. The brown or white colour of an eggshell is purely dependent on the breed of the hen.
10. “A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg,” (Life And Habit by Samuel Butler 1835-1902).
For Better or Worse here are some Egg Jokes
Egg Jokes, egg-cetera from: http://www.jokes4us.com/miscellaneo...../eggjokes.html
What day do eggs hate most?
Fry-day!
What did Snow White call her chicken?
Egg white.
How do eggs leave the highway?
By going through the eggs-it.
How do comedians like their eggs?
Funny side up!
How do monsters like their eggs?
Terri-fried!
What do chickens call a school test?
Eggs-amination!
What did the eggs do when the light turned green?
They egg-celerated!
Why is Kristy Alley so fat?
Because she did not eggsercise!
How did the egg get up the mountain?
It scrambled up!
What do you call an egg taking a snooze on the job?
Egg-zosted!
Who wrote the book, Great Eggspectations?
Charles Chickens!
Why can't you tease egg whites?
Because they can't take a yolk!
What do you get when you cross an egg with a sperm?
An omelette you probably shouldn't eat.
Why did the egg go to school?
To get "egg-u-cated"!
Why is the chef so mean?
She beats the eggs!
Why did the chicken lay her egg on an axe?
She wanted to hachet
Why do chickens lay eggs?
Because if they dropped them they would break!
What do Chickens grow on?
Eggplants!
What did the egg say to the clown?
You crack me up!
What part did the egg play in the movies?
He was an "Egg-stra".
What do you call an egg who is on the computer too much?
An "Egg Head".
What sport are the eggs good at?
Running!
What did the mommy egg say to the baby egg?
You're "Egg-stra special".
What does the cihcken say to get across a busy street?
EGGS-cuse me please!
What grows on yolk trees?
Egg-corns!
What is an eggs favourite tree?
A y-oak tree!
How do chickens pay for their groceries?
Using the eggs-press line.
Where do you find information about eggs?
In the hen-cyclopedia!
Who tells the best egg jokes?
Comedi-hens!
What do chickens serve at birthday parties?
Coop-cakes!
What do you call an egg that goes on safari?
An eggs-plorer!
How many eggs can you eat on an empty stomach?
Just one, because then your stomach won't be empty.
How do you know if it's too hot in the chicken barn?
The chickens are laying hard-boiled eggs.
How do baby chickens dance?
Chick-to-chick!
What do you call a mischievous egg?
A practical yolker.
What do you call an egg white with cowboy boots?
A western omelette!
What do you get if a chicken lays an egg on top of a barn?
An eggroll.
What do you get when you cross a chicken with a Martian?
An eggs-traterrestrial!
What do you call a city of 20 million eggs?
New Yolk City!
What do you call a handyman who lives on a farm?
An egg-chanic.
If fruit comes from a fruit tree, what kind of a tree does a chicken come from?
A poul-tree!
Q: What do you call a pig with a rash?
A: Ham and Eczema
Who CAME First?
A chicken and an egg are laying in bed.
The chicken is stretched back smoking a cigarette with a very satisfied smile across his face.
The egg is frowning and looking extremely frustrated.
The egg says, "Guess we answered that question."
Not Too Egg-citing
If you think life is bad. How would you like to be an egg?
You only get laid once.
You only get eaten once.
It takes 4 minutes to get hard. Only 2 minutes to get soft.
You share your box with 11 other guys.
But worst of all. The only chick that ever sat on your face was your mother.
Egg Pick Up Lines
How do you like your eggs cooked? Why? Well I just wanted know what to make for you in the morning!
How do you like you eggs in the morning? scrambled or fertilized!
Hey baby can I crack my eggs in your hot sizzling grill?
I never said they were all good jokes. So share your egg related items here, tell us what types you have tried, egg health issues, jokes, puns, fun facts etc. We would love to hear about preserving eggs and any recipes you would care to share. Any funny stories out there or naughty ones!? Any information on caviar which I didn't cover here much? Share you egg related picture links etc.
*hugs* from mod yelleena
And don't forget to have an egg-cellent day!
An egg dish I really enjoy is tea eggs. It's pretty much boiled eggs that are cracked and simmered in a lightly sweet, lightly spiced tea and soy sauce solution. The end product is laced-patterned egg with a savoury tea flavour. I find it's best when the yolks are still a bit runny, but I've yet to figure that one out.