A thoughtful and much appreciated gift, I thought.
Now I have not taste tested this variety before,
And so I set aside a few precious minutes this evening, to give the little beauties my full attention
Here is my assessment
Egg quality 8/10
Grey egg ring - absent 10/10
Thickness of sausage meat cover average 0.5 centimetres 6/10
Breadcrumb cover - slightly soft in places 5/10
Biteability - fair 6/10
Overall... A fair scotch egg with an averagely tasty crumb cover.Not in the class of Waitrose best or Marks& Spencer quality ranges...... But, nevertheless a nice scotch egg, which could be enjoyed at a pub lunch or a lower Middleclass family get together
hmmmm...a little short on the sausage side? mine have much more sausage.
ReplyDeleteGood visual assessment jaz
DeletePresentation: 9/10, creative but those eggs have a bad attitude. (I would too, if you relegated me to lower middleclass, hmph.)
ReplyDeleteI do have a artistic side. Don't I Alison
DeleteHappy with the overall rating ! .......a connoisseur such as yourself would always be craving that extra point so overall pretty happy with your assessment of the boiled egg in a testicular shaped casing .
ReplyDeleteIf you look closely your eggs dont quite keep their shape when held in the hand
DeleteBit like testicles really ?
DeletePRECISELY
Delete"an ideal egg should keep its shape when accidentally dropped on a hard surface "
MARY BERRY
One of these days I will attempt to make scotch eggs from a recipe I found online, as they seem to be unheard-of here in SC. I'm dying to taste one after reading your many blog posts about them! I wonder if homemade would measure up to store bought?
ReplyDeleteI've never had a Scotch egg in my life. Wonder if I could find some over here!
ReplyDeleteHe he, a remarkably thorough taste test. Wasted on me though as I'm a long-standing vegetarian. And even when I was a carnivore, I don't remember ever trying Scotch eggs. Was I missing out on a unique delicacy?
ReplyDeleteScotch eggs can be a little bite of paradise
DeleteI'm with Nick in being a virgin to Scotch eggs - and for the same reason.
DeleteMy ambrosial foretaste of Paradise comes in the shape of the humble egg and chips (with baked beans on the side).
I'm a bit partial to the Quorn mini scotch eggs....try not to buy them too often though as there are about 12/16 in the pack and I feel obliged to scoff the lot once the pack is opened....on an unrelated note...sometimes I wonder why I'm chubby?
DeleteUnfortunately quorn doesn't agree with me. I've tried it twice and my stomach felt most peculiar for hours.
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DeleteYou should be on Master Chef.....
ReplyDeleteThis measured 10/10 on my chuckle meter :) The absence of the grey egg ring would have won me over completely! Elizabeth xx
ReplyDeleteGet away...that 'sausage meat' is crushed crickets.
ReplyDeleteJane x
Oh for God's sake. A Scotch Egg. Could it be any simpler?
ReplyDeleteYes, Tom, it could be simpler: Fry the sausage, boil the egg. Cool. Don't forget to shell the egg.Take alternate bites.
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In that case, I've had quite a few and didn't know it!
DeleteI think you might have a future as a food stylist, John. Happy to hear Gracie survived. ;)
ReplyDeleteHow lovely of Jason to get you something he'd thought you enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI loved the face you made on your plate. Was it a self-portrait?
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI thought sure from the face on the plate you didn't care for it at all. ;-)
You guys have a wonderful weekend! ♥
I've got to find a place that has them and try one... I wonder if I'll be disappointed???
ReplyDeleteI want one. Never had one. Must get one.
ReplyDeleteWill this assessment be published in the Scotch Egg Bugle?
ReplyDeleteI thought the Scotch Egg Bugle was one of the aftereffects?
DeleteI am heartbroken, John. Here I am plotting how to erase my one and only obstacle to your heart (Chris) now you quietly slip in that the delicious Jason has a wife.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's it. I know when I am beaten by a Scotch egg. Or two.
Other than that you sound like AA Gill on a Sunday.
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That face is priceless. The rating: absolutely no use. They look less and less appetizing the more I see them.
ReplyDeleteHow many points is a scotch egg on your diet John? Only asking!
ReplyDeleteLLX
P.S. If you reply? I know it'll be one word, the first one C, the one in the middle, a bit like an egg in the aforementioned, and the last one W.
I'm salivating at the prospect of eating these again soon, when I return to GOC next week. Not quite sure what the Scotch have to do with these eggs, however. But who cares!
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to decide if your nose is really that big, or if that's your mouth (full of scotch eggs) with a dimple below to the side. Everytime you mention scotch eggs I moan a little, because I'm dying to try one. When I was in the UK (lo, these 40 years ago!) I pretty much lived on pub food (and drink), especially steak & kidney pie. Never was offered a scotch egg.
ReplyDeleteNancy in Iowa
So pleased you didn't have to suffer the grey ring.........snort. Like the self portrait.
ReplyDeleteA gray ring
DeleteThere is nothing worse
Rather a Jimmy Durante looking arrangement.
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