Crestwood Eggs Taste Test

For baby sitting their fish and uncommunicative gecko, affable despot Jason and wife Claire gave me,amongst other things,four Crestwood Scotch eggs as a bit of a thank you!
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

38 comments:

  1. hmmmm...a little short on the sausage side? mine have much more sausage.

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  2. Presentation: 9/10, creative but those eggs have a bad attitude. (I would too, if you relegated me to lower middleclass, hmph.)

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    1. I do have a artistic side. Don't I Alison

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  3. Happy 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 .

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    1. If you look closely your eggs dont quite keep their shape when held in the hand

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    2. Bit like testicles really ?

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    3. PRECISELY
      "an ideal egg should keep its shape when accidentally dropped on a hard surface "

      MARY BERRY

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  4. 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?

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  5. I've never had a Scotch egg in my life. Wonder if I could find some over here!

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  6. He 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?

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    1. Scotch eggs can be a little bite of paradise

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    2. I'm with Nick in being a virgin to Scotch eggs - and for the same reason.
      My ambrosial foretaste of Paradise comes in the shape of the humble egg and chips (with baked beans on the side).

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    3. 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?

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    4. Unfortunately quorn doesn't agree with me. I've tried it twice and my stomach felt most peculiar for hours.

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  7. You should be on Master Chef.....

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  8. This measured 10/10 on my chuckle meter :) The absence of the grey egg ring would have won me over completely! Elizabeth xx

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  9. Get away...that 'sausage meat' is crushed crickets.
    Jane x

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  10. Oh for God's sake. A Scotch Egg. Could it be any simpler?

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    1. Anonymous5:23 am

      Yes, Tom, it could be simpler: Fry the sausage, boil the egg. Cool. Don't forget to shell the egg.Take alternate bites.

      U

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    2. In that case, I've had quite a few and didn't know it!

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  11. Anonymous10:22 pm

    I think you might have a future as a food stylist, John. Happy to hear Gracie survived. ;)

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  12. How lovely of Jason to get you something he'd thought you enjoy.

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  13. I loved the face you made on your plate. Was it a self-portrait?

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  14. Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I thought sure from the face on the plate you didn't care for it at all. ;-)
    You guys have a wonderful weekend! ♥

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  15. I've got to find a place that has them and try one... I wonder if I'll be disappointed???

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  16. I want one. Never had one. Must get one.

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  17. Will this assessment be published in the Scotch Egg Bugle?

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    1. I thought the Scotch Egg Bugle was one of the aftereffects?

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  18. Anonymous5:33 am

    I 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.

    Well, 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.

    U

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  19. That face is priceless. The rating: absolutely no use. They look less and less appetizing the more I see them.

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  20. How many points is a scotch egg on your diet John? Only asking!

    LLX

    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.

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  21. 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!

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  22. I'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.

    Nancy in Iowa

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  23. So pleased you didn't have to suffer the grey ring.........snort. Like the self portrait.

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  24. Rather a Jimmy Durante looking arrangement.

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