Today's discovery came as a bit of a surprise. While wandering around Waitrose I spotted a rather different sort of selection box, from the Clarence Court traditional-breeds free-range egg folk. Instead of chocolate you got a selection of seasonal eggs - one goose, two duck, a brace of pheasant, and a handful of quails' eggs.
It's an interesting idea, bringing back some traditional eggs that most people don't actually eat. I know I've not had goose egg or pheasant eggs - though I do think duck eggs make for a much better fry-up than hens' (they crisp just right on the bottom when cooked in a fresh extra virgin olive oil)...
And if you want to check up on the birds, there's a hen cam!
- Location:Putney, London
- Mood:
hungry
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I adore Clarence Court's Old Cotswold Legbar eggs - they are seriously gorgeous.
(It helps to inspect a trainful of homing pigeon hampers, just after the pigeons have been let out. You're boun to find that some of them decided to lay.)
And quails' eggs are, in my experience, best hard-boiled, allowed to cool, and eaten dipped in a little salt and pepper. They're a pain in the arse to shell though, so I don't have them that often. They also go nicely in a rice salad.