Shit's getting depressing. Let's talk about Scotch Eggs

[Taverner]

That is, a hard boiled egg, "breaded" in sausage - and then deep fried

I've had them, and I think they're disgusting...

Your thoughts?

[LeftinOH]

1. Never had it.. but it looks like it'd be pretty food w/coffee for breakfast. n/t

[Yavin4]

2. Is There Anyting the Scotts won't fry? nt

[mikeytherat]

5. At least it isn't boiled.

mikey_the_rat

[applegrove]

3. I revere much about my scottish heritage... but the food is not one of them.

[RebelOne]

19. Yes, I am of Scottish and Irish heritage.

When visiting the British Isles many years ago, I found that Scotland and Ireland had the worst food.

[fishwax]

4. I like them (though I've mostly had them baked instead of fried)

I know that they're supposed to be fried, but when making them myself I've found they're better baked.

[quakerboy]

12. you should really provide

a "recipe" for such a baked endeavor. sounds like a thing most definitely right up my alley.

[fishwax]

15. basically I just

1.) hard-boiled a few eggs and peeled them
2.) took some soft sausage meat (I've used breakfast sausage and italian sausage) and flattened it out into a thin patties and then wrapped a patty around each egg so that it was completely covered (if you wet your hands before this step it will help)
3.) dipped the resulting sausage ball in egg yolk and then dredged it in seasoned bread crumbs
4.) baked it in the oven at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes.

I've done it a few times, and I think it's quite tasty. The only problem is that the egg tends to shrink while in the oven, so it pulls away from the shell a little bit. I think that if you wet the egg and dust it with flour before wrapping it with sausage, that might help. You can also make some sort of sauce as well to dip it in--my wife likes it with dijon mustard, but I just eat them as they are.

Anyway, if you try them, I hope you like them! :hi:

They wind up looking like this (but with a little sharper focus):

[geardaddy]

6. I think they are the delish.

So there.

[ohiosmith]

10. Damn straight!

:toast:

[Chan790]

7. I had them and they were disgusting.

Years later my roommate tried to make them with Gimme-Lean breakfast soysage and what I think was some eggless-egg mix (ie. fake scrambled eggs) he'd parcooked and them made into balls.

That was more disgusting by far.

[TK421]

8. they are good, but only if you bring your own cardiologist with you

I usually get them when I go to the PA Renaissance Fair-those and those huge turkey legs

If I don't get chest pains while eating it, it is no good

[ohiosmith]

9. I love and make them several times a year.

:shrug:

[Throd]

11. They are better baked.

[petronius]

13. I can only assume that in place of "disgusting," you meant to type "feckin' brilliant!"

:shrug:

[JVS]

14. They're fucking awesome!

[Throd]

16. Dude, change your name to "White Wine Spritzer Fern Bar"

Any guy who doesn't care for Scotch eggs is no taverner.

[Taverner]

20. LOL How about White Whine SPITZER Redfern Bar?

Actually that makes no fucking sense does it?

To be honest, my names comes from one of the characters of Phillip K Dick's "Flow My Tears the Policeman Said."

The character is a somewhat self obsessed luckless pedestrian in another person's hallucination who still doesn't get it by the end of the book. Love his characters...

[arbusto_baboso]

17. Good ones are a gift from God.

The problem is that they're really easy to screw up. Most of 'em out there aren't worthy of the name.

[EOTE]

18. I've never had them, but I always thought they looked yummy.

I tend to like almost anything that's bad for you and that looks to fit the bill. Also, it looks like they're Atkins friendly.

[WinkyDink]

21. LOVE with Colman's Mustard! Would search out on my various trips across the Pond!