Thursday 18th October:
Well it all started whan Barney's housemates bought a new pack of eggs and appeared to forget the still more than half full old packet (11 eggs still remained from a pack of 15)...
Then Barney discovered that the eggs were best before the 18th and so really needed using, but were apparently being ignored by the rest of the house. (everyboday say 'ahhhhh'!!!)
So Barney hatched a rescue plan for the eggs and I got in on the act to help out. We racked our brains for all the egg recipes we could think of and to calculate the numbers of eggs needed for each.
We tried putting the eggs in water to see if they would float just to check they were still fine to eat, before using any of them. (For your info. eggs will float if they are BAD so dont eat them then!)
4 became a yummy lunch of scrambled eggs for the two of us and three were destined to become a victoria sponge.
That still left 4 to be used the next day.
Friday came and still there were eggs left. But new ideas were not far behind.
2 became a strange sort of croque-madame* for Barney and 2 more went home with me to be transformed (with several other vital ingredients!) into apple cake, described by all who tasted it as delicious!!
So at last the stock of eggs is used up. Hurrah.
Then I come home and check in my cupboards and see 3 more eggs which need using soon.
What other weird and wonderful things can we do with eggs? Will they get eaten in time or forgotten, hidden in the back of the cupboard.
I challenge you, the reader to inspire us with new and exciting ways to use our eggs.
(I'm sure we will buy some more so any suggestions can and will be tried!!)
*Check this out for yourself but i think technically croque-madame is toast with cheese and ham with a fried egg on top, but Barney had his own version with scrambled egg instead. It was quite yummy so he tells me, so perhaps i'll have to try it out and you could too!!
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Pancakes - 4oz flour, half a pint of milk, pinch of salt and an egg. If the mixture is too think you can add another egg if you have if, or some extra milk (if you used the egg for something else).
Or you could have hard boiled egg for your lunch.
ooh yummy hard boiled eggs.
I'll make Barney eat the yolks
but thats another story!!
I thought it was croque-monsieur?
nah croque monsieur doesnt have an egg on it. A croque madame is a croque monsieur with a fried egg on top
look at wikipedia!!
Oh a fried egg ON it too. I see. I'd never heard of a croque-madame.
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