Tribute to Scotch Eggs, Pies, Black Pudding, etc.

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  1. John Redell

    John Redell Member

    Yeah, when I saw the SS Totenkopf collar tabs about 2:05, I got real choked up: great bunch of guys.

    A troll is a troll is a troll...
     
    John Redell, May 20, 2016
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  2. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    A primer on how to lose? No thanks.
     
    Dave55, May 20, 2016
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  3. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    I made scotch eggs yesterday.
    Another damned fine batch.
    Becoming convinced it's a lot to do with a bit of lemon zest in the mix. That and not over-mixing. They go a bit chewy if you overdo it, like burgers.
     
    von Poop, May 20, 2016
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  4. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Do you send orders outside of the UK?? :indexCAXI2NHN:

    TD
     
    Tricky Dicky, May 20, 2016
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  5. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    You mean the mighty scotch egg isn't a culinary staple in every nation of the world?
    How disappointing.
     
    von Poop, May 20, 2016
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  6. idler

    idler GeneralList

    Perhaps they're why the Germans kept trying to invade us?
     
    idler, May 20, 2016
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  7. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    And who could blame them.

    I got bought a 'selection box' of posh scotch eggs once.
    Pickled, pancetta wrapped, salt and vinegar crisps as a coating etc.
    All nice, but... wanky. Best one was the plain variety.
     
    von Poop, May 20, 2016
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  8. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Did the Germans ever try to invade the UK ?

    There was never an opportunity in WW1 & in WW2 Sealion wasn't much of a reality either.
     
    Owen, May 20, 2016
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  9. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Shingle street, mate. :unsure:
    It was all about scotch eggs, which is obviously why it was hushed up.
    The potential blow to morale was seen as too great, and only later in the war did they realise the foreign threat to meat-wrapped chicken periods could have actually helped engender the highest level of fighting spirit in the troops and general population.
     
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  10. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

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  11. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

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  12. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

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  13. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Greifen die Eier!
     
    von Poop, May 20, 2016
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  14. SDP

    SDP Incurable Cometoholic

    Adam

    If I've got the location of the Abbey of Thelema correct, have you tried the amazing Scotch Eggs at that Farmers shop next to the Shell petrol station near Newark at the junction of the A46 and A1? They also sell some really amazing Cranberry topped pies.

    I'm talking on the Lincoln side of the A1 but, if you accidentally end up on the other side, the Newark town side, there is always the MacDonalds........but I'm not sure if they do Scotch Eggs.
     
    SDP, May 20, 2016
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  15. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    God... Imagine a McDonalds Scotch egg...
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    Newark location noted.
     
    von Poop, May 20, 2016
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  16. SDP

    SDP Incurable Cometoholic

    Quite a good selection of local beers as well.....and artisan bread.......and all the other odds and sods you tend to see in Farmers shops nowadays.

    Useless fact: I used to work with the guy who sorted out the problem of exploding Cadburys Creme Eggs when they went through that phase in the 1970s. Something to do with osmophilic yeasts, carbon dioxide generation and the pressure retention characteristics of elliptoid chocolate shells and eventually the spontaneous explosion normally along the half seam line.
     
    SDP, May 20, 2016
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  17. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    SDP - I am glad you mention that as I have been pondering that same problem for years now without someone explaining how or why.

    VP - I am also hoping that I might become the NW France distributor/franchisee for your eggs - please forward a contract asap

    TD
     
    Tricky Dicky, May 20, 2016
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  18. idler

    idler GeneralList

    Don't the Scotch already do deep-fried creme eggs, though battered rather than fau-sausage meat?
     
    idler, May 20, 2016
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  19. SDP

    SDP Incurable Cometoholic

    I love threads of this type. It allows us to talk about things we would never otherwise talk about.

    Anybody know anything about other UK Eggs. Don't see why the Scots should have a monopoly.
    Welsh Egg
    English Egg
    Northern Irish Egg
    Manx Egg
    Jersey Egg
    Guernsey Egg
    Any other name you can think of Egg
    And finally, from Gods Own County, the Yorkshire Egg?
     
    SDP, May 20, 2016
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  20. SDP

    SDP Incurable Cometoholic

    The same chap helped develop Cadburys Smash........except the Martians bit.
     
    SDP, May 20, 2016
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