Egg and Chips

zippychick

L.L wrote: »

you know what else is good? Egg in a cup? Sure its a scottish thing, but you boil eggs, place them in a cup with a huge amount of butter, salt and pepper and mush up. I soo hope eggs are on offer this week!

I do like egg in a cup. I love eggs. Now i can finally boil the perfect soft egg, I am much happier!

liney

L.L wrote: »

you know what else is good? Egg in a cup? Sure its a scottish thing, but you boil eggs, place them in a cup with a huge amount of butter, salt and pepper and mush up. I soo hope eggs are on offer this week!

It's a Midlands thing too - "smashed egg in a cup" with bread and buter straight after school with a cup of tea.

Sarahlou_2

Mmmmm sounds lush!! regarding the 5-5.30 tea time.....me and OH always had tea at this time but since ds came along 4 years ago we've shifted to 7-8pm! God gosh I think I may be shifting up a class lol!

brighthair

Reverbe wrote: »

a pasty in a barmcake??

yup, as it sounds! Can also be a pie in a barm, best hangover cure ever!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

all i was thinking about today in work was egg and chips, so at 11.30am i went to the cafe by my work and had egg and chips ,:D they mamke their own chips so it was very scrummy yummy.....

dawn_rose

specials, scalops and fritters in wigan therer known as smacks.

eckythump

L.L wrote: »

you know what else is good? Egg in a cup? Sure its a scottish thing, but you boil eggs, place them in a cup with a huge amount of butter, salt and pepper and mush up. I soo hope eggs are on offer this week!

My Mum always used to make this for us when were ill as kids,she used to put it in an empty marge/butter tub(probably so we wouldn't break the dish cause we were having it on a tray in bed)
we called it "poorly chucky eggs"
I knew my now husband was the one many years ago when he made them for me when I was ill,I had only ever mentioned it once.
This thread had brought a little tear to my eye as it brings back memories of "Mam and Dad" who are no longer with us.

Chopper98

How long are eggs good for? I have two left which i have neglected and the date on them is 25th August....i'm not normally funny about best before or useby dates but its several days and eggs are funny things...

misskool

Chopper98 wrote: »

How long are eggs good for? I have two left which i have neglected and the date on them is 25th August....i'm not normally funny about best before or useby dates but its several days and eggs are funny things...

You can do the float test. A glass of water and drop the egg in. If it sinks it's ok, if it's the middle it's still do-able, if it floats it's a goner.

Patchwork_Quilt

How funny to see this thread! We just had egg and chips. I poach the egg, though. It's a bit healthier and I really don't like the frilly bits on a fried egg. We are having a lot of chips at the moment because our home-grown potatoes need eating up. I do the parboiling and then putting them on a hot, oiled baking tray method. Yum!