Scrambled Ostrich Eggs
Easter Specialty: Scrambled Ostrich Eggs
Address: Available from Fudies, 29 Walmgate
Average cost: £20.00
Chocolate eggs and the Easter bunny make my blood run cold, but rather than miss out entirely on the celebrations this year I’ve decided to join in the festivities with a twist.
Now an ostrich egg is an unusually beautiful thing, yet a twenty quid price-tag has done much to quell my desire. Yet routinely gazing at the basket of boule sized cream (coloured) eggs in the window of Fudies I struck upon an idea that would enable me to sample the produce of this large flightless bird, without damaging my already dangerously low bank balance any further.
Take ten friends, each donating two pounds apiece with the promise of a breakfast with a difference. You’ll need a very large pan, plenty of toast, and a small hammer and pointed object to help crack the shell.
With a few gentle taps you’ll break through the tough inner membrane, now stick in a chop stick and curdle up the insides. (Alternatively you could simply pour the content, little by little into a frying pan to create minature omelettes.)
Boil for one and a half hours with the hole end facing upwards. When ready dish up scrambled ostrich eggs on toast, believe me you’ll be able to taste the difference.
As each egg is equal to roughly two dozen chicken eggs there will be plenty to go around and you can keep the shell as a souvenir.
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