Eggs!

Well as I couldn't add too much to the kitchen table the next best thing I can do is talk about eggs.

This morning on the way to work I was playing about with the radio and Radio 2 came on, I do not normally listen to this channel but a song by Dean Martin came on and the first few lines were:

(H) How do you like your eggs in the morning
(D) I like mine with a kiss
(H) Boiled or fried (D) I'm satisfied as long as I get my kiss

Now this is quite an old fashioned song but it was lovely. A real happy song to start the day with!
I arrived at work and a man was waiting on the pavement (I guess for someone to collect him to go to work) and he looked so bemused. My little black car with alloys, a young woman inside and old fashioned music! I think he was expecting to hear clubbing music and he just looked confused! I had to giggle.

I love challenging peoples perceptions of what should be!

Anyway Eggs...

There are quite a few things you can make with them but here are my top 5:

Omelette:
All you need is a couple of eggs whisked, add a few grinds of salt and pepper and a dash of milk.
Whisk together.
Put a knob of butter in a medium saucepan and melt on a medium to hot hob.
Add the mixture.
Pull in the sides allowing the liquid to seep to the bottom of the pan until no liquid is visible.
Leave to cook for a few minutes and add any topping/filling required.
Flip half of the omelette onto the filling and tip onto plate to serve!
Filling Ideas=
-Avocado & Bacon
-Ham, Cheese, & Tomato
-Green Peppers, Mushrooms, Pepperoni
-Black Olive, Feta, & Capers
-Baked Beans and bacon
- Cherry tomatoes, mushrooms and pepper
To name but a few!

Yorkshire Pudding:
Put 300g of plain flour and 300g of eggs into a jug with a dash of salt and whisk milk into the mixture until it is the consistency of double cream.
Leave to stand for 20 minutes.
While it is standing set the oven to 220c and put a baking tray into the oven with a small layer of oil (a few mm). Let the oil get so hot it smokes.
Add the mixture to the oil and leave in the oven until risen and golden.
DO NOT open the oven until you are ready to serve if you open it part way through cooking it will go flat!
I like to put sausages into the mixture when it goes into the oven and have toad in the hole.
Traditionally Yorkshire puddings is served with beef for a Sunday dinner.
But Yorkshire puddings go very well with any vegetable and gravy dish!

French Toast
Simple but good!
A couple of eggs plenty of salt and pepper, soak a couple of bits of bread in the mixture and dry fry. Eat with a healthy English breakfast of grilled tomatoes, grilled bacon,mushrooms and backed beans, delicious!

Cake!!
225g butter, softened
225g caster sugar
4 large free-range eggs
225g self-raising flour, sifted
For the filling:
6 tbsp good-quality strawberry jam (homemade if you have it!!)
300ml double cream, lightly whipped
Also two approx 15cm cake tins

Heat the oven to 180c
Grease the tins
In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar, beat well to get lots of air into the mixture.
Beat in the eggs one at a time. Add a tablespoon of flour if the mixture curdles.
Fold in the flour using a large metal spoon. Be careful not to over-mix it.
Pour the mixture equally between the two cake tins.
Place in the oven and bake for about 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and place them on a wire rack to cool completely.
Spread the sponge with the jam and the whipped cream, then carefully sandwich together.
Eat!

Breakfast eggs!
Whether it be scrambled egg on toast, boiled egg with soldiers, fried egg with an english breakfast or poached egg!

Here is the link to rhonda jeans kitchen table...http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/2009/01/biggest-kitchen-table-keeping-chickens.html

See you in the morning!