So I was just sitting here thinking about a recipe I found in a cooking magazine over the weekend, it's for Scotch Eggs. You might be saying, what are Scotch Eggs? That is the question I would be asking if I had not lived in the UK for a while where I discovered them.
Hard boiled egg wrapped in sausage and coated with (according to this recipe) crushed cornflakes and then lightly fried.
The recipe had me reminiscing about my time in London ... sigh, I miss it, a lot! And then, as is fascinating with the human brain, one thought did that hop skip and a jump (in about a mila-second) and I was thinking of the "American Foods" that I craved while I was living abroad.
When I would come home to the States for Christmas or Summer Holiday, there were a few things I wanted "RIGHT AWAY"! These three things pop into my mind immediately:
#1. American Pizza - specifically NY Style Pizza!
#2. A Hamburger - juicy, greasy, cheesy awesome hamburger, think diner or sports bar style burger.
#3. A Steak - a nice juicy, American Beef Steak!
For some reason beef here and beef in the UK tastes different, though this has nothing to do with the burger crave - or only partly - they just don't make burgers the way we American's do!
But I digress...now I miss Lady Grey tea, all those English & Irish cheddar cheeses, McVities Digestive Biscuits, and Scotch Eggs ... to name a few things ... which brings me back to the joy at finding a recipe for Scotch Eggs! Awesome! I just might have to try making them this weekend.
The Scots fry EVERYTHING. I love the Scots...(only, the first time I had this treat, it was called "Orkney Egg").
ReplyDeleteHa ha, yeah they do fry everything! I could have tried a fried oreo and or a fried mars bar while I was in Edinburgh ... I stayed with the slightly more healthy fried Scottish foods like Fish and Chips. :)
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