[Review] Clarence Court Burford Brown eggs

Tried these Clarence Court Burford Brown eggs which were bought from the supermarket.

As expected the yolk was almost orange with a strong taste just what you would expect from chickens that roam freely.

If I could get my hands on their other range like Turkey eggs, Ostrich eggs, Rhea egg and Emu eggs I would definitely give it a try.

I vaguely remember seeing the Ostrich egg in Selfridges London.

Morrisons All Day Breakfast 395g £1.27

I really liked this can of All Day Breakfast by Morrisons because there was black pudding inside it.

The baked beans were tasty too infused with a sausage and black pudding taste with a hint of herbs from the Cumberland sausage.
The interesting thing is that on the product description it doesn't mention Cumberland sausages but they are Cumberland in the Full product description.

Although it was a little bit too salty, the sausages and bacon egg bites were actually tasty and the texture was good compared to other brands I have tried.
In the can, I found, two pieces of black pudding, two sausages and some bacon bites which I can't remember how many were there.

Product description:
With jumbo sausages, egg and bacon bites and black pudding slices, 1 of your 5 a day, Source fibre, No artificial colours

Full Product Name:
Baked beans, Cumberland sausages, bacon with added water and egg bites and black pudding in tomato sauce.

Morrisons link:

https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Morrisons-All-Day-Breakfast/212041011?from=search&tags=%7C108397&param=breakfast&parentContainer=SEARCHbreakfast_SHELFVIEW

Video of the Morrisons All Day Breakfast 395g £1.27:

7-Eleven Korean and Japanese crossover

Hong Kong’s 7-Eleven Convenience Stores have launched a series of Korean and Japanese ready to eat snacks from March 13, 2013.

These include curry beef with rice, Grilled pork with ginger, oden, pork wontons, Japanese style chicken wings, miso soup, yuzu tea, cold noodles in sesame sauce/wasabi sauce and much more.

The main feature of this event was their ready to eat onsen egg and Hokkaido yeast bun which comes in five flavours: chocolate, coffee, pumpkin, original and cheese.
The onsen egg is the perfect poached egg with a guaranteed runny yolk centre that you just crack open and eat, so when your at 7-Eleven having a noodle, why not crack an onsen egg onto it.
The egg is pasteurized which makes it Salmonella free!

To illustrate how these products can be eaten, they have invited Hong Kong’s Truffle Queen Esther Au to demonstrate how these products can be made even more delectable with truffle held at Donna Dolce cooking studio.

As bloggers we were given first hand experience making pasta for the carbonara dish and we were privileged to try freshly shaved truffle from these huge winter truffles!

There were also other Japanese Korean snacks for us to try which are currently being promoted.

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Hokkaido yeast bun with asparagus, Onsen Egg, Truffled Hollandaise sauce, Mangalica Ham and Shaved Black Truffles:

I have tried this yeast bun before and this time it tasted even better because it was toasted which removed the alcoholic vapour in it that was used as preservation.
The onsen egg, asparagus and ham tasted really nice together along with the freshly grated black truffle.
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Tagliolini Carbonara with Egg Yolks, Pancetta, Cheese & Black Pepper:

Again this was such a delicious dish and the texture of the pasta was slightly foamy and springier because it was freshly made.
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7-Eleven Korean and Japanese foods:

Yummy snacks that do not seem to taste like instant meals.
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Thanks to 7-Eleven for organizing this event and their generous gifts.

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For extra information please visit:
http://www.moltodolce.com.hk/
https://www.facebook.com/moltodolce.hk

Address:  Dolce Donna 觀塘駿業里6號富利工業大廈8樓B室
8B, Fully Industrial Building, 6 Ysun Yip Lane, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Email:  info@moltodolce.com.hk
Phone:  +852 21510609

Address:  7-Eleven Convenience Stores throughout Hong Kong

Egg Tofu

I am not a fan of egg tofu because it has a slightly sweet taste and it tastes of egg more than natural tofu.
The egg tofu is always packed in plastic pouches which I never knew why until I wiki'd it.

Anyway, this particular one I bought was made in Chinese and it did not taste really nice, although it did not have that sweet taste, it was quite salty and tasted really artificial.
It just tasted like a disgusting version of Japanese steamed egg or savoury egg caramel pudding.

Definition of Egg Tofu by wikipedia:
Egg tofu (Japanese: 玉子豆腐, 卵豆腐, tamagodōfu) (Chinese: 蛋豆腐, dàn dòufu; often called 日本豆腐, rìbĕn dòufu, lit. "Japan bean curd") is the main type of savory flavored tofu. Whole beaten eggs are filtered and incorporated into the soy milk before the coagulant is added. The mixture is filled into plastic tubes and allowed to curdle. The tofu is then cooked in its packaging and sold. Egg tofu has a pale golden color that can be attributed to the addition of egg and, occasionally, food coloring. This tofu has a fuller texture and flavor than silken tofu, which can be attributed to the presence of egg fat and protein.

龜蛋 Let's eat 龜蛋!~

It's when someone is called a 龜蛋.

龜蛋 in Chinese is a turtle egg which led me to wonder if turtle eggs were edible!

After looking it up on the net, they are edible!!

Turtle eggs look like white Ping-Pong balls varying in shape and the shell is soft which is totally different to what I thought it would be!

The interesting thing is that albumin the white part of the egg does not coagulate (solidify) when cooked only the yolk part does.

It would be difficult knowing if the egg was cooked properly if it doesn’t harden!!

In costa rica, people usually eat the turtle eggs with lemon and salt.
Hopefully I will get a chance to try it one day!

Cat trying to hatch eggs

 

Artificial man-made eggs

During a raid on a wholesale centre in Guangzhou city, the capital of China 's Guangdong province, a large quantity of fake eggs was seized.

Their wholesale price is 0.15 yuan (S$0.03) each - half the price of a real egg.

Consumers have a hard time telling a genuine egg from a fake one. This is good news for unscrupulous entrepreneurs, who are even conducting three-day courses in the production of artificial eggs for less than S$150. A reporter with Hong Kong-based Chinese magazine East Week enrolled in one such course.

To create egg white, the instructor - a woman in her 20s - used assorted ingredients such as gelatin, an unknown powder, benzoic acid, coagulating material and even alum, which is normally used for industrial processes.

For egg yolk, some lemon-yellow colouring powder is mixed to a liquid and the concoction stirred. The liquid is then poured into a round-shaped plastic mould and mixed with so-called 'magic water', which contains calcium chloride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFJUFp2zFmA

This gives the 'yolk' a thin outer membrane, firming it up. The egg is then shaped with a mould. The shell is not forgotten. Paraffin wax and an unidentified white liquid are poured onto the fake egg, which is then left to dry.

The artificial egg can be fried sunny-side up or steamed. Although bubbles appear on the white of the egg, those who have tasted it say the fake stuff tastes very much like the real thing.

But experts warn of the danger of eating fake eggs. Not only do they not contain any nutrients, a Hong Kong Chinese University professor warned that long-term consumption of alum could cause dementia