We got chickens! We all jumped in the car and risked our lives going out to a farm up in the hills near Buxton (ice, thick fog) and came home with three Warrens, lovely natured hens with a reputation as good layers. It was supposed to take a week for them to get used to their new home, but just two days into their new adventure, one of our girls has produced a beautiful egg.Ok, its not the biggest thing you'll have ever seen, but it was probably her first ever, so a good effort (its the one on the left - the one on the right is a local large free range for comparison. We fried it gently in some butter, great colour and rich creamy tasting yolk.
And yes, we're sure there will soon be plenty to share.
Anyway, this blog is supposed to be about gems that Stumbleupon serves up for me, so here is a recent egg-related one (there's an egg in the recipe - it was as close as I could find, ok?). Instructables seems to be an amateur-led site to post your favourite ways to do things. The one that stumbled up for me was the 5-Minute Chocolate Cake. I made it in a mug as suggested here, microwaved for two and a half minutes, and Ta-Da! A really lovely chocolate cake. Nobody more shocked than me at the ease and success of this recipe, so if you fancy a quick cakey snack - go for it!
Enjoy!
If Wifey starts making loads of omelettes, perhaps you can start a "Gavin and Stacey" tribute household.
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Mmmm...five minute cakes!
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