Remember watching Jamie Oliver and he said to crack the eggs on a flat service and it works every time. So in a rather casual manner similar to Oliver's I did just that. Causing the egg to explode all over my kitchen worktop leaving me just staring at the eggy shell mess covering my hand and the kitchen top and me saying "yeah nice one jamie."
I always make sure that I get the best sell by date available and yet on a fairly regular basis I find the eggs I poach splitting up in the simmering water. A fried egg equivalent is one that would spread all over the pan. A fresh egg's albumen should hold together tightly with a ridge close to the yolk which in turn should have a rounded high appearance.
I've never complained to the supermarkets though or taken on the egg marketing board ... I like to pretend that I'm a pensioner that does actually have better things to do
We gave up on supermarket eggs years ago due to freshness issues, we get ours from a local farm shop now and have no problems
I think the problem is the definition of ‘fresh’ . The supermarkets can call them fresh up until around 21-28 days after being laid. Local farm shops can source their eggs (if they don’t have chooks themselves) from another local farmer.
Always worth checking the code inside the egg box from supermarkets too. You can call eggs ‘farm fresh’ yet they’re laid by caged chickens. A true fresh egg from a happy hen is worth its weight in gold! Or come and get some from us in the Spring when they start laying more. We don’t sell them but just stick them in an honesty box outside and ask for donations to help with costs. The eggs go very quickly as they’re straight from bum to box fresh.
I really miss my neighbours having chooks, both sides too. Those girls laid so many eggs we couldn't keep up eating them and sourcing egg boxes for them. The ideal Saturday morning was getting out early, fresh crusty load from the bakers and get handed a massive box of hours old eggs.
I am not against foxes, we keep stealing their habitat and then behave like scum leaving edible food waste everywhere for them however what they do with chickens makes me resent them. They massacred my next door neighbours chooks and just left them. Fuckers are so persistent as their pen was like fort know and one still got in.
I always make sure that I get the best sell by date available and yet on a fairly regular basis I find the eggs I poach splitting up in the simmering water. A fried egg equivalent is one that would spread all over the pan. A fresh egg's albumen should hold together tightly with a ridge close to the yolk which in turn should have a rounded high appearance.
I've never complained to the supermarkets though or taken on the egg marketing board ... I like to pretend that I'm a pensioner that does actually have better things to do
We gave up on supermarket eggs years ago due to freshness issues, we get ours from a local farm shop now and have no problems
I think the problem is the definition of ‘fresh’ . The supermarkets can call them fresh up until around 21-28 days after being laid. Local farm shops can source their eggs (if they don’t have chooks themselves) from another local farmer.
Always worth checking the code inside the egg box from supermarkets too. You can call eggs ‘farm fresh’ yet they’re laid by caged chickens. A true fresh egg from a happy hen is worth its weight in gold! Or come and get some from us in the Spring when they start laying more. We don’t sell them but just stick them in an honesty box outside and ask for donations to help with costs. The eggs go very quickly as they’re straight from bum to box fresh.
I really miss my neighbours having chooks, both sides too. Those girls laid so many eggs we couldn't keep up eating them and sourcing egg boxes for them. The ideal Saturday morning was getting out early, fresh crusty load from the bakers and get handed a massive box of hours old eggs.
I am not against foxes, we keep stealing their habitat and then behave like scum leaving edible food waste everywhere for them however what they do with chickens makes me resent them. They massacred my next door neighbours chooks and just left them. Fuckers are so persistent as their pen was like fort know and one still got in.
Sad to hear about the chooks.
We've had a couple of fox attacks which resulted in losing a hen and cockerel. We've now gone for an electric fence surrounding Heras fencing etc but it's still not 100% as I spotted a fox getting under the electric fence a while back. He started chasing the hens but the cockerel tried to fight back which gave me enough time to get in there. I ran at the fox screaming 'PUT HIM DOWN!' which, amazingly, the fox did and ran back under the fence.
The latest strategy when we notice fox poo in our garden is to get Mr Tatters to pee in a bucket for a couple of days and then I use one of those big pump action sprayers and walk round the perimeter of the garden spraying.
Can you not pee in your own bucket, or is Mr Tatters's particularly pungent? Or are you simply too busy getting a 'big crusty load from the bakers'? (already wishing I hadn't asked)
Can you not pee in your own bucket, or is Mr Tatters's particularly pungent? Or are you simply too busy getting a 'big crusty load from the bakers'? (already wishing I hadn't asked)
Can you not pee in your own bucket, or is Mr Tatters's particularly pungent? Or are you simply too busy getting a 'big crusty load from the bakers'? (already wishing I hadn't asked)
I always make sure that I get the best sell by date available and yet on a fairly regular basis I find the eggs I poach splitting up in the simmering water. A fried egg equivalent is one that would spread all over the pan. A fresh egg's albumen should hold together tightly with a ridge close to the yolk which in turn should have a rounded high appearance.
I've never complained to the supermarkets though or taken on the egg marketing board ... I like to pretend that I'm a pensioner that does actually have better things to do
We gave up on supermarket eggs years ago due to freshness issues, we get ours from a local farm shop now and have no problems
I think the problem is the definition of ‘fresh’ . The supermarkets can call them fresh up until around 21-28 days after being laid. Local farm shops can source their eggs (if they don’t have chooks themselves) from another local farmer.
Always worth checking the code inside the egg box from supermarkets too. You can call eggs ‘farm fresh’ yet they’re laid by caged chickens. A true fresh egg from a happy hen is worth its weight in gold! Or come and get some from us in the Spring when they start laying more. We don’t sell them but just stick them in an honesty box outside and ask for donations to help with costs. The eggs go very quickly as they’re straight from bum to box fresh.
Perfect name for the autobiography of a previously gay man's switch to female company.
I always make sure that I get the best sell by date available and yet on a fairly regular basis I find the eggs I poach splitting up in the simmering water. A fried egg equivalent is one that would spread all over the pan. A fresh egg's albumen should hold together tightly with a ridge close to the yolk which in turn should have a rounded high appearance.
I've never complained to the supermarkets though or taken on the egg marketing board ... I like to pretend that I'm a pensioner that does actually have better things to do
We gave up on supermarket eggs years ago due to freshness issues, we get ours from a local farm shop now and have no problems
I think the problem is the definition of ‘fresh’ . The supermarkets can call them fresh up until around 21-28 days after being laid. Local farm shops can source their eggs (if they don’t have chooks themselves) from another local farmer.
Always worth checking the code inside the egg box from supermarkets too. You can call eggs ‘farm fresh’ yet they’re laid by caged chickens. A true fresh egg from a happy hen is worth its weight in gold! Or come and get some from us in the Spring when they start laying more. We don’t sell them but just stick them in an honesty box outside and ask for donations to help with costs. The eggs go very quickly as they’re straight from bum to box fresh.
I really miss my neighbours having chooks, both sides too. Those girls laid so many eggs we couldn't keep up eating them and sourcing egg boxes for them. The ideal Saturday morning was getting out early, fresh crusty load from the bakers and get handed a massive box of hours old eggs.
I am not against foxes, we keep stealing their habitat and then behave like scum leaving edible food waste everywhere for them however what they do with chickens makes me resent them. They massacred my next door neighbours chooks and just left them. Fuckers are so persistent as their pen was like fort know and one still got in.
Sad to hear about the chooks.
We've had a couple of fox attacks which resulted in losing a hen and cockerel. We've now gone for an electric fence surrounding Heras fencing etc but it's still not 100% as I spotted a fox getting under the electric fence a while back. He started chasing the hens but the cockerel tried to fight back which gave me enough time to get in there. I ran at the fox screaming 'PUT HIM DOWN!' which, amazingly, the fox did and ran back under the fence.
The latest strategy when we notice fox poo in our garden is to get Mr Tatters to pee in a bucket for a couple of days and then I use one of those big pump action sprayers and walk round the perimeter of the garden spraying.
I always make sure that I get the best sell by date available and yet on a fairly regular basis I find the eggs I poach splitting up in the simmering water. A fried egg equivalent is one that would spread all over the pan. A fresh egg's albumen should hold together tightly with a ridge close to the yolk which in turn should have a rounded high appearance.
I've never complained to the supermarkets though or taken on the egg marketing board ... I like to pretend that I'm a pensioner that does actually have better things to do
We gave up on supermarket eggs years ago due to freshness issues, we get ours from a local farm shop now and have no problems
I think the problem is the definition of ‘fresh’ . The supermarkets can call them fresh up until around 21-28 days after being laid. Local farm shops can source their eggs (if they don’t have chooks themselves) from another local farmer.
Always worth checking the code inside the egg box from supermarkets too. You can call eggs ‘farm fresh’ yet they’re laid by caged chickens. A true fresh egg from a happy hen is worth its weight in gold! Or come and get some from us in the Spring when they start laying more. We don’t sell them but just stick them in an honesty box outside and ask for donations to help with costs. The eggs go very quickly as they’re straight from bum to box fresh.
I really miss my neighbours having chooks, both sides too. Those girls laid so many eggs we couldn't keep up eating them and sourcing egg boxes for them. The ideal Saturday morning was getting out early, fresh crusty load from the bakers and get handed a massive box of hours old eggs.
I am not against foxes, we keep stealing their habitat and then behave like scum leaving edible food waste everywhere for them however what they do with chickens makes me resent them. They massacred my next door neighbours chooks and just left them. Fuckers are so persistent as their pen was like fort know and one still got in.
Sad to hear about the chooks.
We've had a couple of fox attacks which resulted in losing a hen and cockerel. We've now gone for an electric fence surrounding Heras fencing etc but it's still not 100% as I spotted a fox getting under the electric fence a while back. He started chasing the hens but the cockerel tried to fight back which gave me enough time to get in there. I ran at the fox screaming 'PUT HIM DOWN!' which, amazingly, the fox did and ran back under the fence.
The latest strategy when we notice fox poo in our garden is to get Mr Tatters to pee in a bucket for a couple of days and then I use one of those big pump action sprayers and walk round the perimeter of the garden spraying.
Would it not be more efficient for Mr Tatters to use his pump action sprayer direct?
In terms of male urine keeping foxes away, it does seem to work but every time it rains you have to start again and to make it effective your garden will end up smelling like Selhurst Park. I was pissing into a jerrycan and sloshing that all round the border and frankly it was becoming a rancid chore. I don't have chooks and neither do my neighbours anymore, I feed the foxes now and they don't defecate on my garden which is what I was always after. They are beautiful creatures however nature is so violent and they take their place in the food chain which is above chooks sadly.
In terms of male urine keeping foxes away, it does seem to work but every time it rains you have to start again and to make it effective your garden will end up smelling like Selhurst Park. I was pissing into a jerrycan and sloshing that all round the border and frankly it was becoming a rancid chore. I don't have chooks and neither do my neighbours anymore, I feed the foxes now and they don't defecate on my garden which is what I was always after. They are beautiful creatures however nature is so violent and they take their place in the food chain which is above chooks sadly.
The spray keeps the smell down but enough for the foxes to smell. It’s pretty pungent in the bucket in the bathroom tho and we have to remove it when visitors come round. We don’t seem to have many and those that know us just wee in the garden.
In terms of male urine keeping foxes away, it does seem to work but every time it rains you have to start again and to make it effective your garden will end up smelling like Selhurst Park. I was pissing into a jerrycan and sloshing that all round the border and frankly it was becoming a rancid chore. I don't have chooks and neither do my neighbours anymore, I feed the foxes now and they don't defecate on my garden which is what I was always after. They are beautiful creatures however nature is so violent and they take their place in the food chain which is above chooks sadly.
The spray keeps the smell down but enough for the foxes to smell. It’s pretty pungent in the bucket in the bathroom tho and we have to remove it when visitors come round. We don’t seem to have many and those that know us just wee in the garden.
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
Blimey, these youngsters have some chip their shoulder, don’t they?
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
Blimey, these youngsters have some chip their shoulder, don’t they?
:-)
🙄
Are you on the Dartford train out of London bridge right now btw? Bloke opposite me looks quite like you!
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
Blimey, these youngsters have some chip their shoulder, don’t they?
:-)
🙄
Are you on the Dartford train out of London bridge right now btw? Bloke opposite me looks quite like you!
I’ve seen what happens in this movie… I’m pleased for an excuse to buy a hat 👏
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
Blimey, these youngsters have some chip their shoulder, don’t they?
:-)
🙄
Are you on the Dartford train out of London bridge right now btw? Bloke opposite me looks quite like you!
Can you not pee in your own bucket, or is Mr Tatters's particularly pungent? Or are you simply too busy getting a 'big crusty load from the bakers'? (already wishing I hadn't asked)
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
I believe the customary response is "piss off you old fart".
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
Alright Junior, calm down.
(I'm just jealous no one calls me young man any more!)
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
Blimey, these youngsters have some chip their shoulder, don’t they?
:-)
🙄
Are you on the Dartford train out of London bridge right now btw? Bloke opposite me looks quite like you!
I’ve seen what happens in this movie… I’m pleased for an excuse to buy a hat 👏
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
Blimey, these youngsters have some chip their shoulder, don’t they?
:-)
🙄
Are you on the Dartford train out of London bridge right now btw? Bloke opposite me looks quite like you!
The new guy who's joined my work who keeps calling me "young man". Like fuck off you patronising prick.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
Blimey, these youngsters have some chip their shoulder, don’t they?
:-)
🙄
Are you on the Dartford train out of London bridge right now btw? Bloke opposite me looks quite like you!
Ah Canters, you should have said hello mate!
wasn’t me :-)
I'm kinda glad. It looked like you'd rather let yourself go in the few years since I've seen ya! 🤣
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I am not against foxes, we keep stealing their habitat and then behave like scum leaving edible food waste everywhere for them however what they do with chickens makes me resent them. They massacred my next door neighbours chooks and just left them. Fuckers are so persistent as their pen was like fort know and one still got in.
Or are you simply too busy getting a 'big crusty load from the bakers'?
(already wishing I hadn't asked)
Need to get rid of that family and all their acquaintances from public life.
A photo/video would help.
We're the same level, we get paid the same, I'm running your induction. Just stop it.
I may be 20 years younger than you, I may be relatively young for where I am in my career but I'm 30 in a couple months. I'm hardly a child. I've got the best part of 10 years experience doing what I do and I'm bloody good at it. My age doesn't need to come into it.
:-)
Are you on the Dartford train out of London bridge right now btw? Bloke opposite me looks quite like you!
I’m pleased for an excuse to buy a hat 👏
(I'm just jealous no one calls me young man any more!)
wasn’t me :-)