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Friday, October 9, 2015

World Egg Day!





Its world egg day and though a food blogger on the side i was rather taken aback when i first heard this. I didn't know nor realised that there is actually a day set aside to celebrate egg or rather encourage people to eat more eggs.
Over the years i have read a lot of research on the nutritional benefit and the importance of including egg in our food, growing up as a child i was not deprived of eating this in fact great emphasis was place on us children eating eggs as oppose adults especially when i hear of egg being a delicacy in some homes due to inability of parents to afford such simple meal for their children. But i have realised growing up that egg dish is actually not a main dish in our food in Nigeria and so one could excuse away the emphasis on not having it in regular dish, we derive our source of protein from other food like Beef, Beans and fish.
Eggs are very versatile food that can be prepared in different ways or be incorporated into meals and serve a just meal on its own, like baking,boiling, frying, or steaming. The whites are rich sources of selenium, vitamin D, B6, B12 and minerals such as zinc, iron and copper and the yolks contain more calories and fat. They are the source of cholesterol, fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K and lecithin - the compound that enables emulsification in recipes such as or mayonnaise.
My favourite way of eating egg is as a snack when i make it into scotch egg, absolutely delightful, very easy and fast to make and tasty too.

Heres a free recipe for this snacks, go ahead!
6 Hard boiled eggs, cooled and peeled.
1 pound tube sausage.
2 eggs
1 tbsp water
Salt
1 cup crushed bread crumbs

Method: Cut a little bit of the sausage meat and use it to cover one egg, roll it in your breadcrumbs and whisk egg, then back in breadcrumbs again and deep fried. Do same for the remaining eggs and enjoy,

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