A gift of eggs from Photowall at Easter

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We’ve just received this lovely Song Birds eggs canvas print from Photowall. Eggs for Easter… perfect!! After offering us the chance to try out their service, we had a good browse through the huge range of prints on offer.

When we saw this one, we knew immediately that we could give it a good home. We have a small area in the cottage given over to ‘found’ objects and nature specimens – shells, pebbles, fossils, bones, feathers and the like. This canvas bird eggs poster was the perfect, complimentary artwork for the room.

Whilst we were happy to use this image from their own catalogue, Photowall canvas prints are actually highly customisable; you can choose the size you want – and even choose your own design – simply upload a photo or scanned image as a high resolution .jpeg, .gif, .png or .psd file and take it from there!

The package includes clear & simple instructions. It’s an ingenious design and it took less than 10 minutes to put together, ready to hang on the wall. Photowall has published a helpful YouTube video showing you how to construct your canvas – we’ve embedded it at the bottom of this post.

Our Photowall experience has been excellent. We’ve been very happy with the whole process – from ordering on the website to hanging on the wall.

_{[ Many thanks to Photowall for providing the canvas for review ]}

Cakes & Bakes: Cloud eggs

In last week’s soft sourdough sandwich loaf recipe, you were introduced to one of Justin’s favourite brunch dishes – a bacon sandwich. This week, it’s mine – a veggie full English breakfast.

I like it with veggie black pudding, hash browns, mushrooms, baked beans, fried bread… and cloud eggs.

It’s lovely on a lazy Sunday. If you don’t want to go to the effort of a full English, or your just not that hungry, cloud eggs are lovely atop a slice of toast with no more than a sprinkling of salt and a grind of black pepper. A very simple recipe for our Cakes & Bakes series… but well worth sharing, all the same!

Cloud eggs

2018-06-27 06:59:22

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

5 min

Total Time

15 min

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

5 min

Total Time

15 min

Ingredients

Eggs (one per person)
pinch of salt

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Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 175ºC/350ºF/Gas mark 4. Grease a small skillet or frying pan (make sure it doesn't have a wooden or plastic handle as it will be going into the oven)
Separate the white from the yolk. Set the yolk aside and put the egg white and salt into a clean, high-sided mixing bowl (make sure the bowl is grease free as it will affect the volume), whisk the egg whites to the stiff peak stage
Use a spatula to carefully tip the egg white into the skillet - you don't want to lose the volume. Make a small hollow in the middle of the whites before putting the pan into the oven
Bake for 3-5 minutes, remove from the oven and carefully tip the yolk into the pre-made hollow
Put the pan back into the oven and bake for a further couple of minutes - the lenght of time depends on how runny you like your yolk
Remove from the oven and plate it up

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Soy sauce eggs or shoyu tamago

I’ve been looking after our neighbours’ chickens again – I refer to them ‘the ladies’. Each morning, they rush to greet me at the door of the coop, clucking and cooing with anticipation of breakfast. The 9 of them then follow me around, getting under my feet, as I replenish their drinking water and collect the eggs.

Between them, they lay 6 or 7 eggs per day – I think there’s one or two that aren’t pulling their weight! After a few days, the pile of eggs really mounts up. Each time I look after them, I attempt new recipes to avoid a glut.

Soy sauce eggs or shoyu tamago are traditionally eaten with ramen (Japanese noodle soup), which I love.

Yesterday, I had a couple quartered atop a salad with a little drizzle of soya vinaigrette. Today for lunch, I had them with a bowl spicy noodles.

What would you make with a surplus of eggs?

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Soy sauce eggs or shoyu tamago

Rating: 51

Prep Time: 6 hours

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 6 hours, 10 minutes

Number of servings: 6

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Ingredients

6 eggs
1L/ 34fl oz water
3tbsp soy sauce
2tbsp rice wine vinegar
1tsp Chinese five spice
1tsp Szechuan peppercorns
½tsp ground cinnamon
½tsp ground ginger
2 whole cloves
2 star anise 'stars'
1 green cardamom pod
1tbs palm sugar (you can use brown sugar)

Method

Boil the eggs the way you like them - I like them fairly hard-boiled which takes about 6-7 minutes. Cool by plunging into cold water, then remove the shells. Put them into a large, sterilised Kilner jar, cover and set aside
In a large saucepan, add all the other ingredients and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar
Remove from the heat and carefully pour over the boiled, peeled eggs
Allow to cool slightly before snapping the lid shut
Cool to room temperature before transferring to the fridge. Allow to marinate for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight

Notes

If you don't have all the different spices, just use the ones you do - the soy sauce and Chinese five spice are the most important. You can reuse the liquor, bringing it up to the boil prior to each use. The flavour develops and gets better over time!

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Easter is only a fortnight away and this month’s competition is very apt. We have a gift boxed set of Keith Brymer Jones ‘Word’ egg cups for one of our readers to win. The egg cups are hand-stamped with the well-known conundrum, “What came first the chicken or the egg”.

Keith Brymer Jones is, alongside Kate Malone, the oft-tearful judge of The Great Pottery Throw Down – he gets so emotional about his craft. We loved watching the last series that ended last week – you can still catch up on the iPlayer.

Each piece is hand finished and is part of his extensive ‘Word’ range which includes, amongst other items, mugs, plates, bowls, teapots, butter dishes… and even pet feeding bowls.

To win the egg cup set, leave us a comment below saying how you like your eggs!

Set of Keith Brymer Jones egg cups

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