WHAT WENT WRONG WITH SCOTCH EGGS?

I like a good Scotch egg but they are being highjacked by trendy cheffery.

A good Scotch egg needs the right ratio of moist meat to egg with a light dusting of breadcrumbs. It’s all about proportion.

They make a good snack or a light meal. Wrapped in foil, they’ll fit in a pocket.

But the mutant interlopers look more like rusted cannonballs hauled off the seabed, big ugly things with lumpy bumpy encrustations, weird eggs and inappropriate meats.

A good egg and bacon sandwich, regardless of your usual preference, HAS to be eaten with sticky tasteless Mother’s Pride-style bread.

Likewise, the humble Scotch egg is a simple snack, not a Masterchef Twitter trend.

Leave them alone!

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