Picnics are an eternal favourite pastime of mine.
Ever since I was a little girl, I've always loved the idea of al-fresco dining. Growing up in South Africa, as kids, we spent the majority of our time outside, especially during summer, when entire twelve hour periods transpired in and around the pool.
I have fond memories of my mom making us lie down for at least half an hour before swimming again, when all we wanted to do was jump in and make the most absurd amounts of splashing. She would make make us delicacies of cheese and tomato sandwiches, cut into quarters, vienna sausages spattered with mustard, slices of lush watermelon and platters of grapes and nectarines.
Outdoor dining is an integral part of being a South African. We often have braais or barbeques just for the heck of it. On any given Friday evening, the comforting smell of charred wood and smoke perfume the balmy summer air. Most houses in the suburbs will have an outdoor braai area, as well as an indoor braai room, so there is never an excuse to not kuier or entertain.
I attended a picnic yesterday, and took along these magical Scotch Eggs, which are traditional English picnic fare. As I was preparing the eggs, I wondered about the origin of the picnic. So, I did a little research, and found the following:
The word picnic stems from the French words pique un niche - directly translated - pick a place (to sit).
So, may I suggest you pique un niche to read this sublime recipe?
INGREDIENTS
- 6 eggs
- 450g pork sausages
- 2 anchovy fillets
- 2 T capers
- 1 spring onion, chopped finely
- salt and pepper
- smoked paprika
- 5 t bread crumbs
- 1 and a half cups of canola oil
METHOD
Bring a pot of water to boil, and once the water is boiling, boil your five of your eggs for five minutes. Arrest the cooking process by plopping your eggs into a bowl of iced water.
Squeeze the sausage out of it's casing into a large bowl and add the chopped anchovies, capers, salt, pepper, spring onion and paprika. Mush it all together until nicely combined.
Heat the oil in a wok or pan. Peel your eggs, and set aside. Divide the sausage mix into five parts, and flatten one part into your palm, ensuring the meat is evenly distributed. CAREFULLY place your egg in the center of the meat, and CAREFULLY wrap the meat around the egg.
Once you have wrapped all your eggs, wash the balls with an egg-wash from the leftover egg. Now, CAREFULLY roll the balls in the bread crumbs until they are evenly coated.
Test the oil to ensure it is hot enough, by dropping a piece of bread or sausage into the oil. If it immediately comes to the top, it is ready.
Now, carefully fry the balls for approximately six - eight minutes, turning constantly.
Rest the fried eggs on a paper towel, and once drained and cooled, cut in half, and serve with a little English mustard.
SUBLIME!
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Love me some hash and with the egg in the middle it is the way to go!
Looks amazing. I don’t know if I have the patience for all those steps.
Looks delicious
Wow! First of all, i commend you for your excellent photographs and the GIFs! If I may ask, what camera are you using @adsactly? (If you dont want to say it, its fine I respect you). Second, i should say that I can relate to your childhood nostalgia, where everyday when you wake up, the world is just as colorful as a rainbow and as fragrant as a garden of flowers! Its just very different now that were not that young! hahaha! you know what I mean! Its just that were free ,careless and nothing to worry about in our childhood years! Thank you for making me feel that nostalgic feeling again! And lastly! I'll surely try that scotch egg recipe on my birthday! And ill share it with you! Surely everyone in my family will love your recipe! Thank you @adsactly. Keep making good blogs like this! More Power!
ah, what a lovely comment 😊😊 THANK YOU!
So, I just use my iPhone! I do spend a few minutes editing each photo though - and this can be done in any photo editor, even the Microsoft Photo Editor. I always brighten them a bit, and then up the contrast.
For the moving pics, the iPhone has a rad feature called "LIVE" photos, and this is how I make the GIFS. I just change it from "LIVE" to "LOOP", and then its a GIF. 😊
And you are right. To be a kid is effortlessly free and colourful (I love your rainbow metaphor there🌈🌈 )
Thank you for your detailed comment - 100% Upvoted from me!
I love, love, love Scotch Eggs! I used to work at a restaurant that had them as a special every so often and I would order them every time I could!
Great work @princessmewmew!
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Your welcome and Thank you @princessmewmew! I just really appreciate your high quality photographs! I also just want to produce hi quality picture myself but I don't have a camera yet so maybe someday when I have one i'll share my first photograph with you! By the way @princessmewmew, I admire you for your time replying to my reply and the others, it just goes to show how dedicated you are to your craft! Keep that passion of yours fired up and keep up the good work! Thank you @princessmewmew! Followed you already and Ill sure be waiting for your next exciting post! More Power!
Oh thank you very much! You don’t need a good camera to good pics, you need a good eye. Honestly I just use my phone for everything.
It’s important to reply to everyone because they took the time to comment on my blog so I should be polite enough to return the favour. It’s also a nice way to get to know other steemians 💜 thanks for the follow
Thanks for the answer. I am searching how to do the gif via Iphone and found your answer. :D .
Do you use any app to make Loop or GIF? Could you recommend me one?!
I do like your recipes.
No, the iPhone 6s and up has the Live Photo function installed so once you have take a live photo, you can just swipe up and change it from live to loop. Then I email myself the gif and Marge is your Aunty!
I’m sure there are apps you could use though!
Thank you for your comment
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Wooww a very interesting post, if in my area it's his name BOH MANOK. If in your area that's what his name ..?
Your post made me hungry, @princessmewmew! 😁
I was usually doing something similar but more in a form of a meatloaf that should be baked in the oven.
But I like your recipe very much and it seems it might be much quicker to prepare it. However, I'm bookmarking this!
P.S.
I don't want to promise anything, but if it's to judge on the amount of curiosity to try it that provoked in me, I might give you some feedback, before this post dues. 😉
💜 oh please do! I would love to hear how it wqorks out for you 💜
Also - how do you bookmark a post? Is there a new Steem app I should know about, or do you just do the old fashioned add to bookmarks bar?
Old, old fashioned way in action. 😉
Just have a special folder (in my bookmarks) for the recipes that find online and like. 🙂
Aha, me too! I wish there was a steemit bookmarks function
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Really??? - How did you do that???
I think I came across something like that, maybe even a year ago, among other Steemit tools, but I'm not sure if it's functioning anymore, and the best part is that I forgot to bookmark it! - lol - 😁
I did it!
I have changed some things, some purposely some because I didn't have the exact ingredients, but it turns out very well. My family loved it!
So, not only that I tried your recipe I even made a whole post about it. (I hope you wouldn't mind?!)
However, I can confirm...
Beautiful in this life Is the comfort and relaxation With snacks
Like scotch eggs they are
Appetite through these beautiful pictures
@adsactly, @princessmewmew was lucky to have a fun filled childhood and up bringing experiences full pleasant memories with family. I and some others here weren't so privileged to. Talk about picnic, I have only attended one in my 20 years on earth lolz. That one was organized by the children department of my local congregation.
Though I was about 8 or 9 years then, but I still have the memory in my head. We had visited Kwa Falls in Anegeje village in Akamkpa LGA of Cross River State Nigeria and an extension of the Kwa River. The water fall springs out of a narrow, steep gorge on the headwaters of the Kwa River, forming a pool for fun and amusement. We spend about 6hours there and later returned home. I hope to pique un niche to give myself and my siblings a nice treat soon. (SO HELP ME GOD)
Meanwhile I hope to follow this recipe and tryout what I will get. The method looks simple just like what we call the egg roll.
Always a great time on your blog @adsactly
Thanks for sharing
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It must have been a very special event to stick in your memory like that 💜
I hope you get to have a picnic with your fam soon. Just eating outdoors is very special. Thanks for your lovely comment. I wish you all the luck in the world 💜💜💜
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Scotch egg is definitely a yummy snack, I remember I always requested for it when I was young anytime my dad took me to a fast food restaurant.
I always wondered what the covering on the egg was made of , I knew it wasn't flour which is another type of similar snack here called "egg roll". Now I know it's flour
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I commend you for your excellent photographs and the GIFs!
wow this looks so delicious and fantastic idea to use eggs... Thank you for sharing... photos are just fantastic... well presented... good job
i stared into those frying eggs for like 10 mins lol
Looks delicious!
This is the best recepy presentation I have ever seen, just this alone adds flavor to your food. Other than that the food looks delicious, the only thing that’s missing is I can’t eat it from the display. Maybe in 100 years it becomes a reality.
It really looks amazing. I've heard of this before but after seeing it, I might just be convinced to try making it.
ahha, yes, maybe one day our tv's will bring us the take-aways
You never know what humans are capable of.
Btw: I checked your post and you recommended great restaurant with delicious food. I agree with you about sauce being rather homemade than the generic Tartare and mayonnaise.
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ah, that is great! Thank you so much for the follow! Steem on!
So delicious ahah
Thank you for sharing
is it difficult to make though? have you tried it before? i am new to cooking.
Not very difficult
I just tried one time and i 'm not a very good in cooking aha
Well then maybe I can do it too!
Yeah
And it's very good for diner
Looks like a wonderful breakfast.
Yeah, something a little different than the typical scrambled eggs.
yeah! it's more of a picnic food, but I bet you could even eat it for dinner :)
They are harmful to human body.
In the Philippines, we have a version of Scotch Eggs, known as Embutido. It's a favorite of almost every Filipino household. But I would definitely want to try me some Scotch Eggs! :)
I also like the bit about the etiology of the word "picnic". Pique Un Niche. I love learning new things. Thanks for that! :)
ah, that sounds interesting. is it also made with mince? Or?
I also love history and especially etymology, I find that when you know where and how a word came to be, you are able to master the language and understand SO much more.
Thanks for you great comment 💜
My mouth just filled with water by reading your post, though i am a vegetarian but recipe given by you is worth a try for my non vegan wife.
you can also use the soy mince that vegetarian sausages are made out of
Oh i will definitely try that
It looks delicious!
The recipes are just great and the ingredients used are easily available not the fancy stuff for which you have to search and search and it's still not available. Keep up the great efforts.
yup! It is actually very simple to make. It's one of those recipes that nearly anyone could make
Thanks for your comment :) 💜
MMMMM wow! it made my mouth watered actually ;) We call SHAMI-KABAB this dish in our native language.
Great Job Done Princess and @adsactly ;)
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awesome! I love to learn about other's cultures 💜
Multi Cultural Learning gives you a sense of Brotherhood as a whole and it unites us, so You're always welcome to ask anything about my culture without any hesitation @princessmewmew
thank you, i appreciate that
Nice recipe!! thnks!
Is this even NFSW? This is food porn :)
I will try this out soon, thank you for this post.
Really like the pictures and the lovely GIFs <3
hahaha I love that - NSFW 💜
I appreciate your kind comment
Nice gifs. It really presents the preparation process well.
UPVOTED, RESTEEMED and now HUNGRY😜
hehehe! that is the aim. Hope you enjoyed the post
Yes very nice post.
Kind regards
Gross, who wears a filthy wedding ring when cooking? Totally unhygienic.
Well aren’t you just a ray of sunshine? Xx kisses
Oh wow your back at it again . This recipe looks so delicious and fun to make . I’m gonna try this out tonight when I get home from work. I’ll let you know how it goes . Thank you again for your valuable content as usual 😊
Nothing wrong with some breakfast for dinner!
nothing at all 😊😊
hehe! always making them food posts. Let me know how it goes :)
Nice post
This looks spectacularly divine, a new option to enjoy, thank you for sharing this recipe, I will surely try to do it! regards
awesome! let me know if you do! 😊
I vl try this at home right away... Hope it comes out as good taste as any.. Plz follow me bk
The switch eggs really looking tempting and enticing, I know it's gonna be delicious reminds me of the one I made last week. But this one looking more standardized than mine.
Nice one @adsactly
Good to know about origin of picnic
I love chicken
I'll try this dish with chicken instead of pig
You can also use beef or lamb sausage
Ooh yummyyyyyyy, it's the best memory I have from Manchester 😍
, and the funny thing is it's not Mancunian!!!!!!! 😂
hehe! I've never been to Manchester, but I love the accent
This has raised my hunger, it looks to be a delicious meal. I really love picnic, and i remember we used to go for picnics in our primary school, as children we used to enjoy a lot especially eating, playing games and getting new friends. hahaha, i am even missing this.
yeah, I love picnics too. We should definitely try to eat outdoors more!😊
this is a really nice post, i've learnt from it.i will try the receipt even with the local ingredients we have over here. keep it up
awesome! Thank you
I have never even heard of this type of egg recipe. I will definitely try it, looks great!
cool! 😊 it's a very British snack
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I'm about to break my diet !!!!!!
Never saw this before. :-) Strange recipe according to my taste. ;-) Taste is different.
Hmmmm yummy yummy
Its appears a bit different of how i knew it while growing up. I think this look twice much better.
Bast post....💀
Hmm😊✌🤗
it seems yummy.
I can't eat it but I can feel the taste of this recipe by staring at this picture and I'll definitely try this recipe :)
Thanks for sharing .
you always post valuable content, that's why i'm following.
Delicious
Looks good, I dont see any whisky in the ingredients so not as advertised!
hahahahaha 😊😊😊 Scotch as in Scottish
OMG THEY LOOK SO FUCKING NICE!!!!
Hehe glad I could get you so excited
Thank you for thos recipe! I'm gonna try this one. My egg will not be boring to eat anymore! Sunny side up and scrambled eggs, bye for now! 😍😂
Bye Felicia eggs!
I miss scotch eggs. Scotch eggs and fish and chips is what will make America great again :(