Posted on 06/11/2015 9:31:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
They were created almost 300 years ago by Fortnum & Mason as a pocket-sized snack for aristocrats travelling by horse-drawn carriage.
But now the scotch egg has been labelled a junk food and is being removed from children's lunch boxes by schoolteachers.
The traditional dish – a hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat and coated in breadcrumbs – is seen as too unhealthy to be part of a balanced diet at Cherry Tree Primary School in Colchester.
The school has taken the unusual step of asking teachers to look through pupils' lunch boxes and remove items that are deemed inappropriate.
Along with Peperami sausages, scotch eggs are being confiscating until the end of the day, at which point the teacher replaces the item, adding an explanatory note for parents.
A spokesman for Cherry Tree Primary School said: "All school meals we serve comply with the government's school food standards, as required by law."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
They have all gone insane........................
Where can you buy Scotch Eggs in the USA?
A teacher that takes away anything I send to school with my kid will not like what happens next. Happily mine are all out (except one high schooler) and I do not have to deal with it.
what is this majik you speak of ? - I have never seen a thing so delicious...I would swab it with some hollandaise sauce or sausage gravy
There was a restaurant down the road from me that had them. Unfortunately, the place closed recently. They were AMAZING!
Scotch eggs are delicious.
Can be ordered at various British pub type restaurants in the US.
Isn’t Scotch an insulting term?
Dunkin Donuts, airlines, etc., would do well to add them to their menu. Better than that reconstituted omelet stuff.
That sure looks tasty.
Dang, now I’m hungry.
I wonder if anyone makes them here in DFW.
(And yes, the school admins are a bunch of ... nevermind.)
Well, that image certainly isn’t disturbing!
The Brits are nuts. Even the dried-up Scotch eggs served on the trains were one of their best snacks.
Neither the eggs or the meat is bad for children developing their brain.
If the aristocrats want to starve their children's brains, by all means, go for it.
Do NOT be fooled, this is the Government the idiots over there want, absolute.
They want their babysitter Government. This Government is supported by the majority.
Sauron Lives!
I had a heart attack just looking at that.
I’ve never heard of this Scotch Egg. Looks delicious.
Seems they’re supposed to be deep-fried, but I found a baked recipe here:
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/baked-scotch-eggs/f0e01f73-fb39-478b-9a2c-f242359d24af
Ditto, but the secret is to find a way to make them miserable without getting arrested.
Yes, scotch is derogatory. Now we’ll have to take you off in the paddy wagon!
Has Michelle’s influence spread across the pond?
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