Scotch Eggs

I wonder who came up with the name Scotch Eggs for these little balls of deliciousness. I don't see no tartan, nor bagpipes, only delicious eggs wrapped in salty and spicy meat!

I made these little Scotch Eggs last week using quails eggs and minced turkey meat spiced with a dash of allspice. It was painstaking peeling the gazillions of little fresh quails eggs (canned ones are not quite the same!) but the thought of sinking my teeth into one of them made it all worthwhile.

When I was a kid, my fave food was hard boiled quails eggs. I ate so many of them my cholestorol levels are still inflated from when I was two. Due to its size, I thought it to be an exclusively children food, and was very proprietary about it.

I also made Thai Basil Chicken, another of my fave dishes. I put 3 tablespoons of fish sauce to fry this dish, and it didn't even need any sugar because of the natural sweetness of basil, capsicum and carrots.

Scotch Eggs and Thai Basil Chicken may sound like a strange combination for dinner, but they're just a collection of what I like to eat!