Scotch Eggs..where are they on the evil list??

[Nemo1977]

Just wondered as my two love them. How bad are they then?

Well the meat part is sausage meat............offal.........ewwwww

but I love them too especially with salad cream

I haven't had a scotch egg for ages! [happy dreamily nostalgic emoticon] They must be good protein wise, no? And there's nothing wrong with eggs, quality sausage meat and breadcrumbs afaik.

oh good as ds and dd want them at least 3 days a week for lunch. Personally dont like them and never have but cant be too bad give them with some salad etc.

They are so tasty aren't they? The sausage meat might have preservatives, stabilisers and other stuff in it though.

and salt in the sausagemeat. Oh and possibly colourings in the 'breadcrumbs'

Um - they're not great, are they?

I expect it depends on whether you get them from Asda or from one of Rick Stein's Food Heroes.

I can't get my head round them. What on earth gave people the idea to boil and egg, then wrap it up in ground pork and then breadcrumbs. Is it fried as well?

(We don't have scotch eggs in Canada.)

Well its like sausage isnt it?, depends where they come from.

Like most things it's probably better if you make your own rather than buying cheap ones from Asda.

I think they're nice though, even the cheap ones. But then I like pork pies and sausage rolls too, so who am I to comment?

You get your head round them by putting them in your mouth, nqc. [helpful emoticon]

Lol @ I expect it depends on whether you get them from Asda or from one of Rick Stein's Food Heroes, Kathy!

Oh I saw a thing on diabetic uk about the amount of fat in sausages- higher in quality ones apparently (less fillers) will see what I can find but it's not nice, 20% or something

Shame, coz I love them

I dunno, they just seem unduly treyf to me. (Of course, I'm in a country where you can get cheese and ham bagels [boggle emoticon]).

Never had one but the thought of them makes me feel sick. Think it's the egg, I've got a thing about egg that hasn't just been freshly cooked.

30% fat and high in carbs and salt too

drat

but you know, once in a while...

There's nothing more evil than a "picnic" egg bought from the service station. There's nothing more tasteless and disappointing than a bought scotch egg from tescos. However...

Good sausages, and squeeze out the insides, and wrap around your own boiled eggs, dipped in homemade breadcrumbs, and serve hot with salad...

Seriously lovely. Really! They are! And all the nicer for being slightly flat and occasionally burnt on each side from the frying!