Irish Egg

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chewingthefat Total Posts : 5797 Reward points : 0 Joined: 11/22/2007 Location: Emmitsburg, Md.	Irish Egg - Sat, 03/3/12 5:20 PM 0 Had my first one today, Hard boiled egg, covered with ground pork, dusted with cornmeal, deep fat fried, damn good! anyone ever had one, what did you think?

TJ Jackson Total Posts : 4215 Reward points : 0 Joined: 7/26/2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH	Re:Irish Egg - Sat, 03/3/12 5:59 PM 0 This is generally referred to as a Scotch Egg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_egg

Michael Hoffman Total Posts : 15938 Reward points : 0 Joined: 7/1/2000 Location: Gahanna, OH	Re:Irish Egg - Sat, 03/3/12 6:13 PM 0 I make them occasionally. I like them. I've never heard them, called Irish eggs, though. Only Scotch eggs. But considering who's Irish around here ... .

Foodbme Total Posts : 8581 Reward points : 0 Joined: 9/1/2006 Location: Gilbert, AZ	Re:Irish Egg - Sat, 03/3/12 10:31 PM 0 The difference is you eat a Scotch Egg with a shot of Jamison's and you eat an Irish Egg with a pint of Guiness. Same egg!

hatteras04 Total Posts : 993 Reward points : 0 Joined: 5/14/2003 Location: Columbus, OH	Re:Irish Egg - Sat, 03/3/12 11:35 PM 0 It's Jameson and since that's an Irish whiskey, that wouldn't make sense. <message edited by hatteras04 on Sat, 03/3/12 11:41 PM>

Foodbme Total Posts : 8581 Reward points : 0 Joined: 9/1/2006 Location: Gilbert, AZ	Re:Irish Egg - Sat, 03/3/12 11:52 PM 0 hatteras04 It's Jameson and since that's an Irish whiskey, that wouldn't make sense. Guess you can tell I'm not a Scotch Drinker so make it a Glenlivet! Or one of these:

chewingthefat Total Posts : 5797 Reward points : 0 Joined: 11/22/2007 Location: Emmitsburg, Md.	Re:Irish Egg - Sun, 03/4/12 10:51 AM 0 Scotch egg it is then, I had it at the Shamrock Restaurant, down the road from me, the place is sooooooooooo Irish any twist they can give something to make Irish they do...fine by me!

Twinwillow Total Posts : 4367 Reward points : 0 Joined: 4/15/2006 Location: Big "D"	Re:Irish Egg - Sun, 03/4/12 11:08 AM 0 I prefer a Scotch-Irish egg. A Scotch egg washed down with a pint of draught Guinness.

Mosca Total Posts : 2834 Reward points : 0 Joined: 5/26/2004 Location: Mountain Top, PA	Re:Irish Egg - Sun, 03/4/12 11:56 AM 0 I always called them dinosaur eggs.