{"id":654,"date":"2007-09-24T08:58:50","date_gmt":"2007-09-24T07:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=654"},"modified":"2007-09-26T09:12:20","modified_gmt":"2007-09-26T08:12:20","slug":"two-scotch-eggs-and-a-jar-of-marmite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/09\/24\/two-scotch-eggs-and-a-jar-of-marmite\/","title":{"rendered":"Two scotch eggs and a jar of Marmite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/1431687174\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1388\/1431687174_f39a112dcf.jpg?w=450\" vspace='10' alt=\"One scotch egg (No jar of Marmite)\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d ever had a scotch egg before, so when Sub-Evil Boy saw them in the grocery store and asked about them, we got a few to try.  All through the experience I kept thinking of the splendiferous Half Man Half Biscuit song &quot;24 hour garage people&quot;, with the bit:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nTwo scotch eggs<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and a jar of Marmite<br \/>\nTwo scotch eggs<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and a jar of Marmite<br \/>\nTwo scotch eggs<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and a jar of Marmite<br \/>\nWhat sandwiches have you got?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I enjoyed the scotch egg in a &quot;Oh, my arteries are really not happy about this&quot; sort of way.  He didn&#8217;t even get that far.  I doubt we&#8217;ll try this again, but I&#8217;m glad to have added it to my culinary experiences.  (For those who aren&#8217;t familiar with such things, a scotch egg is essentially a boiled egg in a casing of breaded sausage-y meat &#8211; pork in this case.)<\/p>\n<p>The tomatoes came from a local green grocer and were absolutely gorgeous.  Sweet, almost like a piece of good fruit.  Having those with my sandwich at lunch as been a real treat :-).<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d ever had a scotch egg before, so when Sub-Evil Boy saw them in the grocery store and asked about them, we got a few to try. All through the experience I kept thinking of the splendiferous Half Man Half Biscuit song &quot;24 hour garage people&quot;, with the bit: Two scotch eggs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/09\/24\/two-scotch-eggs-and-a-jar-of-marmite\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Two scotch eggs and a jar of Marmite&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[25,27,19],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-ay","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":506,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/03\/07\/honey-jar\/","url_meta":{"origin":654,"position":0},"title":"Honey jar","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"7 Mar 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Honey jar, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":545,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/04\/27\/chickens-and-egss-in-energy-policy\/","url_meta":{"origin":654,"position":1},"title":"Chickens and eggs in energy policy","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"27 Apr 07","format":false,"excerpt":"In one of my classes we've been discussing energy consumption, and the pros and cons of using tools like large gas taxes to help control consumption. 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