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Cannot decide what to serve for a 'meet-the-chickens' brunch we are hosting Nov 12th. Friends & family are coming (about 20). My chooks arrived Oct 12th, this will be their society 'debut', and I am looking for some fun, easy, egg-based ideas to serve folks.

Brunch is big here in the US - if I could hire a caterer I'd do omlettes - but don't have the dollars. Don't fancy being stuck in the kitchen cooking for my guests either, would rather have stuff ready to eat when they arrive.

So I am fishing for ideas - what would you do?

(P.S. my 4 year-old daughter has drawn portraits of the chooks. We hung them up above the Eglu run - "so that the guests can tell the chickens apart." Adorable.)

Looking to be inspired by your culinary imagination!

Sarah in Utah.

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Not sure how that translates over there? - i think my lot from Minnesota were laughing about the word quiche :?

Flans?

 

How many eggs do you have Sarah? A cake is good: the orange and almond cake (which I'm sure must be in the recipe section) is good and has 6 eggs in it.

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How many eggs do I have? As many as the grocery store has - my girls have yet to start coughing up the rent for the Eglu. . .

Oooh, I like the mini quiche idea & the custard tarts mmmm! Unfortunately, sausagemeat in Utah is a pale imitation of what I remember growing up in the UK (sighs) nasty, gristly,fatty stuff here, yuckkk!

Sarah

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This is a great recipe- we have it often.

I think it would be nice for a brunch with some crusty bread.You could make it in advance up to the bit where you add the eggs, and finishing it from that point won't take long.

You can increase the amounts really easily (we often do more eggs per base mixture too, if we have a lot to use up & are hungry!)

 

 

MEXICAN EGGS

 

Fry 1 chopped Onion in olive oil

Add 2 cloves chopped garlic, 2 tsp Cimmin seeds & 1-2 fresh chopped chillis (or 2 tsp ready chopped chillis)

fry for a minute,& mix together

Add 2 tims chopped tomatoes in rich juice & a pinch of sugar.

Turn down & simmer for 10 mins

Season & add 4 tbsp chopped coriander.

 

Make 4 hollows in the hot mixtue, & break an egg into each one

Scatter with grated cheese & cook gently until almost set.

Remove from heat,& finish off under the grill, so the cheese is bubbly & the eggs are set.

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Now look what you did! You shorted out my keyboard where I DROOLED all over it!

Wow, some really great ideas! Thank you all so much!

Vol-au-vents are a fab idea - so easy, but they look so elegant, like you slaved all day cooking. And egg mayo + extras + garnish in them would look real fancy!

The MexEggs dish sounds delish! I have a huge electric skillet, which I use to make pancakes. It is deep & has a lid so maybe if I can convince one of the guys to play chef. . .

I think this will be a fun party - hopefully the weather will co-operate so the girls can come out & play & show the rest of the world how adorable they are - you guys don't need convincing of that, I know!

My health has prevented me from hosting big parties for the last couple of years - used to have dinner parties all the time - but brunch is great. Early in the day & everyone gone by 2pm - or they should be. The Dallas Cowboys kick-off at 2:15pm and that is a sacred moment in this house!

Thanks again for all your lovely ideas, you have really been a big help. I feel inspired!

Sarah

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or we could just pop over to your house :wink:

 

:D

I'd put you on Poop Patrol! You guys are the only ones I don't need to tell "Careful where you tread", to!

So if you happen to be in the neighborhood. . . feel free to "pop over"!

 

(PS My friends look at me blankly when I say "I'm just going to pop these in the oven" etc. Been here 17 years & I still stumble into liguistic dead-ends - some more embarrassing than others.)

Sarah

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or we could just pop over to your house :wink:

 

:D

I'd put you on Poop Patrol! You guys are the only ones I don't need to tell "Careful where you tread", to!

So if you happen to be in the neighborhood. . . feel free to "pop over"!

 

(PS My friends look at me blankly when I say "I'm just going to pop these in the oven" etc. Been here 17 years & I still stumble into liguistic dead-ends - some more embarrassing than others.)

Sarah

 

 

:lol: Do you still call pants pants and trousers trousers

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or we could just pop over to your house :wink:

 

:D

(PS My friends look at me blankly when I say "I'm just going to pop these in the oven" etc. Been here 17 years & I still stumble into liguistic dead-ends - some more embarrassing than others.)

Sarah

 

 

:lol: Do you still call pants pants and trousers trousers

 

and do you have one of those bags we call 'bum bags'?............. :lol::lol:

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:lol: Do you still call pants pants and trousers trousers

 

Being as I work as a radiographer, I frequently have to refer to the underwear of complete strangers when instructing them what to remove for their Xray exam. Got into some right pickles when I forget, and refer to garments as 'knickers', 'pants', 'panties','vest','undies' etc. Blank stare from patient. Not nearly as embarrassing,however, as the classic request for a cigarette break "ooh I'm dying to go outside & suck on a fag". . . conversation comes to shuddering stop, nervous looks all round "did she just say what I think she said?"

Fortunately though most people regard my linguistic slip-ups as either a) quaint or b) they couldn't understand my accent or c) they don't speak American English either.

It cuts both ways of course. Whenever I need a giggle I can open the Yellow Pages to 'S', turn to the pages that list companies that lay turf for lawns, (referred to by a 3-letter word beginning with 'S') & see emblazoned across the top of the listings S*D & S*DDING SERVICES. Makes me smile every time.

Sarah

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