The thing about bantams (of which we have 3 in our garden) is that they lay a really small egg and it's nearly all yolk. The good things about this are that they are a perfect size for C and S likes yolk. The difficult things are that I prefer the white and they only fit into 2 of the 15 eggcups that we own. Yes, 15 eggcups. Even with as many house guests as we can manage and with normal sized eggs - that is still 8 too many. I have discovered this because I am clearing out the backs of cupboards today. It is a truly grimy and satisfying task which is completely distracting me from the actual work I am supposed to be doing - but the upside is that I have liberated several spiders from their dark, back-of-cupboard lives and they now happily reside in the garden and I know S will be happy about that.
This little lady is smaller than most, so a contender for a larger bantam egg. Her partner is with my brother and I have lots of happy teatime memories associated with them.Can't wait for C to get excited about using her. Until then she will be pushed to the back of the (clean) cupboard with the other 14 to await a sudden mass visitation of friends all wanting boiled eggs.
Wow, you have your own fresh eggs, would love to have that!
Posted by: mikodesign | July 03, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Yes, it's nice - but they're tiny!
Posted by: Katy | July 03, 2008 at 09:48 PM