Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Inside the egg...

ficedula, or Orphean Warbler
The wooden hen broods over peacock eggs, which Trimalchio pretends contain live embryonic chicks. In fact, they are pastry eggs that conceal fig-peckers wrapped in peppered egg-yolk.  The Italian candy company Ferrero makes a version of this today:  the Kinder sorpresa, a chocolate egg containing  a small plastic toy.  Choking hazard!  Here is a recipe for cooking Fig-pecker and Asparagus Omelette.


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