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May: ostrich egg-stravaganza

I’m not sure if there’s even a season for ostrich eggs, and if there is it probably isn’t in May. And besides, I got the egg for Easter, which was in April anyway. But I thought it was so damn cool that I’d come into possession of this enormous, white, dinosaur-esque ostrich egg that I wanted to write about it. You might be wondering how it was I landed an ostrich egg in Amsterdam, and if I told you I’d probably have to kill you. So suffice to say, I begged, borrowed and stole until it was safely stowed in my kitchen…

An ostrich egg apparently holds the equivalent of two dozen chicken’s eggs, so it was one big mother of a frittata I had to make. Fortunately, it was koninginnenacht and I have hungry friends, so we had an ostrich egg-stravaganza…

The pictures were so good, I thought I’d turn them into a photo story. You know, like they did in Just 17 in about 1993. Retro.

Titus (big, strapping Dutch guy) gives us a comparison for the size of the egg:

It takes not one, not two, but three people wielding power tools to bore carefully through the shell at either end.

The yolk – the largest single cell that exists, according to Wikipedia – starts to fall. There’s something weirdly primal and birth-like about it…

An asparagus, cherry tomato, goat’s cheese, herb and truffle frittata starts to take shape…

And it’s ready to be served by the chef!

Cue happy friends sitting down for dinner. Eet smakelijk!

Oh, and then some drunken egg antics with the shell (inevitably) ensue…

PS. A bit of Googling has now confirmed that spring is indeed the season for ostrich eggs! Well, whaddya know: I’m on seasonal brand and everything.

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