eggs – Jules P Richards

Nifty little idea what i did see – it’s not my idea.

eggs in egg

stuff

heat choc eeek!

eggs in eggs

Wool
Balloons
PVA glue/water
mini choc eggs in foil

Put eggs in balloons. Blow up balloons to large egg-size.
Put wool in PVA/water mixture.
Wrap balloons in wool. Wrap from all angles.
Leave to set overnight – (ooops – not on the radiator cos there choc in them there eggs!)

Tricky bit: gently push majority of balloon away from wool before popping balloon. If you don’t then the deflating balloon pulls the wool in. Then most of balloon’s pushed away from wool, with a blade and tweezers, pop balloon and pull it away and out of the delicate wool egg lattice. It will come out in bits and needs patience and a steady hand

Voila – mini choc eggs in woollen egg lattice.

Incidentally I like real eggs!

i – scrambled, ii – poached, ii – boiled. But not with a hard yolk.

How do you like yours!?

These figures are for a medium egg of approximately 58gm fresh weight.
Source Royal Society of Chemistry/MAFF 1991, The Composition of foods (5th Edition).

Nutritional analysis without shell

Weight    51.6g
Water    38.8g
Energy    316/76 kjoules/k cal
Protein    6.5g
Carbohydrate    trace
Fat    5.6g
Inc Sat Fatty acids    1.6g
Monounsaturated F.a.    2.4g
Dietary Fibre    none

Minerals and Trace Elements

Sodium    72mg
Potassium    67mg
Calcium    29mg
Phosphorus    103mg
Magnesium    6.2mg
Iron    1mg
Zinc    0.7mg
Copper    0.04mg
Iodine    27mg
Chlorine    83mg
Sulphur    93mg
Selenium    6mg

Vitamins

Vitamin A    98mg
Vitamin D    0.9mg
Vitamin E    0.57mg
Vitamin C    none
Thiamine B1    0.05mg
Riboflavin B2    0.24mg
Niacin    1.94mg
Vitamin B6    0.06mg
Folate    26mg
Vitamin B12    1.3mg
Biotin    10mg
Pantothenic Acid    0.91mg

In late May we took delivery of some silkworm eggs. The silkworm eggs like last years caterpillars, came from Insect Lore.
You may recall the Painted Lady butterflies that we nurtured last year.

Well it’s been 8 weeks and a slow process but at last we have ‘Silky’ the silk moth!

We have watched the pepper like eggs transform into little mini-mini-silkworms.

They grew, almost as we watched, while munching on squished mulberry leaves.

Silk Worms 2 weeks old. ©jules Richards — Silk Worms 2 weeks old. © Jules Richards

They grew over 2 weeks to about an inch and a half and then started spinning their cocoons. Another 2 weeks and one silkworm moth has emerged! Amazing little thing!