If you've never had a Scotch egg before, let me assure you: You are missing out.
A Scotch egg is as simple as it is delicious: It's a ball of sausage, wrapped around a soft-boiled egg, dredged in bread crumbs and then deep-fried.
So basically it's really, really good.
Stands to reason that if a normal Scotch egg is good, a big one will be really good. At least, that's the idea two enterprising young British lads had.
Via UPI:
Two British social media chefs teamed up to cook the world's largest scotch egg, which weighed in at a whopping 17 pounds and 3.48 ounces.
Phoenix Ross and Oli Paterson came together in Enfield, England, to attempt to break the Guinness World Record of 13 pounds and 10 ounces, which had stood for nearly 20 years.
And yes, not to spoil the surprise, but they did indeed break that 13-pound, 10-ounce record:
Instead of a normal chicken egg, these fellows used a massive ostrich egg as befitting a Scotch delicacy of this size — an egg so massive they literally needed a hammer to break it open:
The combined egg, sausage and breadcrumbs, which necessitated both a deep-fry and a long bake in the oven, "had a circumference of 31.3 inches and tipped the scales at 17 pounds and 3.48 ounces."
This thing was so big they literally needed a sword to cut it.
Well done, lads! Though as impressive as this fried ball of sausage-egg is, I think my favorite part of this whole affair is the very primp, proper, well-dressed Guinness representative taking part in this whole greasy deep-fried affair:
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