Soft-boiled with soldiers;
Easter chocolate hunted in the garden; cream-filled meringues (8th birthday party);
Basque-style baked (first Spanish holiday);
whiskey sours; raw with chilli, vinegar and Worcestershire sauce (never works); caviar, declared disgusting (but better than oysters);
three-tier wedding cake;
poached (quail’s) with black truffle, steak tartare, crème brûlée;
fried most Sundays (full English breakfast);
pastel-coloured macarons (attempts to cheer after hopes end in hospital);
in a petri-dish;
soft-boiled with soldiers;
hard-boiled (2 x school packed lunches); empty nest;
almost-gone, with a side of night sweats;
gala pie, barely touched (funeral tea); quiche Lorraine, serves one;
scrambled;
soft-boiled with soldiers.
Saturday 26 June 2021
'The Egg Cycle' by Michelle Christophorou
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