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The Big Green Company EGG barbecue
When it comes to food, summer means only one thing – cooking outdoors...when the weather’s good enough of course.
But why settle for just any old barbecue when you can have one hand-made from NASA grade space shuttle quality ceramics and endorsed by chef Tom Kerridge. Behold the EGG barbecue from the Big Green Company. And don’t worry if you don’t have Tom’s grill skills, according to the Big Green Company it’s ‘foolproof’. Get your burgers ready for lift-off!
Did you know...
When it comes to digestible proteins, cooked eggs come out on top with 91% of its proteins being digestible, compared to 51% for raw eggs. So, if you want to build muscles like Arnie, or show off a six-pack, you might want to swap the raw eggs for cooked ones.
Jellycat amuseable boiled egg cuddly toys
Teddy bears are so last season! After all, what else would you want to cuddle up to besides a fluffy snuggly boiled egg? This cute cuddly toy is suitable for all ages and available in both small and large sizes, and we all know that bigger isn’t always better when it comes to egg sizes!
The coop is alive with the sound of music...
We’ve all heard about the soothing effects of whale music on humans, right? Well now some lucky hens are getting in on the action after their farmer started playing them dolphin sounds whilst they sleep.
As well as dolphin lullabies, farmer Glenn Haggart also uses different music throughout the day to try and minimise anxiety for his flock of 64,000 birds around their feeding and sleeping routines.
He first began experimenting with sounds and music for his birds four years ago and is about to do his first complete trial on his flock of Delkab Whites. He told Innovative Farmers, “In the morning, they have 25 minutes to help wake them up, and in the evening 40 minutes of music is the signal for them to manoeuvre onto the perches to sleep. He continues, “then we play a sort of serene dolphin music whilst they sleep. These sounds create a safe environment for the birds in times that they’d otherwise get stressed from adverse noises like lightning, the ventilation turning on, or even shadows created from cloud coverage.”
So, maybe it’s time to start thinking about what tunes your hens might like and create your own coop chill-out playlist!
When is an egg not really an egg?
Eat Just, a manufacturer of egg alternatives, has announced that Chinese fast-food chain Dicos has added their plant-based patty to its menu. The pre-baked folded patty will replace a real egg patty in the chain’s breakfast burgers, three bagel sandwiches and its ‘western’ breakfast plate across 500 restaurants in China.
The company’s JUST Egg has already been available in China since 2019 in retail and food service locations, as well as on e-commerce platforms. But, according to Eat Just, this latest move by Dicos is a sign of growing consumer excitement and business momentum for alternatives to animal protein.