IN a year as strange as 2020, perhaps it is fitting that this week the most hotly debated topic in the UK has been the Scotch egg. This humble ball of egg, meat and breadcrumbs has for days graced front pages, radio shows and television news segments. The matter in question: is it a meal or a snack?
The furore began when Cabinet minister George Eustice said that a Scotch egg would count as a substantial meal, and could therefore be served with alcohol by pubs in tier two areas.
Michael Gove, perhaps unaware of the hornet’s nest he was kicking, said shortly afterwards: “A couple of Scotch eggs is a starter, as far as I’m concerned.” He later changed his mind and agreed that it could be a substantial meal, and perhaps he had too big an appetite as a “hearty trencherman”.
Nobody, then, is any clearer on the
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