Halloween Fun With Eggs: Egg Costume

Over on Disney Family Fun, I found a fried egg costume that you can make with your children.

Since the site gives instructions on how to make the costume, I thought that it would be fun to write it up as if it were a recipe. So here you go:

Results: 1 serving

Apparatus:

Measuring tape
Marker
Electric knife or scissors
Brush

Components:

1-inch-thick white foam (see Steps 1 for length, width 24 inches; available at fabric shops)
Large clear plastic bowl with lip (ours was 12 inches in diameter; available at party stores)
Yellow acrylic paint
1 yard of 1 1/2-inch-wide grosgrain ribbon
Heavy-duty adhesive-backed Velcro

Procedure:

1. To find the right length for the egg white, measure from your child's chin to the floor and subtract 8 inches.
2. On the foam, draw a free-form egg white with the marker.
3. Cut along it with an electric knife or scissors.
4. Trace the bowl on the back of the foam.
5. Cut a hole 2 inches inside this line.
6. Paint the inside of the bowl yellow (this may take several coats).
7. Once it's dry, insert it into the hole.
8. To make the strap, have your child hold the egg to her chest.
9. Apply Velcro strips to the foam and the ribbon at the appropriate spots.
10. Trim any excess ribbon.

Original recipe from:
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/good-egg-673350/

One Exotic Egg Source

It's kind of hard to hear.

Olivera Egg Ranch carries ranch fresh chicken, emu, duck, quail, goose, balut and ostrich eggs. They are located at:

Olivera Egg Ranch
3315 Sierra Rd (corner of Sierra Rd & Piedmont)
San Jose CA 95101

More Exotic Eggs

Found an interesting article which accumulated some info on...

""Cooking with exotic eggs?

Who does this and why?

"There is a post on the General Topics board about emu eggs
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/757201

"I came across good article by the Washington Post about using emu, ostrich, quail and duck eggs and the differences.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/27/AR2007032700666.html

"According to the article because of the thick shell an ostrich egg can keep in the fridge for about a year."

More Here...

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/757704

Exotic Eggs

"Now, an emu is a large bird right? And you expect it to have a large egg right? But, did you expect that large egg to look like a giant avocado, thick-skinned and all?"

More Here...

http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2009/03/emu-eggs-nyc-whole-foods-quail-duck.html