Eggs are flying!

Sales of eggs at Tesco have risen by six per cent in the last week!

This very recent increase in demand for the egg apparently is not due to a nation wishing to have a few sunny side up on a Sunday morning - no something a little more sinister is happening with potentially life-threatening results.

Ever since Charles Saatchi, the Art Dealer procalaimed he had lost an larming 5 stone over a period of nine months on a diet consisting entirely of eggs and nothing more, it looks like a good percentage of those desperate overweight 'sheep' out there wish to follow his example, albeit a bad one! So they have been flocking to their supermarkets and clearing the shelves of copious amounts of eggs.

I have to say I am very surprised that his 'slightly more' famous wife, Nigella should have allowed it - famed for her over the top sickly recipes - where even the simpliest of soups doesn't escape lashings of something incredibly sweet and a huge pot of double cream! Surely a household where 3 teenage children reside, the example set by these two high prolific characters has been far from responsible if not barbaric.

Nutritionists have been horrified at the Saatchi egg diet, which raises cholesterol dangerously and can damage the liver and kidneys. Despite the drwabacks, however, thousands of shoppers are apparently following his example - let's hope that doesn't stretch to their children!

Here at Newbarn Farm we have seven rescued battery hens who now live a life of luxury compared to their former years. We are blessed at the moment to receive a daily offering of three or four eggs. We tend to keep them for the weekends for our guests to buy to enhance their country holiday experience whilst staying in one of four star luxury self catering cottages & fishing. Far tastier than their supermarket counterparts these eggs fried up with some locally bought bacon and organic tomatoes from Riverford make a great start to the day for some great fishing in Devon on one of the farm's six coarse fishing ponds. A great Devon Fishing Holiday location.

But I guess now we will limit the weekly purchase of eggs to 6 for a couple and no more than a dozen for a large family group. We would hate to think that we could contribute to a guest's poor health simply by offering them something so natural! Unlike Nigella we believe in our responsibility we have to our guests - not only making sure that they have the best Devon Fishing Holiday they have ever had but also to make sure we adhere to Health & Safety.

Newbarn Farm - always working to make our Self-catering holiday & fishing bigger and better!