Isla French/Guinness World RecordAn ostrich egg from a Scottish farm has been used to break the record for the biggest Scotch egg ever made.
Social media chefs Phoenix Ross and Oli Paterson have been recognised for smashing the 20-year-old Guinness World Record.
Isla French, co-owner of Little Rowater Farm in Banff in Aberdeenshire, said she was “amazed” to discover one of her ostrich eggs was used.
“I appreciate good food and just love to see something from my farm be used for a Guinness World Record,” she told STV News.
The chefs, from Enfield in England, bought five eggs from the farm – three of which were used in their attempt to break the record on June 17.
Phoenix said he has “wanted to break a world record since he was a kid.”
Oliver told STV News: “We looked at a few world records, and burrito was unbeatable at 2.4km long, and sausage roll was 111m.
“When we found 6.2kg scotch egg, we knew it was the one.”
After one failed attempt, the duo succeeded in breaking the record with a fully intact scotch egg weighing almost 8kg – more than a bowling ball.
The previous record was 6kg and stood for almost 20 years.
The Scotch egg was made by being wrapped in sausage meat then covered in bread crumbs and deep fried before being put in an oven.
The whole process took over 24 hours.
Oliver said: “It feels great to break the record, now ‘were fingers crossed for getting in the book and setting our sights on new records.”
Guinness World RecordIsla French, 37, said she was stunned to learn her farm produce had played a part.
“When I sell these eggs, I never have an idea of where they go or what people do with them – this is a nice surprise,” Isla said.
“Someone’s taken something from my little farm and got a Guinness World Record, it’s just wow.”
Isla French and her husband George, 42, started their family farm over ten years ago and have had an enclosure for ostriches from almost the start.
They sells each egg, which weighs up to 1.8kg and contains 1.2 litres of contents, for £25.
Each egg is the equivalent of 24 hen eggs.
Isla FrenchIsla said she and her family use eggs for omelettes, pancakes and baking as well as make huge fried eggs.
“We’re a family farm and when our children are asked where eggs come from, they say ostriches.
“To them, that’s normal.”
However, she has never seen anything as “inspiring” or as “clever” as the ambition to make a Scotch egg with it.
The French family had previously appeared on the BBC series This Farming Life.
Isla FrenchThe ostrich egg holds the record for the largest egg produced by any living bird.
The average example measures 6–8 in (15–20 cm) in length, 4–6 in (10–15 cm) in diameter and weighs 3 lb 10 oz–3 lb 14 oz (1.65–1.78 kg) – equal to the volume of 24 hen’s eggs.
It also holds the record for toughest egg produced by a bird – it can withstand the weight of a 115-kg (253-lb 8-oz) person and often having to be cracked open with a hammer.
Ostrich themselves are the world’s largest bird and can reach speed of up to 70km an hour.
They can also live up to 75 years in captivity.
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