BENGALURU: This Friday, a few F&B outlets in Bengaluru have planned a few ideas centred on egg recipes to celebrate World Egg Day. The staple ingredient, which is an all-time favourite, is as popular at the wok of a street vendor as it is on the fine china of a posh restaurant, spanning culinary genres and cultures. And eateries here want to pay a tribute.
The Egg Factory chain is urging its diners to make a small donation where the collection will be used to buy and distribute eggs at old age homes, orphanages and children of slums through NGOs.
Parsi restaurant SodaBottleOpenerWala plans to offer one of their best-selling dishes Eggs Kejriwal for Rs 99 the World Egg Day which is otherwise priced at Rs 245.Country head-cuisine Mohit Balachandran said most of the restaurant’s sales come mainly from three egg dishes — baked eggs on spicy tomato and potato, Parsi-style eggs on okra, and poro or omlettes.
According to the International Egg Committee and World Egg Organisation, India is the fastest-growing egg producer in the world and adds 3 billion eggs to its production volume every year. While China is the leading egg-producing country in the world, India and the US are competing neck-to-neck for the second spot.
With millennials becoming health conscious, chefs are experimenting to cater to the growing demand. “The egg has gone beyond being used just for crumbs or in pastries. Dedicated innovative dishes are being added to our menu,” says chef Varun Pereira of Sly Granny.
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Eggs in cocktails are cracking a new trend in the city. At 1Q1 Kitchen and Bar, egg-white cocktails are being conjured with whiskey and tequila. Bar manager Ravi Singh notes, “The use of eggs is more at our bar than our kitchen. About 24 eggs are used at our bar daily. A year ago, we would have just used about 12 eggs a day.”
Aslam Gafoor, general manager - luxury dining at Dineout, attributes the popularity of eggs to its rising acceptability among vegetarians and its versatile nature. “It is no more than just a breakfast mainstay. It’s all-day dining that can be added from salad, paratha to wraps and curries. Both online food-delivery platforms like Swiggy and FreshMenu to eateries like Café Noir and Hole in the Wall have dedicated sections for egg-dishes, clearly depicting its rising popularity as a standalone bestseller in the city.”
From Eggs To Cars, When Companies Had To Pull Products Out Of The Market
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A US-based company recently had to recall 200 million eggs after a salmonella outbreak was traced back to it. Here are some other strange things that companies had to pull out of the market.
A US-based company recently had to recall 200 million eggs after a salmonella outbreak was traced back to it. Here are some other strange things that companies had to pull out of the market.
Mazda 6 Series Cars
If you’re arachnophobic, it would do good to stay as far as possible from the Mazda 6 sedan. The American automaker, in 2014, had to recall their entire lot of the Mazda 6 series twice due to an invasion of yellow sac spiders. A design flaw in the cars allowed yellow sac spiders (who are naturally attracted to gasoline) to enter the fuel tank and build webs. Worried that the spiders could block airflow causing potential fire hazards, the company recalled 65,000 cars in 2011. When a pre-emptive spring designed to keep spiders out didn’t work, the company launched a second recall in 2014. Talk about a tangled web.
Mazda 6 Series CarsIf you’re arachnophobic, it would do good to stay as far as possible from the Mazda 6 sedan. The American automaker, in 2014, had to recall their entire lot of the Mazda 6 series t..
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BMW navigation system
Just how much sexism is ingrained in society is something auto giant BMW learnt the hard way in the late 1990s. The German carmaker was forced to recall their female-voiced navigation system in the BMW 5 Series cars in Germany, after many male drivers called in to complain about taking directions from a woman. While the company argued that the system design and directions had been created by an all-male team and that they used a “female sounding voice”, they were forced to recall the cars and modify them with new male-voiced navigation systems.
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BMW navigation systemJust how much sexism is ingrained in society is something auto giant BMW learnt the hard way in the late 1990s. The German carmaker was forced to recall their female-voiced navig..
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Washing powder
When Unilever tried to reclaim their spot in the detergent sector in 1994 by launching a super detergent — Persil Power — it had no idea how much money it would cost them. About a month after its launch, customers discovered that Persil had a manganese accelerator that ate through laundered clothes, rendering them unusable. When Unilever finally recalled the product, they had to discard 57 million pounds of stock and were slapped with multiple lawsuits, which cost them approximately $300 million .
Washing powder
When Unilever tried to reclaim their spot in the detergent sector in 1994 by launching a super detergent — Persil Power — it had no idea how much money it would cost them. About a mon..
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Pencils
The bureau for At-Risk-Youth in New York was left with egg on their face when a batch of school pencils distributed with a message to discourage drugs did everything but that. A class of fourth-grade students noticed that as the pencil was sharpened, the engraved slogan ‘Too Cool to Do Drugs’ changed to ‘Cool to Do Drugs’ and finally ‘Do Drugs’. Embarrassed, the company recalled the pencils and printed the slogan in the opposite direction so that when sharpened, ‘drugs’ would be the first word to be shaved off.
Pencils
The bureau for At-Risk-Youth in New York was left with egg on their face when a batch of school pencils distributed with a message to discourage drugs did everything but that. A class of fou..
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Gendered Shoes
Last year, shoe brand Clarks found themselves in hot water over their range of school shoes. The brand was criticised for reinforcing harmful gender stereotypes when it labelled its school range for girls ‘Dolly Babe’ and the boys’ equivalent as ‘Leader’. After facing backlash from parents, Clarks quickly removed all ‘Dolly Babe’ shoes from its website and stores and announced that it was creating more gender-neutral shoes in response to the customer feedback received.
Gendered Shoes
Last year, shoe brand Clarks found themselves in hot water over their range of school shoes. The brand was criticised for reinforcing harmful gender stereotypes when it labelled its s..
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Handsanitizers
Imagine dousing yourself in sanitizer only to realise you’ve been rubbing diseased bacteria into your skin. That’s what happened in 2009 when the FDA pulled up Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory Inc. after they discovered that Clarcon’s range of antimicrobial hand sanitizers and lotions actually contained high-levels of disease-causing bacteria. The FDA warned customers that using the products could cause serious infections, requiring medical or surgical attention. What’s alarming about this discovery is that during launch, Clarcon promoted these products as an antidote to open wounds and damaged skin. Following the FDA’s investigation, the company was forced to issue a voluntary recall of 800,000 bottles.
Handsanitizers
Imagine dousing yourself in sanitizer only to realise you’ve been rubbing diseased bacteria into your skin. That’s what happened in 2009 when the FDA pulled up Clarcon Biological Chem..
