Clarence Court Eggs
The story of Clarence Court Eggs starts in 1928, when Clarence Elliott botantist and famous explorer arrived back in Stow-on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire after his epic journey from Patagonia, with three Araucana hens, laying pastel-coloured eggs. He also brought back a giant, 100-year-old Galapagos tortoise, two pygmy deer, a number of edible frogs, but that’s another story all together.
Sent to Cambridge University, these rare birds were crossbred to create generations of pedigree hens that to this day lay beautiful, colourful, hard-shelled eggs with the deepest golden yolks and rich, superior flavour.
The birds that deliver the current Clarence Court eggs sport the same distinctive ‘muffs’ and ‘crests’ of their earlier South American relatives, and produce eggs that are loved by so many top chefs, home cooks and foodies today – just as they were all those decades ago.
The muffs and crests of those original birds can also be seen in the Clarence Court logo which is printed on every box of their eggs. As well as the Araucana birds Clarence Court also offers many others and boasts the widest range of eggs sold in Britain, from Burford Brown, Old Cotswold Legbar, Ostrich, Duck and Guinea Fowl, to Goose, Pheasant, Rhea, Turkey, Emu and Quail.
The Ostrich eggs are enormous, weighing in at 2KG each one is the equivalent to 24 large hens’ eggs, have a distinctive light flavour and texture and are ideal for cooking. Whereas the quail eggs are much smaller than a hens’ egg and soft boil in just 30 seconds
The birds these days roam free on the Clarence Court farms and graze on the best maize enriched diet, carefully formulated to include wheat, sunflower, seashell, soya, paprika and marigold, from dawn until dusk.
Clarence Court eggs are available to buy from all good supermarkets including Waitrose, Ocado, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Co-op Wholefoods, plus many independents. They are also the preferred supplier to a large number of premium hotels and eateries.
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