Iceland starts selling ready-made scrambled eggs for £1.50

You must be yolking! Iceland starts selling ready-made scrambled eggs for £1.50 because students don’t know how to make them

Supermarket chain Iceland is to start selling ready-made scrambled eggs
The £1.50 eggs come in microwaveable pouches that take 90 seconds to heat up
The pouches cost 50p more than a box of 10 Class A eggs at the supermarket

By Rod Ardehali For Mailonline

Published: 10:46 BST, 20 September 2018 | Updated: 12:12 BST, 20 September 2018

Supermarket chain Iceland is to start selling ready-made scrambled eggs for culinary challenged students who don’t know how to make them.

The frozen food store is selling the pre-made eggs in microwaveable pouches that take 90 seconds to heat up for £1.50 a pack.

Iceland say they are launching the product because a third of people don’t know how to make them properly, according to its own research.

Supermarket chain Iceland is to start selling ready-made scrambled eggs for culinary challenged students who don’t know how to make them. The frozen food store is selling the pre-made eggs in microwaveable pouches that take 90 seconds to heat up for £1.50 a pack

Iceland say they are launching the product because a third of people don’t know how to make them properly, according to its own research. The pouches, which cost 50p more than a box of 10 Class A eggs at the supermarket, won’t be frozen and will be available in the chilled aisle

The pouches, which cost 50p more than a box of 10 Class A eggs at the supermarket, won’t be frozen and will be available in the chilled aisle.

Each pack is made with four free range British eggs, a dash or milk and a pinch of salt and pepper.

Perfect scrambled eggs

BBC Good Food Guide

Lightly whisk three eggs, a splash of milk and a pinch of salt and pepper together.

Heat a small non-stick frying pan for a minute or so, then add a knob of butter and let it melt. Don’t allow the butter to brown or it will discolour the eggs.

Pour in the egg mixture and let it sit, without stirring, for 20 seconds. Stir with a wooden spoon, lifting and folding it over from the bottom of the pan.

Let it sit for another 10 seconds then stir and fold again.

Repeat until the eggs are softly set and slightly runny in places. Remove from the heat and leave for a moment to finish cooking.

Give a final stir and serve the velvety scramble without delay.

The frozen food supermarket say their research showed 13 per cent of students don’t know how to boil an egg, according to a survey of 1,000 people.

While four in ten workers don’t have adequate cooking facilities at work – despite 70 per cent eating one or two meals in the office a day.

The packs are available in stores now, and will be available to buy online now.

Iceland’s Head Chef Neil Nugent said: ‘Convenience and quality is fundamental to all of Iceland’s dishes, even simple ones likes scrambled egg.

‘It’s really easy for our customers to cook at work with limited resources on offer, or those needing a speedy breakfast at home.

‘Our ready-made scrambled eggs are made using British free range eggs with a little seasoning and are ready in just 90 seconds. For the perfect breakfast, serve on seeded bread with smoked salmon.’

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