In my family we talk about food a lot. I mean a lot. Many times when I'm on the phone with my Dad, he'll share a food memory, a gem from his childhood, or perhaps a little family history, and I will find myself dashing to record it so I won't forget it. There are so many details and names and places and dishes–I don't know how he retains it all. Every time we speak, he always asks me what have I had to eat and what's for dinner. On this particular evening, I was running through my meals of the day beginning with my brunch/mid-morning snack: a perfect piece of toast with a nice runny egg. How as I dipped my buttered toast into the rich, golden yolk dusted with salt and pepper, I noted how perfect this combination was and realized that I've been eating this very thing since I was born.  If the egg was fried, it was always sunny-side up, lightly steamed on the top, perfectly runny and the edges of the egg white crispy from the olive oil it was fried in. If Dad was making it, it was called a Dippy-Dippy. Same sunny-side up egg but finished with fresh lemon juice which we mopped up with fresh bread. If it was boiled, my mum and I prefer soft-boiled, about 8 minutes, while my dad always had them hard.  As we reminisced the various ways we liked to eat our eggs, my dad told me something about my grandfather I never knew. I rushed to record the conversation to hold onto this food memory along with the many other gems that followed. We hope you enjoy it, maybe try what my grandfather did? (let us know if you do!) Make some eggs for supper? Try a Dippy-Dippy? The options are both endless and delicious. 

* Please note that this is the first time we've used a separate recording on this podcast so the audio levels are a bit up and down (remember we're new at this). We are crossing our fingers that is it at a comfortable enough setting where my voice isn't too loud but you can still hear his. 
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