When is Irish not Irish ?

Piliger

I have been buying eggs in Lidl recently. I always look for Irish produce where at all possible, and these boxes say "IRISH EGGS".

Over the weekend I noticed as I was breaking the eggs in to the pan - that they had 'UK' stamps on them.

I went to the internet, as one does, and found that they had the stamp 'UK-9'.

It appears that this means they are from Northern Ireland, and they qualify for being described as "IRISH EGGS" !!

Which is curious because I also discovered that it qualifies them for being sold in the UK as "UK Eggs" !!

I find this both astonishing and appalling. I won't be buying ANY more of these from Lidl and I will be paying a LOT more attention to the labels "IRISH" in the future.

Pumpkinseeds

I think they get away with it as long as one part of the process takes place in Ireland, like packaging them for example

bullpost

Were the yolks Orange?

Piliger wrote: »

I have been buying eggs in Lidl recently. I always look for Irish produce where at all possible, and these boxes say "IRISH EGGS".

Over the weekend I noticed as I was breaking the eggs in to the pan - that they had 'UK' stamps on them.

I went to the internet, as one does, and found that they had the stamp 'UK-9'.

It appears that this means they are from Northern Ireland, and they qualify for being described as "IRISH EGGS" !!

Which is curious because I also discovered that it qualifies them for being sold in the UK as "UK Eggs" !!

I find this both astonishing and appalling. I won't be buying ANY more of these from Lidl and I will be paying a LOT more attention to the labels "IRISH" in the future.

RossieMan

Maybe they are Irish, but are packed in Northern Ireland?

Dravokivich

How'd they taste?

FatherLen

your location + this post = LOL.

Mr Benevolent

You have way too much time on your hands, OP. Who gives a fcuk as long as they're cheap?

whiskeyman

If you shell out money for any yoke, you'd want to know their eggsact location of origin.
You'd crack up otherwise.

Insect Overlord

Worst excuse to avoid a perfectly good product ever.

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danniemcq

always read the wording carefully

Irish smoked salmon for example is not the same as smoked Irish Salmon.

The first is salmon caught somewhere and smoked in ireland whereas the second is irish salmon thats smoked.

TheLastMohican

danniemcq wrote: »

always read the wording carefully

Irish smoked salmon for example is not the same as smoked Irish Salmon.

The first is salmon caught somewhere and smoked in ireland whereas the second is irish salmon thats smoked.

Or, as the case in parts of Europe, packet with Irish flag and "smoked Irish Style".

lkionm

danniemcq wrote: »

always read the wording carefully

Irish smoked salmon for example is not the same as smoked Irish Salmon.

The first is salmon caught somewhere and smoked in ireland whereas the second is irish salmon thats smoked.

lets eat grandma

Lets eat, grandma.


Grammar saves lives

Sillan Ór eggs from Superquinn are the only eggs I buy. Yum yum.

TheLastMohican

When there is a small oval shaped sticker on the back saying Deanta sa tSin"

Next!

Nemeses

Really?

Whatever happened to a United Ireland? Looks like OP doesn't want a united Ireland if he won't eat eggs from the North.

Yurk Yurk..


OP, Have you realised yet that Lidl is a German company.. not Irish..

Have you considered it's just an egg? Not sure what's appalling about that.

Can you tell me that every product you own is Irish?

Answer me this and I shall see if you are a true paddy's man or not!

Sidenote: I was born in the UK..

Piliger

Nemeses wrote: »

Sidenote: I was born in the UK..

How am I not surprised ...:rolleyes:

Nemeses

Piliger wrote: »

How am I not surprised ...:rolleyes:

Racist!

Anyhow - I'm more Irish than you'll ever be.

syklops

So it turned out they werre Northern Irish eggs. Its not like they were Bangladeshi eggs that had been purposely mislabelled.

Piliger

Nemeses wrote: »

Racist!

Anyhow - I'm more Irish than you'll ever be.

Irony ... where art thou irony .......... :rolleyes:

lkionm

Nemeses wrote: »

Racist!

Anyhow - I'm more Irish than you'll ever be.

My passport has a 98% Irish guarantee on it.

Insect Overlord

lkionm wrote: »

My passport has a 98% Irish guarantee on it.

That's all well and good, but what about your eggs?

hfallada

OP northern Ireland is in the UK. If you brought something from scotland, it would also be marked UK.

But I think its sly supermarkets calling Northern Ireland Milk Irish milk as its not actually from Irish farmers

lkionm

Insect Overlord wrote: »

That's all well and good, but what about your eggs?

My eggs? you must have me mixed up. I am a man. I just had to give some guy with a badge and a clipboard a sample of my sperm to verify my Irishness.

lahalane

That's dreadful OP. I hope you are recovering well in hospital after this horrendous crime.

Piliger

hfallada wrote: »

OP northern Ireland is in the UK. If you brought something from scotland, it would also be marked UK.

But I think its sly supermarkets calling Northern Ireland Milk Irish milk as its not actually from Irish farmers

It's a sly and dishonest exploitation by the Northern Ireland famers in collusion with the nationalists here in our country.

LordSutch

Ah yes 'collusion'. Maybe MI5 and the RUC should be called in, and the the farmers can be interned by the Crown forces

diegroblers

It's funny to hear people carry on about shopping locally, then the locals they are buying from spend their money on foreign products. I don't care who I buy from or where the product comes from, as long as they employ local people.

Galwayguy35

The Aldi milk comes from Northern Ireland as well and its classed as Irish.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

It's reading threads like this that make me wish the horse scandal came back.

They were the days,

they were the days,

those days are now gone.

*wipes single tear from cheek, begins staring out window contemplatively as it starts to rain*

Nemeses

Piliger wrote: »

Irony ... where art thou irony .......... :rolleyes:

Ah shure, you'd know yerself.

Nemeses

lkionm wrote: »

My passport has a 98% Irish guarantee on it.

So does my tin foil hat.

crc

It's Northern Ireland. As in Ireland, the northern part. The answer is in the name.

Northern Ireland is Irish and is part of Ireland (the geographical island) and Ireland (the cultural / historical entity), though not part of Ireland (state) - which was previously known as the Irish Free State, and in some contexts is called the Republic of Ireland or southern Ireland.
Just because the southern state has unilaterally adopted the name "Ireland" for itself, does not mean that Northern Ireland is not "Irish". There are many organisations which use "Irish" in their title, but operate mainly/exclusively in Northern Ireland (e.g. The Honourable The Irish Society, The Irish League).

Northern Ireland is also part of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), just like Scotland, Wales and England. If you accept that eggs produced in Norfolk are 'English', and eggs produced in Aberdeenshire are 'Scottish', does it not follow that eggs produced in Tyrone are 'Irish' (or perhaps Northern Irish, depending on your tastes)?
And what about eggs from Cork before 1921; were these 'Irish' or not?

Balmed Out

Its fecking Northern Ireland not China, If you feel this strongly you really should be shopping in locally owned shops and not German multinationals.

a0ifee

crc wrote: »

And what about eggs from Cork before 1921; were these 'Irish' or not?

Irish or not I wouldn't want to be sold them now!

Piliger

a0ifee wrote: »

Irish or not I wouldn't want to be sold them now!

Dead right.

Aineoil

Piliger,

Can you buy a few chickens? Then you'd know your eggs were Irish?

Nemeses

You never answered my questions Mr OP.

Why is this?

RachaelVO

lkionm wrote: »

lets eat grandma

Lets eat, grandma.


Grammar saves lives

It's also good for your ego...

Knowing your Shit

and

Knowing you're Shit

Ted_YNWA

lkionm wrote: »

lets eat grandma

Lets eat, grandma.


Grammar saves lives

Same as

I helped my uncle jack off a horse.

I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse.


Anyway , back on topic ..

How do you like your eggs in the morning ? (once they are Irish )

RachaelVO

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Same as

I helped my uncle jack off a horse.

I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse.


Anyway , back on topic ..

How do you like your eggs in the morning ? (once they are Irish )

I barfed a bit reading that...

JEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZUUUUUUUUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ


Edit: Answer to your question: Perferably unfertilized

Nemeses

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

I helped my uncle jack off a horse.

Jesus man, Kids read these forums!!

FFS.

Ted_YNWA

Nemeses wrote: »

Jesus man, Kids read these forums!!

FFS.

*** gets coat & heads to naughty step ***

Aineoil

Mods feel free to ban me because this is really off topic.

About two weeks ago, my husband and I needed to eat lunch, in Ireland.

He ordered a chicken sandwich and soup.

Problem was there was egg in the chicken sandwich as well as chicken.

Weird or what?

Nemeses

Aineoil wrote: »

Mods feel free to ban me because this is really off topic.

About two weeks ago, my husband and I needed to eat lunch, in Ireland.

He ordered a chicken sandwich and soup.

Problem was there was egg in the chicken sandwich as well as chicken.

Weird or what?

was it an Irish egg?

catrionanic

I think that you'll find that the chicken that laid those eggs walked around on grass as Irish, grown on soil as Irish, as any other grass or soil in Ireland.

Get out of the house more and get a life. Seriously.

What are you doing shopping in a bloody German shop anyway, if you really care that much

kfk

Piliger wrote: »

I have been buying eggs in Lidl recently. I always look for Irish produce where at all possible, and these boxes say "IRISH EGGS".

Over the weekend I noticed as I was breaking the eggs in to the pan - that they had 'UK' stamps on them.

I went to the internet, as one does, and found that they had the stamp 'UK-9'.

It appears that this means they are from Northern Ireland, and they qualify for being described as "IRISH EGGS" !!

Which is curious because I also discovered that it qualifies them for being sold in the UK as "UK Eggs" !!

I find this both astonishing and appalling. I won't be buying ANY more of these from Lidl and I will be paying a LOT more attention to the labels "IRISH" in the future.

I bought those eggs too. Never again! After a minute in the frying pan, it exploded and nearly took out an eye!

Gran Hermano

Under the good Friday agreement, nordie eggs can choose to be either Irish or British.
Us southerners are still awaiting clarification from the church on whether it is classified as an abortion if the eggs are fertilised.

Jack Weasel.

Under the Good Friday Agreement, these Eggs, even though they may have been born in the North, are entitled to an Irish passport.

WilyCoyote

Nemeses wrote: »

Really?

Whatever happened to a United Ireland? Looks like OP doesn't want a united Ireland if he won't eat eggs from the North.

Yurk Yurk..


OP, Have you realised yet that Lidl is a German company.. not Irish..

Have you considered it's just an egg? Not sure what's appalling about that.

Can you tell me that every product you own is Irish?

Answer me this and I shall see if you are a true paddy's man or not!

Sidenote: I was born in the UK..

Still not to far from Athy though!

Judgement Day

Deleted User wrote: »

Sillan Ór eggs from Superquinn are the only eggs I buy. Yum yum.

Think you're better than the rest of us with your 'fancy' Superquinn don't you but not for much longer - Soviet Super Valu coming your way very shortly.

Richard

Aineoil wrote: »

Piliger,

Can you buy a few chickens? Then you'd know your eggs were Irish?

And you could get them from anywhere as long as their grandparents were Irish.