His last two Fringe shows told us how to cook a meal in a hotel room, and in the garden shed. Now Egg is, literally, moving on, as he demonstrates the opportunities for cooking on a train, in a car, and in the ever present roadworks on the motorway network. In an hour he creates three dishes, grilled aubergine for the vegetarians, charred mackerel for the pescatarians, and chicken caesar salad for the barbarians. 😄 With tahini dressing, rhubarb compote, and croutons. It's definitely a cut above egg and chips.
Egg's a very funny man, and the show features some well crafted gags and some truly awful puns, but the heart of the comedy isn't the food, but what he uses to cook it. I don't want to give any spoilers away, for part of the joy of watching this act is seeing the objects on stage being put to unexpected uses. And there are a couple of sizeable pieces of kit sat under covers which are put to good purpose in creating the final dish. Suffice to say he makes surprising use of items you'd find in the aforementioned scenarios, including some disguised to look like the sort of things that normal people take on trains with them!
While much of the advice is tongue in cheek the cooking is real enough, the recipes simple but imaginative, and the food delicious. After the show you can sample each dish and buy the recipes, the first often prompting the second. This might be a comedy show, but George is a very competent chef - you try telling jokes while finely chopping garlic...
If food and comedy are your two favourite subjects then George Egg is the man for you.
George Egg : Movable Feast is in George Square Piccolo until 25 August.
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