"Oh?" The Duchess now truly showed interest, raising her eyebrows slightly: "What does ostrich egg taste like?"
Arthur paused deliberately, seemingly to tease the audience: "Ostrich egg, well, naturally it tastes good. But Mr. Carter once wrote to me complaining that when he first tried to roast such an egg over the fire without experience, he threw the whole egg into the fire, and the result was the shell exploded and the yolk splattered all over his face, and it was quite a burn. Later, they got smarter, they cracked open a hole at the top of the shell, supported it with sticks and slowly baked it, while roasting, they sprinkled some dried herbs from Buenos Aires, and once cooked, it actually had a unique flavor similar to a mix of cheese and nuts."
"A mix of cheese and nuts?" The Duchess repeated: "That is indeed somewhat unexpected. It's a pity that even if we have ostriches here, it's not certain we can obtain their eggs. Twenty in a nest, what size pot would we need?"
