bone chips, etc.

Has anyone ever chipped a bone before?

Does it hurt very much? I have this ache in my inside shin, just above my ankle bone, where I clashed legs in a lunchtime soccer comp yesterday. It's supposed to be an easy going comp so I don't wear shinpads.

But it's aching and it doesn't feel quite like a muscle ache or bruise. So I'm just wondering if maybe it's a chipped bone or something...

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I discovered a packet of Lapsang Souchang I bought, oh, several years ago in order to make marbled tea eggs, and finally got around to making them this evening.

Look at them! So pretty!


And very delicious! Easy to make in large batches! Great for a snack at any time of day!

I've been having them for breakfast - an egg and a cup of coffee. I ran out of my previous batch of tea eggs yesterday, so I had banana bread and coffee instead - and felt seriously bloated up until lunch.

Thankfully I had the good sense to only eat half my Thai fried rice lunch, asking to put the rest in a take-away container for dinner. So no icky, protuding-belly feeling after lunch.

For both sets of tea eggs, I used Lapsang Souchang tea by Twinings, a cinnamon stick, two star anise, a few peppercorns, and about one cup of soy sauce mixed in with the remnants of cooking the eggs.

Must remember to hijack the parental spice cupboard next time I'm over there. I know they have both Chinese five-spice and Szechuan peppercorns - more than they're going to use in any cooking, anyway!

*noms her tea eggs*