The first egg festival “Skorlupino 2016” was held in Pestretsy.
The project “Skorlupino” took the first place at the national forum “Our Tatarstan” in the category “My Little Homeland” and got the highest grade by Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. The author of the project is the Pestrechinsk Department of Agricultural youth group of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The festival took place on several grounds. So, the visitors could buy original handmade products at the exhibition of handicrafts. On another ground chief cooks showed master classes on cooking dishes of minced meat and eggs, as well as sandwiches, which were eaten by the audience at the end. Volunteers helped to hold the event. 3-meter chicken welcomed guests.
The interest of visitors attracted the “Ko-ko” zoo where they could see ducks, geese, sheep, goats and other animals. In the “Museum of Eggs” the was an exhibition of different species of birds eggs - parrots, ostriches, pheasants, guinea fowls, etc.
Special attention was paid to the platform where two cooks were cooking two dishes of scrambled eggs. One dish was being grilled on coals, and the second one on the electric cooker. One thousand of eggs were used for each dish. Scrambled eggs of this size was cooked in the republic for the first time. Two 100-kilo pans were manufactured in advance by the Department of jet engines in KNRTU-KAI. The organizers decided to turn the cooking process into the battle of chiefs between the RT Association of Cooks and Pestrechinsk entrepreneurs who were the owners of a local coffee.
The main festival events took place on the square. And opening of the festival was held here. The event began with a parade of participants, representatives of the poultry-farming enterprises of the republic. There were the corporations among them such as: “Chelny-Broiler”, holding company “Ak Bars”, poultry complex “Ak Bars”, LLC farming firm “Zalesny” trademarked with “Indyuzhina”, and others.
The chicken “RMS Kid”, the symbol of the festival, headed the parade.
Eduard Diyarov, the Head of the Pestrechnsk region, Marat Akhmetov, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the RT, Mikhail Afanasiev, Head of Laishev region, and Dmitry Ivanov, Head of Chistopol region came to greet the audience.