Empty Bottle
Burgers and armadillo eggs?
Ever eat a lizard tail?
How about an armadillo egg?
They’re not delicacies from the reality stunt show “Fear Factor.” They’re served daily at the Empty Bottle in Troy.
Owner Penny Cleveland watches a newcomer making faces after hearing the unappetizing names at the small bar on Illinois 162 west of Interstate 55.
“People will say ‘I don’t like eggs,’” said Penny, with a laugh.
Armadillo eggs aren’t eggs and they don’t come from the well-armored mammals.
“They’re chicken stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon and we grill them,” said Penny, 42, who opened the bar in November with her husband, Brent, also 42.
Each armadillo egg is about the size of a small chicken’s egg. Brent got the idea, as well as the recipe for lizard tails, from a television cooking show.
They’re hollow jalapeno peppers stuffed with garlic cream cheese, wrapped in bacon, then grilled. more…
