It was made the same way as the yearly flu vaccine, a painstaking process involving the inoculation of hen eggs.

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The average hen produces about 260 eggs over the course of her lifetime.

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Sporting sassy names like The National Nectar, Ancient Rome, The Hen of the Golden Eggs, Firing Line, The Worst Is Nothing and Men Without Fear, most of these dives are patronised by a handful of elderly men who tote their own containers to be filled.

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As a child growing up in Italy, Matteo learned to make fresh pasta using eggs straight from the hen, and still applies this passion to his own cooking methods.

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