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Andy brought a surprise for us today. He has a friend who raises chickens, so he's been our supplier for eggs for a few weeks. We're thrilled, because there really is a difference in flavor, color and texture between store and farm fresh eggs.
He picked up and brought our most recent chicken eggs yesterday, and had an extra half dozen in a carton when he brought them over. They were duck eggs! I've never eaten duck eggs before so I'm anxious to try them. (No. I didn't immediately crack a couple open to cook.) I'm going to make "scramblies" today and give them a taste. I'll let you know what I think tomorrow.
Nothing better than fresh eggs!
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
Hi Marilyn:
DeleteI couldn't agree more!
xo
Donna
I've never eaten duck eggs either - for some reason I can't sort out in my mind that eggs are eggs and why *wouldn't* duck eggs be edible.
ReplyDeleteHi MM:
DeleteI completely get it. (Don't tell anyone, but I haven't eaten one yet.) I'll let you know what I think when I do.
xo
Donna
Duck eggs are very edible. They seem to have a richer yolk than chicken eggs, other than that if you didn't see the color is brighter of the yolk you would probably not know the difference. When we were on the farm, my mother could scramble duck eggs with milk or cream and we could never tell the difference. This is not scientific info, this is from my memory being on the farm and my mother making do with what she had.
ReplyDeleteDear Gloria:
DeleteThanks for that information! I haven't tried ours yet, but you've helped me with your assessment. Perhaps today. I'll add milk (even though there's always cream in the house), so I can directly compare them to how I prepare chicken eggs.
Thanks again!
xo
Donna
If you don't enjoy them scrambled use them for baking. They are heavenly for baking. Also beware at how hard they are to crack compared to chicken eggs!
ReplyDeleteHi Annie:
DeleteThanks for that info! Farm fresh chicken eggs seem to be thicker than commercial eggs, so I'm already used to that. It will be fun to compare them with the farm chick eggs now. I'm thinking I'll only scramble one so I can use the rest of them for baking.
Be Well,
xo
Donna
I had a house duck for several years until she met an untimely death. She would lay eggs sporactically for me and we loved them. She was just the sweetest little thing.
ReplyDeleteDear TerriSue:
DeleteWhen we were kids, my grandparents had a game farm license, so they raised ducks, geese, turkeys, etc. Grandma gave a duck each to my sister and me. I vividly remember how they'd follow us through our garden, eating bugs while we weeded. They were girls, but never laid eggs for us. When they got big, Dad took them back to Grandma and Grandpas. I'm thinking they ended up on the dinner table, but I can't swear to that. (It makes me happier to think they lived long, happy lives.)
xoxo
Donna