Duck Eggs

LFC5Times

How do they taste compared to normal hen eggs?

Can you boil them also?

The local shop had a few in today so think I might try some.

Thanks

Sergeant

LFC5Times wrote: »

How do they taste compared to normal hen eggs?
Can you boil them also?

The local shop had a few in today so think I might try some.

Thanks

They taste slightly different, but not drastically so. Has a larger yoke and a slightly stronger and more gamey taste.

Boil, fry, poach, scramble. Boiling is how I've I eaten them.

wonderfulname

They're best boiled.

Darkginger

They're good fried, too - and they're not that much different from hens' eggs, just the yolk is a lot bigger and richer. If you like your fried eggs flipped over, they hold together a lot better than hens' eggs, which always seem to break when I try to flip them.

I love duck eggs almost as much as I love goose eggs - which are to duck eggs what duck eggs are to hens' eggs!

Alun

They make lovely rich scrambled eggs as the yolk is bigger in relation to the size of the white than in hens eggs.

stick girl

Absolutely adore duck eggs. fried, scrambled poached...any way. they are also great to bake with. makes for richer cakes! and what could be wrong with that?!

the beer revolu

A duck egg omelette is lovely!

sanbrafyffe

quack,quack

Mrs Fox

They're fabulous for baking too. Gives a fluffier texture to cakes.

vibe666

the beer revolu wrote: »

A duck egg omelette is lovely!

ditto, can't beat a nice duck egg omelette, they just seem to be richer but lighter than hens egg omelettes for some (i'm sure, fancy scientific) reason but they're highly recommended anyway if you can get some.

ham, mushrooms, some nice small chunks (not grated) of cheese on top so you get little gooey blobs of it and whatever else you like to put in an omelette.

hmmmm.

ThunderApple

Wow, I've never tried duck eggs and didn't know they were good for cakes. I should try it someday.

barbie_j

where can I buy duck eggs??

Alun

barbie_j wrote: »

where can I buy duck eggs??

I've not seen them in the shops (not that I've particularly looked for them), but you regularly see 'duck eggs for sale' signs on the roadside, so that's where I've usually bought mine.

rubadub

barbie_j wrote: »

where can I buy duck eggs??

Tesco were doing free range duck eggs in their finest range, I got them a few times and they were surprisingly cheap, on a par with branded chicken eggs.

They are not showing online though so not sure if they still have them, or if they are seasonal or something.

Mongarra

Local farmer called in only an hour ago wanting to know would I like some duck eggs. Tried a couple boiled some years ago and found they had a strong taste in comparison with hens' eggs but he says they might have been a few days old as ducks could lay anywhere, whereas hens usually lay in same place. Declined and thanked him.

Having read above threads I'm sorry now.

kerash

Sponge cakes made with duck eggs are apparently fab

Darkginger

I buy my duck eggs from either Supervalu in Westport, or Country Fresh in Westport, or the Farmer's Market in Louisburgh on a Friday - they all come from the same place just down the road anyway. What I really want to find is a lacal and reliable source of goose eggs!

wonderfulname

So did the OP try the duck eggs?

RichieC

Delicious, imo, I get ferocious heart burn from them, though, personally.

Basically if you're a big egg fan you'll be a bigger duck egg fan.

they make lovely scrambled egg too. very creamy.