Eating duck eggs?

[poltroon]

I find that anything that depends on the egg itself for flavor, that the duck eggs are just a hair... um, I dunno, maybe 'gamy'. I use the duck eggs all the time for baking or for things like fritters or meatloaf, but for just fried or scrambled eggs, or a fritatta, I prefer our chicken eggs.

I always wondered if we just weren't feeding them for ideal eggs. Our chickens are bantams are are fed on a different ration.

 

[FenDruadin]

This is an interesting thread--a friend of mine loves the duck eggs and her kids love them, but her husband gets desperately ill every time he eats them. At first she wanted to know if I was collecting them every day or if there might be some other management issue, but of course I collect them every day and keep them refrigerated and eat them before they go bad, etc... She has tried them in baked goods, fried, scrambled, quiches, etc.--it doesn't matter--he gets horribly horribly ill every time--so she has had to give them up.

Now I know he's not the only one in the whole world!

 

[Wifezilla]

There are proteins in the eggs whites. Some people react to those proteins. I can get hives from chicken eggs. I don't from duck eggs. It may be a food intolerance issue.

 

[Soccer Mom]

Some people who are allergic to chicken eggs can eat duck eggs with no problem, just like folks who are allergic to cows' milk can sometimes eat goats' milk.

But it works in reverse too. Some people are simply allergic to duck eggs, even though they have no issues with chicken eggs. I suspect your friend's husband is one of those.

 

[goosedragon]

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Do you add any milk to your scrambled eggs? some do, some don't. it has an effect on both the texture and taste making them a little less 'rich' and more fluffy. I do and when using duck eggs I add a little more milk to take care of the extra richness and to make them more tender and fluffy.
Steam frying is where you cover the eggs while they fry, it holds in the moisture and partly cooks the top of the egg.

 

[hikerchick]

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How far are you from York County? I have duck eggs coming out my ears.

 

[Wifezilla]

Milk? Psshaaww! Use heavy cream! Yummmmmm

 

[Goat_Walker]

we eat our eggs all the time . no one even knows they are duck eggs unless you day something

 

[aladatrot]

I would assume I'm about to have duck eggs coming out my ears with 9 runner duck hens. At what age should I expect my girls to start providing this bounty?

Glad I came across this post, I had assumed I'd be confiscating some of the eggs to be hatched by my broody chickens (I have ducks for stock dog trials and training). I didn't know what on earth I was going to do with the other eggs. There comes a point when even the dogs are sick of eating eggs. Now I know I can feed them to the neighbors!

Cheers
M

 

[Wifezilla]

Between 5 and 7 months