Now thems some EGGS!!!!

Paschale · May 04, 2005, 11:14:58 PM

So Furby called me up, told me he had a souvenir for me from his roadtrip. Well, he tells me he's got some homegrown, certified farm-raised chicken and duck eggs from the farm of Norm and Patty. 8) 8) 8)

I couldn't believe it, and was totally floored by it.

I picked them up today. I couldn't wait until tomorrow for breakfast, so fried a couple up for a snack. Now, you need to know I've never before in my life eaten anything other than grocery store eggs. Those yolks were ORANGE!!!! That must be how ya raise 'em on the farm! They were DanG tasty, and sure make my local grocery store eggs pale in comparison.

I'm gonna be eating eggs galore for the next week, and I'm going to enjoy every bite of those special eggs that came from Patty and Norm. 8) 8) 8) I'm really looking forward to the duck eggs too, since I've never eaten those. But I decided those need some special treatment.

I'm planning on making this dish with those duck eggs, and I can't wait!

I can't thank you guys enough. 8) 8) 8) When Furby told me what he had for me, I was totally, totally pumped! It looks like I've got some kindly neighbors--they just happen to live in Iowa!!! All I have to say to all that, is that Furby should go on road trips more often. ;)

Furby · May 04, 2005, 11:21:24 PM

Yep, Just fried up a couple of the duck eggs myself!
Mmmmmmmmmmmm..........
They were indeed orange yolks!
Went to break one open on the stove top.........I think I may have dented the stove top! :-\
Thanks guys!

Paschale, be glad to run out there and get ya some more, can ya spot me the gas $$$? ;D

Paschale · May 04, 2005, 11:28:22 PM

Hey Norm and Patty, Furby'll be along next weekend to pick up some more eggs. :D

etat · May 04, 2005, 11:32:41 PM

Store bought eggs will never ever match the taste of home raised eggs now that you know the difference. They'll always taste bland from now on. If you had some hot biscuits and a slab of country ham and a couple of slices of home raised vine ripened tomatoes to go with em you'd be ruined for life.

Furby · May 04, 2005, 11:35:18 PM

DanG it CK!
Now I'm hungry again! :D

Paschale · May 04, 2005, 11:45:00 PM

Well, vine ripened tomatoes, especially those heirloom ones, now that's something I do know about! 8) I just didn't know that eggs had the same difference that you find between store bought tomatoes and home grown--I'm ruined for life now! :D

UNCLEBUCK · May 04, 2005, 11:52:53 PM

Are you guys pulling my leg about eating duck eggs ? Never heard of that ever . ???

Paschale · May 04, 2005, 11:59:47 PM

Hey there Buck,

These ain't no snow snakes! ;) I've never eaten one before, but I will before this week is out. I can't wait!

I guess people eat all kinds of eggs. It's a big thing in the fancy gourmet restaurants to eat quail eggs. I watch Iron Chef from time to time, and one time, they had an all egg episode, and they a ton of different kinds of eggs, including an ostrich egg. It was quite the sight seeing them try to open that thing up. They seriously used a drill to get through the shell, and that's the honest truth. Though they might've done that just for TV. ???

Tom Sawyer · May 05, 2005, 12:15:58 AM

How does GRITS taste with duck eggs? ??? ???

UNCLEBUCK · May 05, 2005, 12:37:02 AM

Well Paschale you will have to report back how duck eggs taste but if your next concert gets interupted by a quacking sound coming from the horn section you will have some explaining to do and when you try talk your voice will sound like daffy duck . ;D

Ianab · May 05, 2005, 05:09:18 AM

Duck eggs are especially good for baking.
Use them instead of hen eggs for cakes etc.
I have had plain duck eggs, they are OK but stronger flavour than hen eggs. Aquired taste maybe?

Now Ostrich eggs.. thats an XXOS Omlette

Ian

Norm · May 05, 2005, 07:29:58 AM

We raise what are called laying ducks (khaki campbells and indian runners), they lay more eggs that are bigger than hen eggs. Some folks think they are too rich for stuff like over easy eggs, I use them to bake with but like to have em fried in bacon grease too. The shells are very hard and don't crack easily if your used to how soft store bought shells are. Right now we have four duck hens and get four eggs every day. Every neighbor that lives close to use is being supplied with fresh eggs as we have about a dozen chicken hens too.

Thank you Furby for delivering them, have fun cooking them Paschale.

Patty · May 05, 2005, 07:46:31 AM

Yea, Furby, the shells are a little tough aren't they. ;) Must be all those chemicals we add to their food!

Just kidding. They are completely chemical free. They mostly eat scraps left over from dinner, a scoop of corn now & then, and any bugs they can find. They are a delightful animal to have on the farm, not much trouble to keep.

Doc · May 05, 2005, 10:14:01 AM

Quote from: cktate on May 04, 2005, 11:32:41 PM
Store bought eggs will never ever match the taste of home raised eggs now that you know the difference. They'll always taste bland from now on. If you had some hot biscuits and a slab of country ham and a couple of slices of home raised vine ripened tomatoes to go with em you'd be ruined for life.

I grew up eating like that, and I have to say......every chance I get I load my plate that way! BIG PILE OF GRITS AND BUTTER TOO!

Doc

OneWithWood · May 05, 2005, 10:22:54 AM

Paschale, welcome to the real world of eggs. We used to raise ducks and geese and ate all the eggs. Everyone is correct about the richness and flavor. The goose eggs were my favorite, one egg made a nice sized omelet. Like Norm and Patty's birds our birds were 'free range' and got most of their protein from eating the bugs in the garden. We don't have birds now but our neighbors accross the road have a variety of chickens and ducks. The chickens cross the road and feed in our yard so the neighbors keep us supplied with eggs. Quite the deal!

Chris J · May 05, 2005, 01:23:22 PM

I've never had duck eggs; gives me something else to try. I do like the real deal country chicken eggs, much better that the store bought eggs.

Did I miss it, or did anyone mention homemade milk gravy?

etat · May 05, 2005, 04:23:21 PM

Ok, let me explain it. Fried Eggs, over easy are for the biscuits and ham, or sausage, or bacon and tomatoes. You ocassionally dip yer biscuit in them eggs while yer eating em.

With 'gravy, you'll want scrambled eggs about every time. You take and crumble up some of the fresh hot biscuits. Then you scatter some of them scrambled eggs in with that. Then you cut up a couple of slices of them fresh tomatoes and mix that in too. 'THEN' you pour some of that good gravy over the top of the whole thing. Either have some sausage mixed in, or some ham or bacon on the side and there ain't no better eating in the world!

wiam · May 05, 2005, 09:17:20 PM

In high school, my ag teacher brought in a store egg and a fresh egg. He cracked them on a plate side by side. The big difference is color and how the fresh egg will stand up. The white of the store egg will run all over the plate. Surprising I can remember form 20 years ago. ;)

Will

etat · May 05, 2005, 09:36:21 PM

Second, no first, no third, 'well somewhere along in there' worstest job I ever had was one time I hired out to help change the hens in one of them egg laying hen houses. Before the day was over I wished I was hauling hay or something. ???

My first real memories of chickens other than my Grandma's was when we moved back to Mississippi from Memphis. Somebody gave us some Game Hens and we went and caught them out of a barn while they were roosting. We put em in a tow sack and brought em home. THAT was fun. Later though one of them old hens hid her eggs and hatched her out some little chicks. They sure did look like fun to play with.

Trust me, you DO NOT want to be six years old and be getting flogged by a game hen over her little ones. They have no sense of humor at all.

UNCLEBUCK · May 06, 2005, 12:34:23 AM

Well I guess I am convinced now, sounds like Norm and Patty know eggs but I gotta see how Paschale turns out after he tries his first duck egg ! I have always had chicken eggs but having cleaned out the incubator a few times trying to hatch baby mallards when I was a kid I just got it in my mind to stay with chicken eggs. Sure was fun to watch a little duck crack out of the shell in one of those little 24 inch cheapo incubators ,

OneWithWood · May 06, 2005, 10:43:06 AM

And so CK finally comes clean with the truth about a good southern breakfast. NO GRITS!!! :D :D ;D

Paschale · May 06, 2005, 11:00:53 AM

Well, I had my first duck egg last night, and it was tasty. 8) That shell's a bit harder to crack than your average chicken egg, and man, you can tell it's just more substantial, especially when you look at the size of the yolk.

I had the girlfriend over for dinner, and I made this baked egg dish with spinach and mushrooms, and they were DanG tasty. No little daffy's showed up in any of the eggs, thankfully. ;)

I think it would definitely be fun to experiment using duck eggs in all kinds of dishes. I think Norm is right, that they'd richen thinks up quite a bit. I got all KINDS of ideas to try those thngs with! :D I like a good frozen custard, with a bunch of egg yolks--I'm thinking duck egg yolks would kick things up a notch! I've got a few duck eggs left, so I plan on making an omelet with them this weekend. Breakfast today: scrambled chicken eggs! There's really such a difference, in both taste and color. The yolk is so orange, that I think people who didn't know better would think there was a problem with the eggs!

Now I'm curious to try some free range chicken, since all you guys have mentioned how much better those are, and how the flesh and skin is actually a different color than the pale chickens we get in the store.

Thanks again, Norm and Patty! 8)

Norm · May 06, 2005, 11:50:51 AM

Phewwww....I was hoping that those eggs didn't get too warm and start incubating on ya Dan. :D

I make (when I'm not dieting) a cooked custard ice cream with those eggs. The color is so dark orange because of the homegrown eggs in em. I also found a company out of Australia that sells vanilla beans with the shipping included in the price. Patty used to buy them at the grocery store for me until I found out how much they were, I went to the internet and found them. The flavor is the best I've ever had and the cost is a fraction of what I was paying before. Vanilla custard ice cream, oh man I'm drooling all over the keyboard just thinking of it.