Now thems some EGGS!!!!

[etat]

I didn't want to mention grits cause I knew I might be in danger of being blackmailed by the boss!

[Paschale]

There's nothing like vanilla been ice cream!   8)  I might have to make some with some of those eggs.  Do you use the duck eggs, or are you talking about chicken eggs?  I bet that stuff comes out looking a nice rich color!   8) 

Problem, is what to do with those egg whites?   I don't want anything to go to waste on them.   :P  I guess I could make a souffle with them, or an egg white omelet.

I'd love to see your recipe for that custard too.  The recipes I use for my vanilla bean ice cream are from food network--usually Emeril's recipe.  It's pretty tasty. 

If you're on a diet, I make my vanilla bean ice cream with Splenda.  Makes it lower calorie, and if you put in enough flavoring, you can't really taste that Splenda zing.  I find I can mask the Splenda aftertaste pretty well if I make something using berries or some other fruit, like cherries, blueberries, or raspberries.  I like to make up that vanilla bean ice cream, then boil up a cup of blueberries with enough Splenda to make it sweet, then add some cinnamon, and then some lemon zest.  I swirl that into the vanilla bean ice cream, and lemme tell ya...now THAT'S tasty!   8)

I get my vanilla beans from Penzey's Spices, though I don't get them shipped, since they have a store right here in town.  But man, using vanilla beans makes all the difference in the world!!!

[Norm]

 ;D

Silver White Cake

2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 2/3 cups sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups milk
2/3 cup butter
2 tsp's vanilla
6 egg whites (not beaten)

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Grease and flour rectangular pan, 13-by-9-by-2 inches, two round pans, 9-by-1
3. ½ inches, or 3 round pans, 8-by-1½ inches. Beat all ingredients except egg whites in large bowl on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Add unbeaten egg whites; beat in egg whites on high speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan(s).
4. Bake rectangular pan for 40 to 45 minutes, 9-inch round pans, 30 to 35 minutes, 8-inch round pans, 23 to 28 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center.

[Furby]

I gave a few of those eggs to my Mom to try.
First thing she says "I won't get any surprises now will I?"
Me: "What do you mean?"
Her: "They don't have any roosters do they?"
Me: "Ah, nope! They are normal people, they EAT their roosters!"  ;) ;D

[beenthere]

 :D :D ;D ;D
I remember going to my Uncle's farm as a young boy and going around looking for eggs. I poked around in all the corners and found some nests with a dozen or more eggs (they were being incubated by the hen). I remember vividly when my Aunt came running out of the house with a hot, smoking frying pan that she had just cracked an egg into, that was mighty far along to becomming a chick. She was muttering something about how to look for eggs on the farm.  :D :D

I think my Aunt learned to crack eggs into a bowl first, before dropping them directly into the hot frying pan. 

[Teri]

Poor CK.... :D  Afraid of the Boss.

[sprucebunny]

You could make merangues (sp) out of the egg whites.....with splenda and real vanilla should be real good ;D

[Teri]

Now I'm gettin hungry.  :D :D

[Ernie]

Lemon meringue pie  YUM smiley_bouncing_pinky smiley_bouncing_pinky smiley_bouncing_pinky

[Paschale]

You could make merangues (sp) out of the egg whites.....with splenda and real vanilla should be real good ;D

Ooh...good idea Sprucebunny!  Those would be zero carb too!

[asy]

beenthere...  What was she doin' with the frying pan, and did you wear it?

hehe

Hey Norm, how's about a link to where you buy the Vanilla beans!?

They are frighteningly expensive in shops here too!!

asy :D

[tnlogger]

I give up. every time i come in here ya'll makes my belly growl. i am sitting here waiting on a pot of white beads and corn bread. and its all mine mine i says  ;D

[Lenny_M]

Them Fresh eggs are good, We do the hens now, In the past we had Goose and Turkey eggs that are also good. I recomend goose eggs if ya like yolks.
We leave them out(free range) until they becomea problem with the garden
  Free range turkeys are the best. Cuts down on feed and the meat is a bit darker and a lot more flavor.
  Letting the birds out ruduces the local bugs bigtime, Ants. ticks ect.

[Chris J]

I had dinner about an hour ago, & I'll be darned if I'm not hungry again  !

[Paschale]

How big is a TURKEY egg?  Or a goose egg, for that matter?   :P

[beenthere]

From what I've seen of wild turkey eggs, they are about the size of large hen eggs. But goose eggs are large, like twice the size. 

I remember as a boy going with my Uncle (favorite Uncle) to the duck and goose hatchery to get barrels of bad eggs that didn't hatch in the incubators. When they don't hatch, and have been subjected to all that heat, they are about as rotten a smell as anything can get. In these barrels were rotten eggs, and unborn embryos, etc.  Took about 8 large drums (recall a bit like a 55gal drum) on a truck back to the farm to feed the pigs. The pigs went bonkers over that trail of eggs out through the pig lot.  :

[OneWithWood]

Norm,
Looks like a nice cake recipe, now how about that frozen custard recipe?  ;)

We use stevia as a sugar sub.  A little bit goes a long way and you have to mask its flavor also.

[Norm]

 ;D

2 vanilla beans
2 cups whole milk
6 large egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups heavy cream chilled
1 tsp pure vanilla extract

In a medium saucepan over medium heat combine the vanilla beans that have been split with the milk. Bring to a scald and remove from the heat. Cover and let steep for 30 minutes.

In a seperate bowl mix the eggs yolks and sugar on medium high speed until thick and pale about 4 minutes. Put milk back on the heat and bring up to a very low simmer. Temper the yolk mix with a little hot milk and then add to the milk mix slowly while whisking very fast so the eggs don't set up. Cook until the mix slightly thickens, custard should just retain a line drawn across the back of a spoon with your fingertip. Remove pan from heat stir in the chilled cream and transfer to a chilled bowl. Whisk until the mix has cooled enough to not cook any more, you can set the bowl in ice chilled water to do this. Run mix through a fine sieve, put into the fridge to cool completely. Just before putting into the ice cream maker add the vanilla extract.

Asy I got my beans from www.vanillaplantations.com

[sawguy21]

And I am having store bought eggs for breakfast. Dang. I grew up on free range chickens and eggs and unpasteurized milk. I remember the rich cream on  top of the milk in square glass bottles. Sigh :D

[Paschale]

OWW,

I've heard of stevia, but I'm not familiar with it.  Sounds like you need to modify the amounts, since it sounds like it's much sweeter than sugar.  Where do you get stevia?   I like Splenda, since you can use it with a 1:1 ratio--makes it easier on my brain.

[Jeff]

I just had oatmeal with splenda for breakfast. good stuff.

[Timber_Framer]

We kept twelve laying hens over the winter and were suppied with an average of nine eggs a day even through the deepest cold. There's nothing like fresh eggs 8)

As a chef I've worked with quale, turkey and ducks eggs and love em all. Creme Brule with ducks eggs is magical!

here's an odd egg for you. I've been told back in the 40's and 50's my Grandmother was fond of baking cakes with snapping turtle eggs my dad and his brothers would bring home

[DanG]

Back before it became fashionable to protect them, (many, many years ago) Sea Turtle eggs were much in demand for baking cakes.  I can't imagine what a cake would cost if one were caught doing that today. :D :D

[OneWithWood]

Stevia can be found at any good organic food store or at least they can order it.  It is much sweeter than sugar and takes a bit of experimenting to get the right combo.  My wife works in the produce department of our local food coop.  If it was just up to me I would go the easy on the brain route also.

[jtmccallum]

One of the girls in our 4-H shooting club brings in free range chicken eggs to our meetings.  Variety packs of green, brown and white eggs.  Nice to have the yolks standing up and looking back at you.  Sure beats store bought.

My wife played a joke on the kids by adding green food coloring to the green eggs and then scambling them up.  :D :D