Duck eggs, would you eat them?

[LittleBookofCalm]

Dh bought some but I am nervous

Yes, why not?

Ooh I love them, haven't had one for ages.

What do you think they're going to do? They're just like chicken eggs, they don't bite

Yes they are delicious! Usually massive yolks! We get them from the farm we bought our chickens from occasionally. For what it’s worth, I ate them pregnant too.

Don’t be nervous, they are delicious!

Bigger yolks than hens eggs so great for custard etc.

Boiled like a normal egg?

I have a funny image of someone sat in their kitchen biting their nails staring nervously at a box of eggs.

Why are you nervous? They’re eggs.

They’re delicious btw. I quite like them in a bacon sandwich or soft boiled with soldiers. I’d imagine they’d be divine as eggs benedict....

I've had Duck Egg, though I didn't know it at the time. It was fine, pretty much the same no harm will come to you.

Weirdly, I can't bring myself to.

I imagine they'll taste fishy.

A student where I work brought me one and it sat in my kitchen looking at me for a week before I slung it out. I just couldn't.

we used to have a couple of ducks and I was iffy about the eggs...I have no idea why tbh! Lovely in baking or quiches, but not fried/scrambled/omelette.

Dh loved them scrambled, so he ate most of them :o

I am reminded of that scene in One foot in the grave where the woman ended up with a snake egg for breakfast

@ the snake egg

OP try them they are delicious (haven't had one for years may buy some later)

Can you see me Glagby 😁

Why would they taste fishy? Ducks don't generally eat fish.

They are lovely. I haven't had one for years though.

Lovely in baking or quiches, but not fried/scrambled/omelette.

I am SO getting some tomorrow to make a quiche now.

I really dont like the taste of them.
they are ok cooked in things but not boiled, fried or scrambled.

They’re not fishy! It’s just slightly richer and better than a hen’s egg.

Eat it and decide whether you like it. If not, send the bill to Mumsnet haha.

They are lovely, poach them

Fishy?! I'm crying!! Because ducks spend time in the water? Where fish are too?

I can't!

I woke up so pissed off and this thread has utterly cheered me up!

Having said that quails eggs make me .

Because they're too small.

Oh, I know it's nonsense

But I can't get past it.

Honestly, between this and the 'use your usual at home cards and state no carriages for supper' thread Mumsnet is killing me today!

I have an idea that in the middle ages some catholics counted duck as fish so they could eat them on Fridays. I am probably making it up.