Aaargh! Need egg recipes for egg-phobic family

[DuchessOfAvon]

We are hen-sitting 8 chickens and after 4 days I have an enormaous egg-backlog. So I need inspiration on WHat To Do With Eggs.

My limitations:
The house we are staying in belongs to a non-cook. Equipment is limited. I have not found a food processor but I could do sponges by hand if I have to.

The kids won't eat egg if it is identifiable. So nix nay to frittattatttaaa or scramblies.

Lord - its just quiche or meringues, isn't it.

What about challah bread?www.cookingbread.com/classes/class_challah_bread.html
Or brioche www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2007/nov/24/foodanddrink.baking24 if you made it unmoulded like a loaf.

fairy cakes

Victoria sponge

scones

fruit bread eg banana loaf, apricot and hazelnut.

You can freeze eggs - separate the yolks and whites and they can be used later for baking.

OK - I'll get onto scones this afternoon. And a batch of fairy cakes. And an onion tart thing for lunch tomorrow.

THis is all feeling a bit too much hard work for a holiday - hence quaking at the thought of challah. Might give it a go at home though - thanks for doing some thinking for me.

Give them to neighbours?

Chocolate mousse, any cake you can think of, quiches and tarts, creme au caramel, souffles, you can add eggs to mash potatoes... running out of ideas

Oh! crepes and pancakes

I put boiled eggs in my fish pie, but I don't know if they'd still be too identifiable for the ovaphobes!

Lots of custard!

Ooh - I could despatch the DD's out to meet the locals and dispense free eggs. Trouble is, they all seem to have chickens too. Every other house has a shedload and an honesty box outside.

Floss - oh yes- they'd spot that and pick it out. Been there, got cross about that.

Custard

Pancakes

Maybe I'll just sneak out in the dead of night and bury them in a remote corner of the garden.....

Current egg backlog - 16.

I know it's wasteful, and will be sternly frowned upon, but if we ever have eggs that we haven't got round to using, DH and I like to throw them at the wall in the garden

Queen of Puddings ? Yolks in the bottom, meringue stuff on the top

Bread and butter pudding ? I know you said boak to custard, but I don't think it tastes that custardy

Angel food cake uses loads and loads of eggs - this recipe has 12 egg whites in it.

Wow, Flossbert, you know how to have fun

God I know, what a loser. Can't believe I shared that on Mumsnet!!

@ Flossbert

Quiche -6 eggs
Fairy Cakes -3 eggs
Carbonara for the kids -3 eggs

And the little fluffy feckers produced another 3 this afternoon.

Current Egg Back Log - 7 eggs

I can't keep up this level of egg-bakery for another ten days.

do they like eggy bread?
savory or sweet, cooked in a frying pan?

stir fry - you can get away with one or two eggs on top

Carbonara? Dh and ds1 can go through 5 eggs with that.

Chocolate mousse: Uses 1 bar of chocolate and 6 eggs.

If you do nigella's cloud cake and fill it with mousse rather than cream you can use a dozen eggs.

I have started beating an egg into the white sauce of lasagne when I make it. Makes the white sauce a bit thicker.

• only gets rid of one, mind

Meringues

Tortillas (oyu can freeze both)

Egg pasta? Uses loads of yolks I think - and then the whites for binding, mousse or mirangues?

Make your own mayonnaise with the yolks

wash your hair with egg yolks :)

more ideas here

Toad in the Hole (two egg version rises higher).