Nothing amazing, but it's my first time making it. I usually only buy frozen or sometimes make stuff I can eat in one or two servings because I'm worried I'll forget about the food and/or the ingredients and they'll go bad.
But I'm taking care of my mom's chickens and ducks for a month, and I have too many eggs, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to make stuff I haven't made before.
Since I have more eggs than I know what to do with, if I mess up or make too much or forgot to eat it all, it doesn't feel as wasteful. No fuel burned transporting the eggs either!
I was gonna post this in /c/food, but this is more about trying things I'm normally scared to try due to autism and adhd, as described above.
Also peeling the boiled eggs was a pain and I'm 100% sure I did it wrong.
My initial thoughts were that it was ok. But I was impatient and ate some right away, so I think it will be better after being in the fridge for a bit. I also think it could use a bit of a crunch, but I don't like onions and I don't think I have any nice crunchy lettuce. Hell I don't even know what kind of lettuce is the nice and crunchy kind.
Those are crunchy? I haven't really had them much because I've generally categorized them as "don't like" and avoided. Maybe I've only had them cooked though.
oh yeah give em a try raw, they're nice and crisp, I prefer them that way.
since everyone is posting egg-peeling tips:
- slightly crack it all over, with a flat side of a knife after cooking
- submerge in warm water
- lightly squeeze the egg with your fingers, enough that water gets through under all parts of the shell
- peel, and as you go, lightly press the exposed egg white so that water gets underneath the eggshell, in the space between the shell and white
Sometimes you get a bastard egg that’s like fused shell to membrane and I’m sorry but it’s just going to peel all fucked up
I think all (four) of them might have been like that. I noticed a membrane, but I also noticed the whites seemed to be ripping in half as if there were two layers to them. I ended up pulling out as much as I could from the middle then trying to scrape the remaining whites off the shell.
Weird, the recipe I followed had me put them in cold water, bring them to a boil and immediately turn off the heat and let them sit in the hot water for 10-12 minutes. It was definitely hard boiled though (which I wanted, I haven't tried soft boiled and idk if I'd like it) despite sounding like I cooked it less than you do. You leave it boiling the whole time?
The trick to eggs (at least chicken eggs) is to shock them with cold water right after they're done cooking. Have a bowl of ice water ready and transfer them right after you drain the hot water out and let them sit.
Supposedly it makes the membrane less sticky to the shell or something, idk what but it works.
Interesting. I'll definitely have to try that when I get the chance.
Ever since I watched this I've been on a big egg drop soup kick.
Not just for asian soups either, dropped a couple of eggs in a tortilla soup with some :avoheart: and it was damn good.
Ooh, I'll have to watch that. I might need to get some groceries for that though.
Used what I had on hand to make (frozen) dumplings in chicken stock with an egg drop. The chicken stock wasn't amazing, but the egg drop was great anyway.
love it! I have some chickens but recently was sitting some ducks for a friend- and I loved it! Ducks are so cute and goofy!
Have you ever baked? Some consider baking with duck eggs to be a delicacy- personally, I don't think I notice too much. but doing baked goods with duck eggs will result in a more fluffy texture. So, something on the simpler side like cookies could be fun to try! Strong work challenging yourself, comrade!
Have you ever baked?
For Christmas I baked some Donas Amélias (Portuguese molasses cupcakes) with my mom. I think we used a mix of duck and chicken eggs (it takes a lot of eggs) and I don't think I noticed a difference. Then again they aren't very fluffy in the first place. I guess I should find something meant to be fluffy and try it.
mmmm, very nice! Yeah, I also didn't really notice when baking with the duck eggs, but I had a buddy who bakes and she was very jealous that I had duck eggs- who knows!
I find duck eggs aren't that great for eating but they are awesome for baking. They make every thing richer.
Got a decent blender?
Black bean chocolate brownies with duck eggs instead of chicken eggs.
Sounds weird, but its amazing.
One of my friend's ducks laid eggs out in the sun last week, and they were cooked by the time they were discovered.
And they say capitalism is efficient—anarchist waterfowl just keep winning.
