Reply to: Duck and Goose eggs... suggestions?

[doodab]

If we knew how to make proper chips without big bowls of boiling oil that would be a great idea... c'est possible?

I slice potatoes into roughly 3/8" thick rounds, coat liberally with olive oil, salt, bit of black pepper, and bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes. They are not really chips but more like chips than roast potatoes, especially if you make them chip shaped.

You're right though, there is nothing like proper thick cut chips deep fried to perfection. Perhaps just get a couple of bags of chips from the local chippie?

[greenlake]

....I want proper chips too

[d000hg]

They'll do at a pinch, but if I'm having posh egg I want proper chips too

[mudskipper]

If we knew how to make proper chips without big bowls of boiling oil that would be a great idea... c'est possible?

Preheat oven, open bag, place on tray.

[d000hg]

We get duck eggs from the local farm and make yummy fried egg and chips

If we knew how to make proper chips without big bowls of boiling oil that would be a great idea... c'est possible?

[Paddy]

I was discussing this just the other day (no, really, I was)

I was told that duck and goose eggs are great for baking cakes, but too rich to eat on their own, e.g. boiled, scrambled

We get duck eggs from the local farm and make yummy fried egg and chips

[Gibbon]

Carbonara

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Like this, no cream!!!!!

The tip about adding a bit of the pasta water is worth doing. Make sure your pasta is still piping when you add it.

[Pondlife]

I heard you can get a more interesting flavour if you use duck eggs to make pasta.

Not tried it myself.

[Ticktock]

If you're going to poach eggs, do it properly

I just poached a SWAN EGG. It was huge and awesome. - Home Cooking - Chowhound

[norrahe]

Simple omelette is nice, one goose egg will happily make an omelette for two people or is are very good for baking sponge cakes, but as cojak says, they are incredibly rich.

Poached duck eggs go well with asparagus.

[Ticktock]

I must be a pleb then because I was very ill the day after eating a goose egg.

There was nothing wrong with it and it didn't hit me until the following morning but I was on a company awayday (I was permie then) and I had to sit in a corner and look green. I didn't get to play any games or tuck into the company's rather nice buffet and free booze..

I wonder what it could have been... How to Cook Goose Eggs | eHow.

Scroll down to Tips & Warnings.
I hope you checked first.

[d000hg]

Today I went for simply scrambling a couple of duck eggs slowly in a saucepan with butter and a splash of milk. I'm not a big fan of the "posh chef" version of scrambled eggs where you basically pour them onto the plate as a half-cooked slop, but cooking slowly is definitely good.

I'll probably try poaching next... thinking I might save the goose eggs for soft-boiling.

[cojak]

I was discussing this just the other day (no, really, I was)

I was told that duck and goose eggs are great for baking cakes, but too rich to eat on their own, e.g. boiled, scrambled

I must be a pleb then because I was very ill the day after eating a goose egg.

There was nothing wrong with it and it didn't hit me until the following morning but I was on a company awayday (I was permie then) and I had to sit in a corner and look green. I didn't get to play any games or tuck into the company's rather nice buffet and free booze..

[hyperD]

Just been given some and I don't want to waste them cooking in the 'wrong' way - never tried either before although I love eggs generally.

What're the best ways to cook each type? I have 5 quite large white duck eggs, 1 small (size of a regular chicken egg) pale blue duck egg, and two massive goose eggs.

Ta.

If you serve them on very large plates, with large strips of thinly cut pork joint and massive mushrooms, for tomorrow's breakfast fryup, you could pretend you are shrinking!

Other than that, I'm not sure, I've never cooked them.

[vetran]

love them boiled, a friend used to keep Geese. nasty tempered little things.