What to make with duck eggs?

purpleivy

I was taught that they should be used well cooked and not for lightly cooked or raw dishes. I understand that the hazard is Salmonella.

arkonite_babe

purpleivy wrote: »

I was taught that they should be used well cooked and not for lightly cooked or raw dishes. I understand that the hazard is Salmonella.

Found this article:

Salmonella

I don't generally worry about salmonella in fresh, properly stored eggs from healthy birds, but it can occur in duck eggs as well as chicken eggs. I have found conflicting research; it seems likely that ducks are less susceptible to salmonella than chickens, but that because the shells of duck eggs are more porous than those of chicken eggs, the eggs of an infected bird are more likely to be infected.
I am confident that our ducks are healthy and that our eggs have been stored properly, and so I simply don't worry about salmonella at home. Nevertheless, the usual caveats apply: very young children, the elderly, pregnant women, and anyone whose immune system has been compromised should cook eggs thoroughly to be safe. Simply treat duck eggs as you would chicken eggs. If you incline toward the "safe side," cook them thoroughly; if you think that the "food nazis" should stay the heck out of your kitchen, eat your eggs overeasy and don't worry about it.

Full article here:
http://www.newagrarian.com/homestead/ducks/eggsprimer.html


From what I can tell, the risk is no greater than that of a hen egg

searching_me

i ate ducks for years... my nan and grandad would buy 12 every few days and we would have 2 each for breakfast with soldiers every morning and my nan used them in all for baking this started when i was 7 and im now 23 :rotfl: xxx

juliapenguin

A friend of mine did some work experience at a zoo and brought home an ostrich egg - one single egg made omelettes for six people plus two big cakes!!

RichyRich

I had a friend with a duck who used to give me eggs...they made a delicious omolette and I never had any side effects. Not to say there's not a higher chance they'll be infected though, I guess.

looby-loo_2

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

I have noticed that a number of you use duck eggs in baking and also for eating and I would like to try them, but I am put off because when I was at school (a loooong time ago in the 1970's) our Domestic Science teacher told a girl who brought duck eggs in one day when we were making cakes that they were very dangerous and you could become very ill from using them in cakes as the shells had bacteria on them, which wasn't killed by baking. She made such a fuss about it that it scared me enough never to eat them, but some people on the OS weight loss thread say they are really delicious and don't seem to be getting any dreadful diseases from eating them, so can anyone tell me if they are definitely safe to eat?

I think we were in the same class - I could have written this:D

recovering_spendaholic

looby-loo wrote: »

I think we were in the same class - I could have written this:D

You didn't go to Seafield by any chance then?

scuzz

We're a family of egg eaters, be it hen, duck or goose. Never had any problems after eating any form of eggs.

Duck eggs make lovely light sponges and also very good scrambled

Goose egg scrambled is great too!!

looby-loo_2

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

You didn't go to Seafield by any chance then?

No, but I remember the teacher as clear as day, she told me I was disabled and backward because I was left handed. Even though she was left handed - she maintained it had hinderd her so I would be the same. :rolleyes:
It must have been a 70s thing

phizzimum

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

very dangerous and you could become very ill from using them in cakes as the shells had bacteria on them, which wasn't killed by baking.

arggh! doesn't that sort of attitude make you mad?!?

what could be less hygienic than battery eggs where the poor birds are sitting in their own excrement? how can that be better than eggs from birds in a natural environment?

no wonder we're in such a mess if that's the sort of teaching we all had when it came to food.