So you ’re planning on use up bollock for breakfast . Sound uncomplicated ? perhaps not . Because we all love our wimp eggs , it ’s easy to forget that other type of domesticated birds also make tasty , nutrient egg of various sizes and type .
The rum thing about testicle is that most citizenry say they all taste about the same . If you prepare a beauty using duck’s egg , twat or even quail eggs , guests may notice subtle differences but normally will say it try like a chicken egg . ” This is actually a good thing , because it allow for you to incorporate the more strange types of bollock into formula without worry about drastic changes in flavor . You will , however , want to adjust the amounts !
Let ’s research some of the approachable testicle options . ( Reprinted with permission fromCooking with Eggs[2015 ] ) .
Quail
bad is n’t always better . The diminutive , spotted egg of the quail is perfect if you ’d like to try out with a fun , unusual type of egg . At about 1 inch in distance and 9 grams in weightiness , quail eggs are popular with chef seem to make creative treat such as bite - sized deviled eggs .
Nutrition Information
Chicken
A standard 60 - gram calorie chicken egg is about 21⁄2 inches long , weighs about 60 Hans C. J. Gram and can vary drastically in colour , depending on the breed of chicken that lay it . This is the egg that Americans love most and the only egg that many have ever been exposed to .
Duck
A bit larger than poulet eggs , duck bollock have a creamy , plentiful body , due to their prominent yolk - to - bloodless proportion . It also means that they have a high fatty message than chicken eggs . Duck eggs also contain more calories per egg and feature a harder case than chicken eggs and have a potentially longer refrigerated ledge life .
Goose
Weighing in at about 5 apothecaries' ounce each , cuckoo eggsare tantamount to two or three large volaille eggs . Once you master the trick of cracking these goliath — tapping them against a roll wo n’t sheer it ! — you ’ll recover them a delectation to eat on . Geese have a limited put down time of year of just a few months in the give , and most hiss lie in only about 40 ballock per year , give or take
Samantha Johnson and Daniel Johnson are a comrade - sister writing squad , and they have get together on several books , includingThe Beginner ’s Guide to Vegetable Gardening(2013 ) .
This report originally appeared in the July / August 2017 issue ofChickens .
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