fatchap Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) Just had a blazing row with the wife over breakfast this morning, She got a dozen fresh duck eggs off a work mate yesterday. They are covered in ****. She did egg on toast his morning and I refused to eat them. Don't get me wrong despite how bad duck eggs are apparently for you, high in cholesterol, fat and salt I do love a duck egg. but from the supermarket. Fresh duck eggs so I have read have to be thoroughly cooked and not advisable to use in cakes. Hard boiled and not runny if fried or poached. My two duck eggs where runny like how I have hens eggs. She got the hump and threw them away, saying if we believed everything on the internet we would eat not anything. So can any of you lads make me right or wrong on this are fresh out the duck, eggs safe? I beleive from the supermarket they are pasteurised though not 100% sure on that either but feel safer eating them as you know the supermarket wouldn't sell them otherwise. There is quite a high risk of salmonella from duck eggs if they are not cooked properly through. Edited January 3 by fatchap Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ClemFandango Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) How on earth would you pasteurise an egg and not cook it? I probably would have washed the **** off them before bringing them in the kitchen, other than that I have eaten hundreds and hundreds of soft poached/boiled/fried duck eggs from my own ducks and from friends. Always been fine. Edited January 3 by ClemFandango Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fatchap Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 She did wash them all off before hand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy dave Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 shes right your wrong youve a goodun there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mel b3 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 So you had no delicious fresh duck eggs ?, and you'll be getting lots of cold shoulder ?. You should have just eaten them dude 😅. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fatchap Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 (edited) 6 minutes ago, mel b3 said: So you had no delicious fresh duck eggs ?, and you'll be getting lots of cold shoulder ?. You should have just eaten them dude 😅. Pretty much!!! Had a bowl of Alpen instead. Edited January 3 by fatchap Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JTaylor91 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Every duck egg I’ve ever had has been runny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Hello, check out duck eggs and Salmonella, ? Only eat duck eggs that a thoroughly cooked, !!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ClemFandango Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I suppose the proof is in the eating. Did she get the two bob bits? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dead eye alan Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, ClemFandango said: How on earth would you pasteurise an egg and not cook it? I probably would have washed the **** off them before bringing them in the kitchen, other than that I have eaten hundreds and hundreds of soft poached/boiled/fried duck eggs from my own ducks and from friends. Always been fine. +1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy dave Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, fatchap said: Pretty much!!! Had a bowl of Alpen instead. i reckon you will be getting that for dinner as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JTaylor91 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 If you really want to eat your duck eggs runny but still be “safe” they can be pasteurised in the shell then cooked however you like. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
243deer Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 no idea how I am still alive the number of duck eggs I have eaten runny, in cakes and even as home made mayonaise when hens eggs were not available. Are we not in danger of losing our natural resistance by always eating sanitised food? Yes, there is some danger with all foods so you have to weigh up the risks and make your own choice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biketestace Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 A runny duck egg is one of my favourite snacks, especially served on hot toast covered in a 1/8th inch layer of salted butter ! Iv never had a bad reaction from eating them pal. Stock up on toilet roll (just in case) and give them a try Alpen for breakfast ? That's just wrong 🤦♂️🤣 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDog Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I can do duck eggs but no more swans eggs for me. I took some from a nest which had been washed out by the River Tweed and abandoned. They were not off but the sheer volume of the yolk made me queezy. The yolk plus white filled the bottom of a large frying pan to a depth of 1". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Hello, in my very younger days there use to be ducks on the Town pond and I borrowed a few and forgot to take back😁, mum always boiled hard to make sandwiches for us at tea time, this was early 1950s when I think still on ration books, oh happy days !!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ClemFandango Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I did a bit of googling and it turns out you can pasteurise eggs without cooking them. Which I would have thought would be impossible so every day is a a schoolday. Thanks Fat Chap. Easy enough to do at home apparently and it doesn't affect the egg for cooking later so if you were really worried you could do that. https://sugargeekshow.com/recipe/how-to-pasteurize-eggs/ I don't think there's any need though other than your piece of mind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ian willetts Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Get them washed and in the pan nout better than a runny duck egg or two on toast Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Neal Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 You'll have to change your name to thinchap if you carry on like that!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shearwater Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 As above; your wrong on this occasion pal. . . . never ever turn down food made for you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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