I’ve also read that people who can’t tolerate chicken eggs can often do fine with duck and goose eggs. That could make life a lot easier for many.

Shirley

Funny how I know nothing about you other than brief blog comments, but somehow we are destined to be friends. In fact, at first I thought you were a “boy” Cid rather than a “girl” Cid. But, every time you comment either here on on Miles’ blog, I always smile. We seem to have some commonalities (odd ones, I’ll admit). While I don’t use cups and saucers, I dislike having matching mugs or even matching wine glasses. When I have a dinner party, none of my wine glasses match and that’s by design.

The fact that you are “drawn to an odd mix of cups and saucers” makes me smile. Who does stuff that? Me, that’s who.

My tea of choice this month is organic Keemun Spring Gold, which is a black China tea. Some time back I had a lovely batch of Royal Phoenix Feathers which was similar and one of the most delicious I’ve tried. I always keep a good Breakfast Blend Assam in because no one else seems to like the China. A South African Redbush, several Earl Grey’s and box of herbal and green teas. Please don’t think the rest of the UK follows suit…. you’re much more likely to find a box of standard tea bags in the average household along with some instant coffee.

Subsequently I’m drawn to an odd mix of cups and saucers. Needless to say my Canadian relatives were amazed by the whole process

Cid

The CSA and “sharing” idea is a wonderful one. You can even buy a share in a dairy cow so you can enjoy raw milk (it’s illegal unless you “own” the cow).

Hey, do I rant? Nooo. Really?

Okay, fine — I rant. Actually, you have no idea.

I’m loving duck eggs for gluten-free baking. It does seem to add some “spring” and texture to the end result. Try it and let me know what you think.

Boy, you are turning into a total farm girl, aren’t you?

I love that — a squabbling good story! Pigeon eggs don’t sound all that inviting, do they?

Good comments, all.

Wish we could just sit and blah, blah, blah about all this over some of that tea worth driving 30 miles for. And what is your tea of choice?

Very good point about the loose use of the term ‘free range.’ On closer inspection our regulations in EU-land also have the marketting terms ‘free range traditional’ and ‘free range – total freedom’ (the latter I’ve never seen in any shops) all relating to the birds’ access to the outdoors and the number of birds kept within a certain area. Considering these are marketting terms, ie. terms presented to we the public, how on earth are we supposed to cut through such confusion and make an informed choice without ploughing through statistics on a government website??

Hey, I’ve just had a Melissa-style rant! Your blog is clearly having an affect.

GDave

A friend has shared her duck eggs with me, but I never tried them in baked goods. Hmmmm.

Miles