SC - non-chicken eggs

[Mark Harris]

Adamantius asked:

> I wonder if it would make a difference to use
>some other eggs than hen's? Duck eggs make very lovely custards indeed,
>a fact that I discovered from reading Mrs. Beeton and then
>experimenting. Perhaps this might work with duck or goose eggs...

Where would you get duck or goose eggs? Do some groceries carry them?

I've never had them. Are they bigger? richer? or what compared to
chicken eggs?

Any medieval recipes for things like turtle eggs? Or were there no
big turtles in Europe?

Stefan li Rous
markh at risc.sps.mot.com

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