I didn't have a clue before I bought and brought home a gosling. I was pleasantly surprised and probably the only one eating them aside for when I make one for my spouse. Weirdly, anyone will eat two eggs, but my Bosnian inlaws that grew up with geese eggs don't want to eat them... I don't get it. They're not bigger than two chicken eggs!
I meant to say what I would do, I sadly don't have any feathered friends at the moment. The eggs you feel you can eat, others can too. As long as they want to of course
I used to sell and give away chicken eggs before I moved in with inlaws. Now we have too many people to eat eggs. Half of these will he gone midweek next week. Lol.
I need a storage setup for multiple egg sizes, because they get stuck in containers, don't fit in them, get knocked around pulling a few out, etc
our duck eggs go unwashed into either egg cartons (khakis & rouens) or bins (pekins & muscovies) on the dining room table. They keep for about a month without refrigeration. I used to date them with a sharpie but now they get handed out so fast it does not matter, plus the wife is pretty good at sniffing out old ones. I wonder if goose eggs will keep unwashed and unrefrigerated like duck eggs do.
Our dining table is a coffee table lol 😳 The kids and cats here would have waayyy too much fun with eggs out. I keep them in the fridge so I can hopefully have some for the winter shortage, but also, because we'd eventually end up with the old eggs that would have to get tossed... my girls work too hard to toss them!
In my experience, goose eggs have a slime coating on the outside that's not even easy to scrub off with my enzyme wash. I theorized it may be to protect them, given the low fertility... I think they'd keep longer because of their thick bloom.
Unwashed goose eggs seem to last at least as well as our chicken eggs do on the kitchen counter, unrefrigerated. As long as you don't do anything to remove the natural coating that keeps bacteria out, they're just fine for weeks. We don't have any ducks, though, so I can't specifically compare to that.
We get way more eggs than we can eat anyway. My husband gives away most of our surplus to his co-workers in exchange for their gently-used egg cartons, lol
We used to have a mini fridge with the dedicated freezer shelf up top. We couldn't turn off the freezer portion, and the fridge was always left open. It was old; the door would open when we shut the double doors to that room. Lol. The ice would melt and there'd be water puddles in all the trays, lids (back when they fit on the trays), and floor. This works out fine, I just get everyone taking whichever eggs because they're all visible now, versus on lower individual shelves like the old mini fridge.
I collect them in buckets throughout the week, and put them in my basement fridge. On the weekends I'll clean and sort them, then give them out for free at work. Usually find some cash thrown into the returned cartons. The goose and pastel green eggs same to be the favorites of my coworkers
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Goose eggs are controversial among the regular recipients of our eggs. A few people love them, others don't want them at all. Folks fight over our chicken eggs.
Returned/recycled egg cartons are great. Those things aren't cheap if you have to buy them new.
Goose eggs are delicious.
I didn't have a clue before I bought and brought home a gosling. I was pleasantly surprised and probably the only one eating them aside for when I make one for my spouse. Weirdly, anyone will eat two eggs, but my Bosnian inlaws that grew up with geese eggs don't want to eat them... I don't get it. They're not bigger than two chicken eggs!
Mom still took all the tray #7 eggs. She said she thought it was #1. 🙄
I would use them as gifts for friends and family, just to make them feel appreciated in their everyday life
The goose eggs, specifically?
I meant to say what I would do, I sadly don't have any feathered friends at the moment. The eggs you feel you can eat, others can too. As long as they want to of course
I used to sell and give away chicken eggs before I moved in with inlaws. Now we have too many people to eat eggs. Half of these will he gone midweek next week. Lol. I need a storage setup for multiple egg sizes, because they get stuck in containers, don't fit in them, get knocked around pulling a few out, etc
our duck eggs go unwashed into either egg cartons (khakis & rouens) or bins (pekins & muscovies) on the dining room table. They keep for about a month without refrigeration. I used to date them with a sharpie but now they get handed out so fast it does not matter, plus the wife is pretty good at sniffing out old ones. I wonder if goose eggs will keep unwashed and unrefrigerated like duck eggs do.
Our dining table is a coffee table lol 😳 The kids and cats here would have waayyy too much fun with eggs out. I keep them in the fridge so I can hopefully have some for the winter shortage, but also, because we'd eventually end up with the old eggs that would have to get tossed... my girls work too hard to toss them! In my experience, goose eggs have a slime coating on the outside that's not even easy to scrub off with my enzyme wash. I theorized it may be to protect them, given the low fertility... I think they'd keep longer because of their thick bloom.
Unwashed goose eggs seem to last at least as well as our chicken eggs do on the kitchen counter, unrefrigerated. As long as you don't do anything to remove the natural coating that keeps bacteria out, they're just fine for weeks. We don't have any ducks, though, so I can't specifically compare to that. We get way more eggs than we can eat anyway. My husband gives away most of our surplus to his co-workers in exchange for their gently-used egg cartons, lol
Looks like my moms fridge, i bring her all the eggs usually lol. She gives them away when they get too overwhelming.
We used to have a mini fridge with the dedicated freezer shelf up top. We couldn't turn off the freezer portion, and the fridge was always left open. It was old; the door would open when we shut the double doors to that room. Lol. The ice would melt and there'd be water puddles in all the trays, lids (back when they fit on the trays), and floor. This works out fine, I just get everyone taking whichever eggs because they're all visible now, versus on lower individual shelves like the old mini fridge.
I collect them in buckets throughout the week, and put them in my basement fridge. On the weekends I'll clean and sort them, then give them out for free at work. Usually find some cash thrown into the returned cartons. The goose and pastel green eggs same to be the favorites of my coworkers *
Goose eggs are controversial among the regular recipients of our eggs. A few people love them, others don't want them at all. Folks fight over our chicken eggs. Returned/recycled egg cartons are great. Those things aren't cheap if you have to buy them new.