porcupine Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Now that duck eggs are back at the Dupont market, I'm hoping they'll be the Next Big Thing. They taste like chicken eggs, but are a little richer and seem to have a higher yolk-to-white ratio. I love them as the main ingredient in light dinner dishes. Had one in a Burmese dish once by luck (long story) and would love to have a recipe. Anyone else out there cooking with duck eggs? Any interesting recipes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Duck eggs are so special and the yolks are so wonderfully creamy, I have a difficult time doing anything that subsumes those qualities. I make them fried or poached. They are great poached on top of a frisee salad with bacon lardons, in the classic bistro dish. but we usually have them for breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishinnards Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Which vendor had these? I want some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 They are great poached on top of a frisee salad with bacon lardons, in the classic bistro dish. That was going to be dinner last night, but the co-op didn't have frisee, so it was spinach and mushroom salad with duck egg instead. Which vendor had these? I want some. um, last year I think he was on the north end of 20th St. This year I'm not sure; a friend got them for me this past Sunday. Probably Anna Blume would know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Did I ever post this? Poached duck eggs on toast, with goat-cheese-stuffed, battered, fried squash blossoms on a bed of frisée barely visible. The eggs came from the excellent egg man at Dupont Circle farmers' market last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhone1998 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 For what it's worth, when the Saturday U Street farmers market opens, the guy who sets up with his son right at the corner of 14th and U usually has them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Which vendor had these? I want some. His name is Tom and he's had a hand in Maryland legislation for eggs, so very knowledgeable. White hair. Smokes despite doctors' orders. Business name: Waterview. There's a Daffy Duck doll on top of his table, yes, at the north end of Dupont Circle, on 20th Street, north of Q St. Neighbors include Endless Summer, Compost Cab, Red Apron, Quaker Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I've only made deviled eggs with my duck eggs, but I really like adding them my ramen or bibimbop for a richer eggy flavor, so I will sometimes add them to those. I also like them hard boiled with my congee, but I think that is because I grew up with the salty-preserved duck eggs... (Do they sell them at WF anymore? They used to...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.H. Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I saw packages of salted duck egg yolks today at Great Wall. It was maybe 10 yolks for $5.99. Are they for congee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I saw packages of salted duck egg yolks today at Great Wall. It was maybe 10 yolks for $5.99. Are they for congee? No, those are using used to make a Chinese pastry that has a yolk in the middle of chosen fillings. It's pretty good when made right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishinnards Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 No, those are using used to make a Chinese pastry that has a yolk in the middle of chosen fillings. It's pretty good when made right. You could also make stir-fried squid with salted duck eggs or salted duck egg coconut cream dip (lohn kai kem). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 You could also make stir-fried squid with salted duck eggs or salted duck egg coconut cream dip (lohn kai kem). I thought V.H. saw packages of salty egg yolks that are used for pastries like this: Red Bean Spiral Pastries, where they are already made so it's easier to stick in the middle, as opposed to cutting up the whole duck egg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishinnards Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I thought V.H. saw packages of salty egg yolks that are used for pastries like this: Red Bean Spiral Pastries, where they are already made so it's easier to stick in the middle, as opposed to cutting up the whole duck egg? Ahhh. many cooks don't use the whites, so I thought it was some sort of convenience product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenticket Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Washington Post reporting on 'urban foraging' gone wrong. (Warning: link content includes numerous bad puns ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 The Saturday Farmers Market at 14th & U Sts. open from 9am-1pm, has a vendor (don't know the name) who sells duck eggs along with chicken eggs FWIW and for those who don't want to deal with the crowds at Dupont on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 ^They sell goose eggs, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 There's a strange (cool) little grocery store/sandwich shop next to Al Dente on New Mexico Ave NW that sells duck eggs (along with a bunch of unusal stuff like aligator meat)......just found the name: Wagshals. http://www.wagshals.com/newmexicoave.html Don't know if they have them year round but they did have them last October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 There's a strange (cool) little grocery store/sandwich shop next to Al Dente on New Mexico Ave NW that sells duck eggs (along with a bunch of unusal stuff like aligator meat)......just found the name: Wagshals. http://www.wagshals.com/newmexicoave.html Don't know if they have them year round but they did have them last October. I'm pretty sure many of the large Asian grocery stores sell duck eggs. I remember the first time I ever saw a duck egg served at a restaurant - it was about ten years ago in Corduroy's duck egg and leg salad, and it was so novel; now, they're starting to become something of a fad, although they have a ways to go before making the Trite Food List. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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