Scored a dozen free eggs today

Tweet

Speaking of grocery prices. . . a coworker gave me a dozen eggs today from her little backyard farm. I was bringing in empty egg cartons for her to reuse and she had a dozen waiting in her office for me. Our minds were on the same wavelength! I took a quick peek this morning and it looked like there were 10 duck eggs and 2 chicken ones. I had never had duck eggs until she started sharing them with me last spring. They aren't great for like a breakfast sandwich or scrambled eggs (they get a bit rubbery) but they are fine for baking and to do things like bread chicken cutlets to fry. I think I even used them in ice cream too early in the summer. In those types of applications they are great. Hey come to think of it I can use them for the egg nog that I am going to be making soon. The recipe calls for a dozen egg yolks. (I usually make angel food cake for a trifle with the leftover whites) The recipe is not cheap to make but I already have the booze and now I have a dozen free eggs. All I'll have to buy is the dairy. Wow this year's batch will be the easiest on my wallet yet!