Here is a stupid question for you..

PhiSlammaJamma · Mar 30, 2001

I was legitimately wondering,

If you crack open say the egg of an alligator and fry it up, does it look just like the egg of a Chicken? OR does it look entirely different?

Stupid question, but I"m curious...

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Behad · Mar 30, 2001

Somebody has waaayyy too much time on their hands....

Is this what the off season is gonna be like?

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Behad
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heypartner · Mar 30, 2001

quick google search

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Duck eggs are a bit larger than a standard jumbo hen's egg, and a goose
egg larger still, sometimes with a volume roughly equal to that of a
billiard ball. They are richer than hen's eggs, with a higher fat
content in the yolk.

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

There may have occasionally been some kind of sea turtles going ashore
on the Atlantic coasts, but I'm not aware of any period recipes for
them.

There IS a subtlety mentioned in one of the late-period or post-period
sources, which calls for making a giant artifical hard-boiled egg out of
a dozen hen's eggs. That's about the closest I can think of, offhand. If
I remember correctly, the eggs of reptiles have no albumen in them, so
there is no "white" to speak of. If you boil an alligator egg, I
understand that the yolk cooks as you might expect, but the clear liquid
remains just that.</font>
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PhiSlammaJamma · Mar 30, 2001

Oooooh, that is sicko...but cool. I don't know why I got thinking about it, but I did. Thanks HeyP.

I can add one thing to that comment, Here in Maryland they have evidence that the Pilgrims first thanksgiving consisted of Turtle. Not Turkey. They found empty turtle shells all over the settlement.

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