It was an unexpected sight- a pristine white egg sitting in the mud of the path. The Canada geese (Branta canadensis) are breeding, and I suspect that this egg had been blown out of a nest by the 30mph(42kph) winds and rolled to this particular spot. Being a forager, I have to confess that I took a good, long look at the egg before deciding against grabbing it for a meal... I honestly don't know how long the egg had been sitting around, and I generally don't go for animal matter of unknown origin. The funny thing is that I have eaten balut, so the prospect of finding a little occupant in the egg wasn't the dissuading factor, but the prospect of bringing a rotten egg into the house lessened the appeal of a free-range goose egg.
I left this potential golden bounty for one of the site's raccoons or crows to find... those critters are a lot more forgiving of 'past sell-by date' comestibles.
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For what its worth, if you put an egg into water and it floats, it's spoiled. If it doesn't float, its ok to cook ... but you need to scramble it if you don't know where it came from.
Preferably with mushrooms, butter, cayenne and Belizean Queso.
DerFarm
Preferably with locally-picked porcini.
I generally don't go for animal matter of unknown origin
Sausages off the menu, then.
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