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Emu eggs

MrsAbles
MrsAbles Posts: 117 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
My husband just brought home 2 emu eggs. He was working with a guy who raises emus. OMG! I'm more than a little intimidated. They look like small footballs. They look like large avocados. They look like dinosaur eggs! Has anyone ever tried them?

Off to google....

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  • jingoace
    jingoace Posts: 219 Member
    REALLY? That sounds interesting. I wanna know what you decide to do with them!!! And how do they taste?

    :) J
  • MamaDee2
    MamaDee2 Posts: 843 Member
    REALLY? That sounds interesting. I wanna know what you decide to do with them!!! And how do they taste?

    :) J


    Yes do let us know!!
  • spngebobmyhero
    spngebobmyhero Posts: 823 Member
    no advice on cooking, but that is cool!
  • monkeydharma
    monkeydharma Posts: 599 Member
    Research them.

    I had a friend who offered me some turkey eggs - he had the idea that maybe he could commercially sell them. I quickly googled them for nutritional data, and found out they were twice the calories - and FOUR times the cholesterol. Which is probably why no one sells them commercially.

    Emu eggs might be interesting for the occasional treat - but I'll bet they're too rich for regular ingestion.
  • jingoace
    jingoace Posts: 219 Member
    So, what happened to the "emu egg" experiment?

    What'd you end up doing with them? And, how did they taste?
    Would you eat emu eggs again?

    :) J
  • MrsAbles
    MrsAbles Posts: 117 Member
    Ok. My husband scrambled one of the emu eggs today. It tasted fine, pretty much like chicken eggs. (I don't really like my husband's scrambled eggs, so I didn't LOVE it. Next one I'll cook.) 1 egg fed all 4 of us. I had read they equal 8-10 chicken eggs, so that's true.

    I would not buy them, they're really expensive. Considering it was free, I would eat them again.
  • jingoace
    jingoace Posts: 219 Member
    Ok. My husband scrambled one of the emu eggs today. It tasted fine, pretty much like chicken eggs. (I don't really like my husband's scrambled eggs, so I didn't LOVE it. Next one I'll cook.) 1 egg fed all 4 of us. I had read they equal 8-10 chicken eggs, so that's true.

    I would not buy them, they're really expensive. Considering it was free, I would eat them again.

    WHOA! One Emu EGG fed FOUR people!!!! Wow! No wonder Grok likes Eggs! LOL

    Thanks for the updates.... Glad the "taste test" came out o.k. too!

    :) J
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