Duck egg disaster

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grandmaeileen
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Duck egg disaster

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Hi, we were given some duck eggs from a friend and I must admit I'm not a great lover of them, but scrambled they were ok, BUT... Keith (my hubby) makes the most lovely yorkshire puddings and tonight decided to use the duck eggs yike* they were as flat as pancakes!!

He was gutted!!

Back to basics and next batch with our girls eggs,

Any thoughts and comments welcome.
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I've never tried to make Yorkshires with duck eggs, but appart from a slightly different taste, there isn't much difference is there? :?
Our Yorkshires were really flat a few weeks back, but I ran out of flour and bought a really cheap one from the corner shop, so I blame the flour!
Got the usual flour again and they've been fine since.
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Re: Duck egg disaster

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Perhaps it's the higher fat content?
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Can't mention duck eggs in our house. Our lovely new neighbours gave us 2 last summer; I ate one and was fine. OH ate the other and threw up straight away. His mum says she tried him with duck eggs as a child and the same thing happened. Clearly he doesn't remember.
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