What we've been eating - goose egg(s)!

The Wednesday market in Oxford has stalls selling fresh fruit and vegetables, meats, a fishmonger in his van, and random bits and bobs.



An elderly man and his wife sell cheeses, bacon and eggs (a glorious mix, for which the couple should win medals), and for the past two weeks they have had goose eggs for sale.



Quite a bit larger than a hen's egg, these monstrosities were an incredible white colour. At £1.50 each, they were quite pricey.



The egg itself is mostly yolk, with an incredibly translucent albumen, quite unlike egg white. The yolk is a dark, bright orange. Can a colour be both dark and bright?



For comparison, the size of the egg compared to a small jar of Colman's mustard. Each egg probably weighs in at around four large hen eggs, or six small.



Aren't they pretty? We blew out one of them for A to paint.



The shell is so incredibly white, and very strong - similar in a way to M&M candy shells, when tapped.



The yolk that was blown out...



And turned into this delicious omelette au fine herbs with the baby parsley and basil that SS provided a few weeks ago. The egg tasted... slightly tougher than hen eggs, although that's unfair, as it was an almost crunchy, bouncy texture rather than the toughness of an over-scrambled egg. Quite delicious, but not for every-day meals!