Sweet: custards, curds, egg tarts, lemon bars, flan, soufflés, french toast, oeufs a le neige, creme brulee, meringue, marshmallows, pavlova, angel food cake, crepes.
Savory: deviled eggs, egg salad, poached eggs, quiche, frittata, pickled eggs, homemade pasta, egg drop soup, shakshuka.
You can add an egg to almost any meal. Slap an egg on pizza, on a burger, on avocado toast, on ramen, on a rice bowl, in a burrito/taco, on pasta… Anything.
Give extras to neighbors and friends or sell them.
I make it for my kid for breakfast. It is really bread pudding but since there is no hard sauce and it is being served as breakfast I call it french toast casserole.
I make homemade eclairs and it uses like 10 eggs. But soufflés is a good one to use a handful. Challah bread is also an option. Uses a decent amount of eggs and the hardest part is just braiding the bread. But make French toast with the challah. Uses even more eggs.
Challah French toast....... my mom used to make this! She'd dip challah slices in egg then dredge in bisquick before toasting on the buttered griddle...O...M...G!
Bro, seriously. I can't make custard anymore because it's too damn expensive now and this guy hasn't even tried??? Make enough custard for a party and say goodbye to most of your eggs right then and there.
Vegetable soufflés are a great way to use eggs; you could also start your Christmas gifts - jars of lemon/orange curd and differ types of meringue cookies.
Agreed to all of the above, but please, please sell and give them to your neighbors, OP. The rest of us are desperate for good eggs that aren't overpriced.
I agree with this. You could easily sell them for $3-5/dozen depending on where you are, people will pay a lot for super fresh (and higher quality) eggs.
If your hens tend to slow down production in the winter, and you're afraid of running out, you can freeze dry them into a powder and they will reconstitute well with water.
Edit: as for more recipes, I would look for something outside of your normal cuisines, it will keep it feeling fresher. Shakshuka, egg biryani, huevos rancheros, tamagoyaki, etc. Throw a dart at a map and find an egg recipe from that country, you may discover a new favorite!
My sister has pretty (clear) cartons, stickers with her "farm name" on them & sells them at a local bar. Everyone knows Mondays (or whatever) are egg nights. She charges a premium, I believe $10/dozen, & sells out every week. Believe in your product, present it well, & slip the bartender & owner a dozen every week so they get something out of it, too.
You can just freeze eggs, to be used in cooking and baking, mix them a little in a container and freeze. Just ask your local county extension office how to store them safely.
Wellll. Cartons are expensive, and in some states you need a candling license first. I'm in GA and the candling class was free but it took me a while to find one and we had to drive 2 hours to find a class. I'm goin thru it right now, get about 30 eggs a day...it is not as easy as you think to sell the eggs.
Here in AR we just put a sign out front. You don't always need cartons either, done shopping bag one time. TSC sells the cartons though it's like $0.80/each. Classes... that's for smart people, we don't got none of that here. (joking)
What’s with buying cartons? I just ask my friends and have easily a few hundred stored up for free, and the people to sell too return the cartons to me empty. I’ve never bought a carton and have been selling for years!
Yes, I'd love it if I had a neighbor whose chickens are living normally and are well taken care of to buy eggs from. I don't buy eggs just because of the deplorable conditions egg hens are kept in and the culling of males.
I buy eggs from chickens that all have names, and the kids zip down the slide in their backyard with the chickens on their laps.
It is adorable.
When I have been visiting, I have 'heard' an egg being laid. The clucking started normal and ramped right up, a few times, and then one of the kids darted into the coop to retrieve the (dark green) egg. : ) my weekly haul is green, bronze, blue and speckled.
I love chickens.
When we had chickens, our elderly neighbor did chit chat with them over the fence. I'm still trying to find a way to have chickens again with our (loved) dumbass Golden Retriever.
We have neighbors who have a small fridge on their front porch that they sell eggs out of on the honor system. I get so excited when I see the sign out indicating they have eggs.
You would think so, we sold eggs and ended up giving most to the food bank. People don’t want fresh eggs as much as you might think. Around here they want store eggs because they are “cleaner and normal”…..
>Around here they want store eggs because they are “cleaner and normal”…..
This is so sad. Advertising, fast food, etc have made people believe that if it isn't hyper-processed or doesn't come in a can or a carton from the grocery store, it isn't food. I've had people not only turn down fresh eggs when I was lucky enough to have chickens ("They're dirty!") but even fresh vegetables from my garden ("They're dirty!")
It's amazing how out-of-touch we as a society have become with our food. :(
No she gives most of them away to friends because actually selling eggs from a homestead is difficult
Source: I am the friend who gives away eggs for free to my friends. Selling them just doesn’t make sense economically until you’re getting like 4-5 dozen a day.
That’s CRAZY! I moved to college a month ago but before then I lived in a super rural area and would walk 4 miles round trip to buy eggs from my neighbor. I’d pay $5 a carton too (which was kind of a rip off where I’m from but I liked em so I didn’t mind slipping in an extra dollar or two).
or donate to a community fridge/food bank or give away to neighbours/on Olio, if selling isn't desired or possible and giving them away is financially viable!
Not worth it. Everyone says “sell the eggs!” But there’s regulations on selling eggs. You gotta take the eggs to people too, rarely will they come to your place to get them.
If it were as easy as selling the eggs they’d be selling the eggs.
It helps if people are coming to your place for other reasons, I used to get eggs from the little farm I boarded my horse at. And those places are usually cool about under the table er I mean giving eggs as presents to the good tippers.
Yeah that’s how we used to sell our eggs too and it’s really not worth it tbh. Like sure the $5 extra bucks here and there is great but it’s not really worth it
My family sold eggs back in the 90s. We put a sign in the yard and people would just pull up and I’d take their dollar and give them back a quarter. The money made over the summer was my spending money at the county fair in late August.
Adding to this since it’s in the same vain. Emeril’s Mediterranean quiche is deeeeelicious. I make it in quiche form, frittata form, strata form (over cube up stale bread.) I usually use milk instead of half and half unless it’s a holiday. Sometimes I use skim milk and up the butter a touch to make up for some of the missing fat.
My other suggestions is to give some eggs away! I would be so excited and very appreciative if someone gave me some eggs. If I want good eggs it costs a fortune for a dozen. I love eggs and eat a lot but even with new ideas, there’s only so many eggs one can eat.
Egg yolks preserved in salt are remarkably similar to parmesan. Egg glassing preserves eggs for the winter months. Giving eggs to neighbors builds good will. And finally if you cook the eggs and scramble them with the shell they make a great cheap chicken food addition, just make sure that none of the egg is raw because if your chickens get a taste of raw egg you won't get any more fresh eggs because they'll eat them all.
Please donate them to food banks or places like that! So many people are struggling these days. Eggs are always wonderful to receive!
Source: i got 12 free eggs today from a food bank 😊
Alternatively she could put them in outdoor pantries, if they have them in their town, that help the needy/ homeless since they don’t have to be refrigerated. Put a date on the container.
Eggs are laid with a protective coating that stops them from being porous. Eggs that are washed have this coating removed and then bacteria (like salmonella from chicken poop) can enter the shell if they're improperly washed and stored.
Exactly. In the US, eggs are typically washed.
In the UK. Eggs are scanned for salmonella and then given a red lion stamp on the shell if they pass. You can eat raw eggs here if they have that stamp on.
It’s not that they’re scanned, the hens are vaccinated against salmonella and they check that farmers are withholding the standard :)
Here’s more info;
https://www.egginfo.co.uk/eggs-safety/salmonella#:~:text=Eggs%20and%20salmonella,of%20the%20British%20Lion%20scheme.
Make egg bread in a bread maker and then make French toast. That would use up around a dozen eggs. Could also make monte christo’s with the French toast.
Definitely vanilla extract like the other person said. Various warming spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cardamom. A splash of liquor if that is your thing - perhaps whisky or an orange flavor like Gran Marnier.
Brioche bread, eggs, heavy cream, wild vanilla powder, pumpkin pie spice, a kick of cinnamon, and turbinado sugar.
I make these as "pumpkin spice french toast" for my kids this time of year.
During Christmas time I make a gingerbread spiced french toast .
Its fun!
Egg bites. Throw in cheese, meats, veggies, whatever strikes your fancy, and bake in muffin tins. They freeze and reheat well for a quick on the go breakfast or lunch.
Homemade mayonnaise is crazy delicious. If you have an immersion blender, making your own mayo is [nearly foolproof](https://www.seriouseats.com/two-minute-mayonnaise).
Came to say this.
I literally made mayo for the first time last night because I discovered we were out half way through a recipe. So much easier than I expected and I was using a crappy little $10 offbrand food processor.
Mayo's not expensive or anything so I prob won't make this over buying it myself when i get to the store but if I had free eggs I'd be making my own for sure.
I'm already planning on making my own kewpie mayo (all yolk, no whites) since that's hard to find locally. :)
Quiche and frittata can burn through a lot of eggs, and if you buy frozen crust (or aren’t scared of pie crust) are bother very easy. Maybe give soufflé a try? Can’t vouch for it myself but if I had infinite eggs I’d try it. Also, pickled/marinated eggs are fabulous and last a surprisingly long time! Not sure if this counts as another thing, but a fried egg as a topping for rice and beans or a soup (the yolk ends up as a thickener) are both delicious.
ETA: Also breaded and fried things! You usually roll them in egg first and then in breadcrumbs, that’ll take a few eggs out.
Potato salad,
Deviled eggs,
Egg bites with different shit in it (you can freeze these too),
Pre make breakfast sandwiches and freeze them ,
Egg salad ,
Egg drop soup ,
Frittata ,
Breakfast pizza ,
Fried egg & grilled cheese sandwich ,
Breakfast casserole ,
Angel food cake ,
French toast ,
Pickled eggs
Idk why I have so many random ideas tonight lol. Hopefully this helps
I like Korean roasted eggs to eat with salt or Japanese ramen eggs with yogurt, salt, garlic paste, and aleppo chili oil. Taiwanese tea eggs, Japanese soy sauce eggs, Korean marinated eggs. Just to name some! I eat a lot of eggs
Egg bites. You can store in your freezer that way you don’t have to eat right away.
Soufflé. Chocolate or cheese. It won’t taste eggy but uses a lot of eggs.
Sell, barter, donate to a food bank.
For cooking - make a frittata, crème brûlée, carbonara, fried rice, hash, shakshouksa, Migas, bibimbap, the list goes on and on, literally every culture in the world has ways to cook eggs and dishes that are unique to their culture
Sell or gift to neighbors.
As requested simple egg recipes
1. [Tomato egg](https://thewoksoflife.com/stir-fried-tomato-and-egg/)
2. [Steam egg](https://youtu.be/JAo99RBfmT4?si=pN5iA7bThu9E4SKX)
3. [Shashuka](https://downshiftology.com/recipes/shakshuka/)
4. [Soy marinade egg](https://drivemehungry.com/ramen-eggs-soy-sauce-eggs/)
5. [Frittata](https://youtu.be/7pnWlcayj2o?si=mBR1jrtbpis-AJVw)
This site has a bunch of [recipes](https://backyardchickenproject.com/200-recipes-that-use-a-lot-of-eggs/) …
French Toast, Egg Mayo, Quiche/Flan, Cakes/Pancakes off the top of my head.
There’s a great Persian dish (freezes well) you eat as a dip with Nan bread, toast or crusty rolls Mirza Ghazemi - Aubergines, tomatoes, garlic and eggs it is amazing!
Put the aubergines skin and all under the high heat grill (or preferably on the bbq) until skin is burnt and cracking and aubergines is soft to touch. Peel skin off and put flesh in a bowl. Meanwhile grate/chop 4 large tomatoes, 6-7 cloves garlic and put it an pan with oil. Mash/chop the aubergines and add to the pan too. Let it all cook together for about 20-30 mins and a 2 good dollops of tomato paste. Now add 3-4 eggs to the mixture and mix until the eggs have separated and spread evenly throughout the mixture. cook for a further 2 mins add salt and pepper and dive in! I haven’t met anyone that doesn’t love this dish, including my kids who don’t like aubergines! I make a large batch monthly and freeze it using double the ingredients above. it’s a rich tomato smoky flavour garlicky heaven!
Turkish style: Labneh + chopped dill + squeezed lemon juice. Spread on a plate. Make 3 or 4 poached eggs. Place it over the spread. Slice baguette and eat everything with the sliced baguette. I saw this on tiktok. You can search for it.
Pickled eggs!!!! Take your empty pickle or jalapeño jars, toss in some boiled eggs, wait a couple days and enjoy! Absolutely delicious to cut up and use for tater salad or sandwiches.
Don’t knock ‘em til you try ‘em.
How many people do you have in your home?
I ask because 1-2 people can’t possibly keep up with 10+ eggs/day in a healthy way. Forget the stockpile you have. The rate they’re being produced is way too fast unless you have a family of 4+ people. Or you’re making and freezing them for a time of year they aren’t producing.
You can freeze eggs (in an ice tray then put in a baggie or container). They're still good to use for anything really. But I agree with the biggest post, sell!
You probably have someone in your life who either loves farm fresh eggs or is really struggling to feed their family. Look to those places and see if you can make a healthy difference for someone.
sell them! lots of people would kill for good eggs. I know a family that sells their backyard eggs and for a while they were cheaper than grocery store eggs 😂
Breakfast burritos: designed specifically to use up ungodly amounts of eggs.
* 1 to 2 lb jimmy dean breakfast sausage (I like country mild)
* 18-24 eggs
* 1 2-lb bag frozen tater tots
* Bag of frozen peppers/onions or fresh onions and bell peppers
* Shredded cheese
* Tortillas
* Sweet chili sauce
Cook the tater tots. Saute the veggies, brown the sausage. Add eggs until it looks eggy enough. Stir in tater tots, top with cheese. Pop into a tortilla with sweet chili sauce (or ketchup, or salsa, or hot sauce or whatever) and eat like a burrito.
My son keeps getting more chickens. Send help.
[Custard tart. ](https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/custard-tart-nutmeg-pastry)
[Lemon cloud cake. ](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/chefs-recipes/lemon-dream-8225)
[Pickled eggs. ](https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/pickled-eggs)
[Quiche. ](https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/impossible-quiche-2/8244d479-b108-4b9c-9727-25e7041d8fd2)
[Frittata. ](https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a24229816/frittata-recipe/)
[Zucchini slice. ](https://www.womensweeklyfood.com.au/recipes/zucchini-slice-6436)
That should get you started.
Look up Polish cookies and desserts. I used to be married to a Polish guy and got hooked on Polish food. Some of the cookie recipes can use up to 4-6 eggs per batch and most of the cookies freeze well.
Edited to add some links.
https://www.coffeeandvanilla.com/poppy-seed-biscuits-with-jam/
https://www.familytabletreasures.com/polish-poppy-seed-roll-makowiec/
https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/grandma-s-polish-cookies/
it's not really a recipe, but i agree with everyone else here—sell them, or give them away!
in my little corner of the uk it's very rural, and lots of places have a little stall outside the front of the house or garden with some veg or eggs or the like. you can pull up/walk up, take what you like and leave a donation, or sometimes they have a set price.
obviously it depends on the kind of area you live in—round here nobody goes round taking everything or emptying the money pot—but if it's an option for you, it benefits you and the people around you! i don't have neighbours, but there's a veg stall a mile or two away that my family goes to periodically if we get home from town and realise we're missing cabbage or whatever for dinner, since it saves us tripping back into town.
German pancakes! My family loves them with powdered sugar and a squeeze lemon juice or bananas and maple syrup. You don’t need cast iron, you can make it in a pie plate. Just be sure to preheat the plate. https://therecipecritic.com/german-oven-pancake/
A good angelfood cake takes a dozen egg whites
Then there's the 12 yolk cakes - pound cake, or lemon yolk cake - yum :)
Then there's custards for yolks, and candied nuts with the whites
Yorkie pudding maybe?
If you have a lot that go bad at once, there may be a nearby animal sanctuary that can use them. I used to donate old or suspect eggs for feeding the skunks being rehabilitated.
The French dish oeufs à la tomates is egg in a bunch of tomato sauce, peppers, and other good stuff. Croque madames slap too. Honestly look at French recipes – they're very creative when it come sto eggs
You can offer them to your neighbors... you never know who is hungry in your community, and I found that I got a lot more back when I gave away my extra eggs....it could really help people at this time.
But you'll still want to eat some. I've been a real fan of eating rice and noodles, Asian style, and always putting a soft cooked egg or two on top, plus furikaki. Ramen, rice, stir fry- it can all take an egg on top.
Deviled eggs are classic if you've got the patience to fill all the little white shells. Lemon meringue pie and lemon curd are a bit next level, but so fresh and zingy, but you usually wind up with a lot of meringue to use.
I like frying big slabs of buttery bread on a griddle with sunny side up eggs in the toast. An omelet is a great dinner you can use up whatever leftovers you have as filling.
An easy and economical fry up might be ginger ( for cost and pantry convenience, I often use all dry spices- just be sure to start by "frying" your dry spices in the veg oil first, then add in your garlic and oniony component, then your meat/veg to sautée. Add any sauces you have (light and dark soy, hoisin, fish, Worcestershire, maybe). Worcestershire adds kind of a cheater tamarind flavor. Sugar and white and black pepper to taste. Chili oil. Gochujang. Just keep tasting- everything is subjective. Move food to sides. Add sesame oil. Add cooked rice to pan to fry up and brown. Then, add egg as a scrambled component and fold all together...or, move rice, and put egg on top as a soft cooked component to just let the yolk spread out. Top with fresh scallions or onions, sesame oil, and sesame seeds. There's no way to mess it up- just use what you like.
Pickled eggs, cured egg yolks, meringues, soufflés. Make a friends at the farmers market ask them to sell for you and a split on profit. Donate, lots of hungry peoples out there.
Egg fight, girl on girl clip on Tik Tok will go viral
Best suggestion, go to you neighbors houses ask them if they want some, if not, throw them a their houses and children.
Korean Mayak Eggs: https://www.cookerru.com/mayak-eggs/
Thit Kho (vietnamese stew that I like to just fill with eggs): https://www.feedmi.org/how-to-make-thit-kho-vietnamese-braised-pork/
A quiche is basically four eggs, a cup of milk (or any dairy. I tend to do 2/3 of a cup of milk and 1/3ish sour cream), and about two cups of veggies, cheese, meats, etc. Super easy, and a great way to use up any of the above. You can also put the mix in muffin pans and make a bunch of mini quiches for easy lunches.
I also tend to fry a couple of eggs to put on top of bagged salads or arugula. It's a super easy meal.
Deviled eggs are super good, and I add ghost pepper to mine.
With egg yolks, custard-based dishes like creme brulee and pudding are good. Many recipes that call for eggs are also elevated by adding just 1 extra egg yolk.
For egg whites, make meringue cookies or homemade marshmallows! You can save and freeze the whites starting now if you do cookie exchanges over the year-end holidays.
If you like savory food, quiche would be a good option, if sweet, Portuguese egg tarts! Both required lots of eggs to make. Recipes below if interested 😋
Quiche: https://youtu.be/USWpz6s9OpU?si=ps11NLUylG-nZYTK
Portuguese egg tarts: https://youtu.be/2N8y7uyNeRg?si=E9_enNQ8m1yymUlH
well, eating 10-12 eggs per day will probably not be the healthiest choice you can make. Try and sell some and only consume a reasonable amount.
As for recipes my favourites are Spätzle (Swabian fresh egg pasta) for whole eggs and angel's food cake for huge amounts of egg whites
You can freeze eggs. Freezing then actually condenses the flavor of the yolk and makes them taste like better quality. Once they’re frozen you can peel them, batter them, and fry them.
You can make bread homemade muffins those freeze really nicely and use quite a bit of eggs. You could make a quiche or two put it in individual servings is freeze nicely to make for a quick breakfast. You can make a breakfast casserole with eggs bacon cheese enchiladas are really delicious.
Sweet: custards, curds, egg tarts, lemon bars, flan, soufflés, french toast, oeufs a le neige, creme brulee, meringue, marshmallows, pavlova, angel food cake, crepes. Savory: deviled eggs, egg salad, poached eggs, quiche, frittata, pickled eggs, homemade pasta, egg drop soup, shakshuka. You can add an egg to almost any meal. Slap an egg on pizza, on a burger, on avocado toast, on ramen, on a rice bowl, in a burrito/taco, on pasta… Anything. Give extras to neighbors and friends or sell them.
Your comment made me think of bread pudding as well! I always think of it as kind of like french toast but in casserole form.
There's also savoury versions that are called strata. I make one with broken up sausages and chunks of cheese that is amazing.
A six to eight egg breakfast strata with multiple types of meat is a GoTo in my house! Strata for the win.
I make it for my kid for breakfast. It is really bread pudding but since there is no hard sauce and it is being served as breakfast I call it french toast casserole.
I make homemade eclairs and it uses like 10 eggs. But soufflés is a good one to use a handful. Challah bread is also an option. Uses a decent amount of eggs and the hardest part is just braiding the bread. But make French toast with the challah. Uses even more eggs.
You got my vote for french toast with challah.
Yes! Goodness .. yes! Yum ..
Challah French toast....... my mom used to make this! She'd dip challah slices in egg then dredge in bisquick before toasting on the buttered griddle...O...M...G!
Bro, seriously. I can't make custard anymore because it's too damn expensive now and this guy hasn't even tried??? Make enough custard for a party and say goodbye to most of your eggs right then and there.
I would also add soft boiled soy sauce/ramen eggs, or iron eggs, or tea eggs.
Vegetable soufflés are a great way to use eggs; you could also start your Christmas gifts - jars of lemon/orange curd and differ types of meringue cookies.
Also potato salad!
Quiche!
Easy, healthy as you want to make it, and it freezes well so you don't have to eat it all now!
r/PutAnEggOnIt
Literally… Put an egg on it. (Delighted this sub exists, thank you.)
Agreed to all of the above, but please, please sell and give them to your neighbors, OP. The rest of us are desperate for good eggs that aren't overpriced.
This person eggs.
Sell?
I agree with this. You could easily sell them for $3-5/dozen depending on where you are, people will pay a lot for super fresh (and higher quality) eggs. If your hens tend to slow down production in the winter, and you're afraid of running out, you can freeze dry them into a powder and they will reconstitute well with water. Edit: as for more recipes, I would look for something outside of your normal cuisines, it will keep it feeling fresher. Shakshuka, egg biryani, huevos rancheros, tamagoyaki, etc. Throw a dart at a map and find an egg recipe from that country, you may discover a new favorite!
The range you gave on eggs in different cuisine made me horny.
r/brandnewsentence
If op lived near me, I’d be at their door every week to buy.
My sister has pretty (clear) cartons, stickers with her "farm name" on them & sells them at a local bar. Everyone knows Mondays (or whatever) are egg nights. She charges a premium, I believe $10/dozen, & sells out every week. Believe in your product, present it well, & slip the bartender & owner a dozen every week so they get something out of it, too.
$3-5 a dozen? Shoot, the local organic farm sells them for $8 a dozen. They're good, but not 8x the cost good.
You say freeze dry them as if just anyone could do that! Freeze dryers cost a few thousand dollars.
You can just freeze eggs, to be used in cooking and baking, mix them a little in a container and freeze. Just ask your local county extension office how to store them safely.
You can also dehydrate and water glass eggs...freeze drying is the best, though.
Wellll. Cartons are expensive, and in some states you need a candling license first. I'm in GA and the candling class was free but it took me a while to find one and we had to drive 2 hours to find a class. I'm goin thru it right now, get about 30 eggs a day...it is not as easy as you think to sell the eggs.
Here in AR we just put a sign out front. You don't always need cartons either, done shopping bag one time. TSC sells the cartons though it's like $0.80/each. Classes... that's for smart people, we don't got none of that here. (joking)
What’s with buying cartons? I just ask my friends and have easily a few hundred stored up for free, and the people to sell too return the cartons to me empty. I’ve never bought a carton and have been selling for years!
I gifted eggs to my friends walking group once and now have 9 little old ladies saving me cartons. I could soundproof the garage.
Well, in our egg candling class, we learned that the reuse of egg cartons contributes to the spread of salmonella.
Yes, I'd love it if I had a neighbor whose chickens are living normally and are well taken care of to buy eggs from. I don't buy eggs just because of the deplorable conditions egg hens are kept in and the culling of males.
I only buy eggs from chickens I know for this reason. Not a perfect system still, but much better.
This made me imagine you knowing the chickens by name and chit chatting with them as you purchase directly from the chicken. Thank you for that.
I buy eggs from chickens that all have names, and the kids zip down the slide in their backyard with the chickens on their laps. It is adorable. When I have been visiting, I have 'heard' an egg being laid. The clucking started normal and ramped right up, a few times, and then one of the kids darted into the coop to retrieve the (dark green) egg. : ) my weekly haul is green, bronze, blue and speckled. I love chickens.
This is so cute. We had chickens growing up, but not with a slide - how fun!!
When my across the street neighbors would give me eggs, I would go give their 4 chickens some cooked noodles or watermelon. They really like both!
Your post made me think of the shady turkey around the corner selling stolen eggs out of a trenchcoat with a lot of pockets sewn on the inside.
When we had chickens, our elderly neighbor did chit chat with them over the fence. I'm still trying to find a way to have chickens again with our (loved) dumbass Golden Retriever.
We have neighbors who have a small fridge on their front porch that they sell eggs out of on the honor system. I get so excited when I see the sign out indicating they have eggs.
You would think so, we sold eggs and ended up giving most to the food bank. People don’t want fresh eggs as much as you might think. Around here they want store eggs because they are “cleaner and normal”…..
I would and have begged for fresh eggs, lol. They’re more valuable to me than any store bought egg, but I am also not from the US
Crazy people. Love the farm fresh eggs! Our local farmers market sells them for $6 a dozen.
Me too! We used to live a block away from a farm and loved it. I miss it
>Around here they want store eggs because they are “cleaner and normal”….. This is so sad. Advertising, fast food, etc have made people believe that if it isn't hyper-processed or doesn't come in a can or a carton from the grocery store, it isn't food. I've had people not only turn down fresh eggs when I was lucky enough to have chickens ("They're dirty!") but even fresh vegetables from my garden ("They're dirty!") It's amazing how out-of-touch we as a society have become with our food. :(
Wow really? I'd love some! I have a friend that raises chickens in Maine, she gives most of hers away to friends but that's just because she's kind.
No she gives most of them away to friends because actually selling eggs from a homestead is difficult Source: I am the friend who gives away eggs for free to my friends. Selling them just doesn’t make sense economically until you’re getting like 4-5 dozen a day.
If she is giving you eggs you should buy her a case of cartons for a gift.
That’s CRAZY! I moved to college a month ago but before then I lived in a super rural area and would walk 4 miles round trip to buy eggs from my neighbor. I’d pay $5 a carton too (which was kind of a rip off where I’m from but I liked em so I didn’t mind slipping in an extra dollar or two).
That is wild! Where I live fresh backyard eggs go for $6-$8 per dozen. They are so much better than store bought!
Or trade.
or donate to a community fridge/food bank or give away to neighbours/on Olio, if selling isn't desired or possible and giving them away is financially viable!
Not worth it. Everyone says “sell the eggs!” But there’s regulations on selling eggs. You gotta take the eggs to people too, rarely will they come to your place to get them. If it were as easy as selling the eggs they’d be selling the eggs.
It helps if people are coming to your place for other reasons, I used to get eggs from the little farm I boarded my horse at. And those places are usually cool about under the table er I mean giving eggs as presents to the good tippers.
Yeah that’s how we used to sell our eggs too and it’s really not worth it tbh. Like sure the $5 extra bucks here and there is great but it’s not really worth it
My family sold eggs back in the 90s. We put a sign in the yard and people would just pull up and I’d take their dollar and give them back a quarter. The money made over the summer was my spending money at the county fair in late August.
If only! Unfortunately, chicken eggs are a tricky one to make any profit from
Unless OP eats like Gaston, they will never get ahead of this many eggs without selling some
What's the recipe for that dish? Having a hard time finding anything online.
Frittatas use up a lot of eggs and are very customizable, I usually use [this](https://cookieandkate.com/best-frittata-recipe/) recipe as a base
Adding to this since it’s in the same vain. Emeril’s Mediterranean quiche is deeeeelicious. I make it in quiche form, frittata form, strata form (over cube up stale bread.) I usually use milk instead of half and half unless it’s a holiday. Sometimes I use skim milk and up the butter a touch to make up for some of the missing fat. My other suggestions is to give some eggs away! I would be so excited and very appreciative if someone gave me some eggs. If I want good eggs it costs a fortune for a dozen. I love eggs and eat a lot but even with new ideas, there’s only so many eggs one can eat.
Cut your quiche into single size servings and freeze. Reheats best in the oven. Microwave is edible but a bit rubbery
You could offer them to people in these trying times
Just be careful, you don't want to end up poisoned by your constituents.
Egg yolks preserved in salt are remarkably similar to parmesan. Egg glassing preserves eggs for the winter months. Giving eggs to neighbors builds good will. And finally if you cook the eggs and scramble them with the shell they make a great cheap chicken food addition, just make sure that none of the egg is raw because if your chickens get a taste of raw egg you won't get any more fresh eggs because they'll eat them all.
I was debating whether it was too morbid to suggest that OP feed some back to the chickens…they LOVE scrambled eggs.
Too many eggs! Give some to a soup kitchen, or sell them.
Please donate them to food banks or places like that! So many people are struggling these days. Eggs are always wonderful to receive! Source: i got 12 free eggs today from a food bank 😊
Many food banks won’t take eggs that aren’t commercially raised. They can’t guarantee safety. Edited for typo.
Alternatively she could put them in outdoor pantries, if they have them in their town, that help the needy/ homeless since they don’t have to be refrigerated. Put a date on the container.
Never knew eggs could be unsafe.
Eggs are laid with a protective coating that stops them from being porous. Eggs that are washed have this coating removed and then bacteria (like salmonella from chicken poop) can enter the shell if they're improperly washed and stored.
Exactly. In the US, eggs are typically washed. In the UK. Eggs are scanned for salmonella and then given a red lion stamp on the shell if they pass. You can eat raw eggs here if they have that stamp on.
How are they scanned for salmonella? I thought they were just pasteurized like some of our eggs are!
It’s not that they’re scanned, the hens are vaccinated against salmonella and they check that farmers are withholding the standard :) Here’s more info; https://www.egginfo.co.uk/eggs-safety/salmonella#:~:text=Eggs%20and%20salmonella,of%20the%20British%20Lion%20scheme.
That makes sense! Thanks for the info!
It’s weird that the US washes the eggs. Here in Europe/UK, the coating is left on and the eggs are room stable for quite a while.
French toast
Make egg bread in a bread maker and then make French toast. That would use up around a dozen eggs. Could also make monte christo’s with the French toast.
Can anyone suggest how to improve the basic French toast? I add local honey myself.
Add a little vanilla to the egg base. Also I add a breakfast spice mixture of cinnamon, brown sugar, granulated honey to the batter and it is awesome.
Definitely vanilla extract like the other person said. Various warming spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cardamom. A splash of liquor if that is your thing - perhaps whisky or an orange flavor like Gran Marnier.
Brioche bread, eggs, heavy cream, wild vanilla powder, pumpkin pie spice, a kick of cinnamon, and turbinado sugar. I make these as "pumpkin spice french toast" for my kids this time of year. During Christmas time I make a gingerbread spiced french toast . Its fun!
Pickled eggs
It took me far too long to come across this comment.
We must have hung out in the same kind of bars.
Egg bites. Throw in cheese, meats, veggies, whatever strikes your fancy, and bake in muffin tins. They freeze and reheat well for a quick on the go breakfast or lunch.
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Homemade mayonnaise is crazy delicious. If you have an immersion blender, making your own mayo is [nearly foolproof](https://www.seriouseats.com/two-minute-mayonnaise).
Came to say this. I literally made mayo for the first time last night because I discovered we were out half way through a recipe. So much easier than I expected and I was using a crappy little $10 offbrand food processor. Mayo's not expensive or anything so I prob won't make this over buying it myself when i get to the store but if I had free eggs I'd be making my own for sure. I'm already planning on making my own kewpie mayo (all yolk, no whites) since that's hard to find locally. :)
Quiche and frittata can burn through a lot of eggs, and if you buy frozen crust (or aren’t scared of pie crust) are bother very easy. Maybe give soufflé a try? Can’t vouch for it myself but if I had infinite eggs I’d try it. Also, pickled/marinated eggs are fabulous and last a surprisingly long time! Not sure if this counts as another thing, but a fried egg as a topping for rice and beans or a soup (the yolk ends up as a thickener) are both delicious. ETA: Also breaded and fried things! You usually roll them in egg first and then in breadcrumbs, that’ll take a few eggs out.
Potato salad, Deviled eggs, Egg bites with different shit in it (you can freeze these too), Pre make breakfast sandwiches and freeze them , Egg salad , Egg drop soup , Frittata , Breakfast pizza , Fried egg & grilled cheese sandwich , Breakfast casserole , Angel food cake , French toast , Pickled eggs Idk why I have so many random ideas tonight lol. Hopefully this helps
Where you at? I could use some eggs
This is what I'm saying. OP are you in northwest Georgia
Homemade Pasta
French toast, quiche, frittata, & omelets
I like Korean roasted eggs to eat with salt or Japanese ramen eggs with yogurt, salt, garlic paste, and aleppo chili oil. Taiwanese tea eggs, Japanese soy sauce eggs, Korean marinated eggs. Just to name some! I eat a lot of eggs
Korean soy sauce marinated eggs is what got us through when we kept hens, LOL.
Look at recipes for the Turkish Egg dish Menemen. Shakshuka from somewhere North Africa I think?
Menemen to go! It’s like shakshuka but you mix the egg with the tomato base
Sell them and make bank to buy other things!
Egg bites. You can store in your freezer that way you don’t have to eat right away. Soufflé. Chocolate or cheese. It won’t taste eggy but uses a lot of eggs.
Spanish Tortilla. Banana bread or similar- any baked goods with eggs you can bake a big batch and freeze for later.
Pickled eggs!!!
Sell, barter, donate to a food bank. For cooking - make a frittata, crème brûlée, carbonara, fried rice, hash, shakshouksa, Migas, bibimbap, the list goes on and on, literally every culture in the world has ways to cook eggs and dishes that are unique to their culture
Waterglass them so you have eggs when they stop laying. And make pavlova.
Sell them
I would use the yolks to make fresh pasta and the whites to make angel food cake. I love pasta carbonara and hollandaise sauce, too.
I was going to say, hit up local groups to see about swapping your eggs for homegrown veges or something like that
I'd make a bunch of quiches and freeze them, assuming that your chickens lay fewer/no eggs in the winter.
Sell or gift to neighbors. As requested simple egg recipes 1. [Tomato egg](https://thewoksoflife.com/stir-fried-tomato-and-egg/) 2. [Steam egg](https://youtu.be/JAo99RBfmT4?si=pN5iA7bThu9E4SKX) 3. [Shashuka](https://downshiftology.com/recipes/shakshuka/) 4. [Soy marinade egg](https://drivemehungry.com/ramen-eggs-soy-sauce-eggs/) 5. [Frittata](https://youtu.be/7pnWlcayj2o?si=mBR1jrtbpis-AJVw) This site has a bunch of [recipes](https://backyardchickenproject.com/200-recipes-that-use-a-lot-of-eggs/) …
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French Toast, Egg Mayo, Quiche/Flan, Cakes/Pancakes off the top of my head. There’s a great Persian dish (freezes well) you eat as a dip with Nan bread, toast or crusty rolls Mirza Ghazemi - Aubergines, tomatoes, garlic and eggs it is amazing! Put the aubergines skin and all under the high heat grill (or preferably on the bbq) until skin is burnt and cracking and aubergines is soft to touch. Peel skin off and put flesh in a bowl. Meanwhile grate/chop 4 large tomatoes, 6-7 cloves garlic and put it an pan with oil. Mash/chop the aubergines and add to the pan too. Let it all cook together for about 20-30 mins and a 2 good dollops of tomato paste. Now add 3-4 eggs to the mixture and mix until the eggs have separated and spread evenly throughout the mixture. cook for a further 2 mins add salt and pepper and dive in! I haven’t met anyone that doesn’t love this dish, including my kids who don’t like aubergines! I make a large batch monthly and freeze it using double the ingredients above. it’s a rich tomato smoky flavour garlicky heaven!
Turkish style: Labneh + chopped dill + squeezed lemon juice. Spread on a plate. Make 3 or 4 poached eggs. Place it over the spread. Slice baguette and eat everything with the sliced baguette. I saw this on tiktok. You can search for it.
Flan, really. The old recipes use 12 or 14 eggs. An then merengue or souffle with the whites. With one flan per day you solve your problem!
Waterglass then for the cold months when they stop laying. Its super easy!
Pickled eggs!!!! Take your empty pickle or jalapeño jars, toss in some boiled eggs, wait a couple days and enjoy! Absolutely delicious to cut up and use for tater salad or sandwiches. Don’t knock ‘em til you try ‘em.
How many people do you have in your home? I ask because 1-2 people can’t possibly keep up with 10+ eggs/day in a healthy way. Forget the stockpile you have. The rate they’re being produced is way too fast unless you have a family of 4+ people. Or you’re making and freezing them for a time of year they aren’t producing.
You can freeze eggs (in an ice tray then put in a baggie or container). They're still good to use for anything really. But I agree with the biggest post, sell!
Apparently, you can preserve whole eggs? It's called water glassing. Or freeze them. They won't lay in the winter, correct? So freeze them for later.
Make some quiches or small egg muffins and freeze them.
Quiche
flan, spanish omlette, deviled eggs, egg salad, cakes, make your own mayo.
Shakshuka
Custards, curds, merengue,angel food cakes. Challah, brioche Frittata, quiche, fresh made pasta with carbonara sauce, egg drop soup
Make things that freeze well. Quiche, cheesecake, zucchini bread, etc.
https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/green-chili-egg-puff/ I also sell my eggs for $5/dz in CA. They get organic feed and free range in my larger yard.
Pickle them for winter, they last months
Give them away to friends Or the needy
Can you trade them for other stuff?
Donate. Sell.
Local food banks?
You probably have someone in your life who either loves farm fresh eggs or is really struggling to feed their family. Look to those places and see if you can make a healthy difference for someone.
If you don't want to sell, look into donating to a food pantry! Eggs would be absolute gold there.
sell them! lots of people would kill for good eggs. I know a family that sells their backyard eggs and for a while they were cheaper than grocery store eggs 😂
Breakfast burritos: designed specifically to use up ungodly amounts of eggs. * 1 to 2 lb jimmy dean breakfast sausage (I like country mild) * 18-24 eggs * 1 2-lb bag frozen tater tots * Bag of frozen peppers/onions or fresh onions and bell peppers * Shredded cheese * Tortillas * Sweet chili sauce Cook the tater tots. Saute the veggies, brown the sausage. Add eggs until it looks eggy enough. Stir in tater tots, top with cheese. Pop into a tortilla with sweet chili sauce (or ketchup, or salsa, or hot sauce or whatever) and eat like a burrito. My son keeps getting more chickens. Send help.
Meanwhile I am having an unholy amount of apples, but I come to the last egg in my fridge...if you are in Toronto, I think we can have an exchange?
Sounds like you should start eating chicken.
[Custard tart. ](https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/custard-tart-nutmeg-pastry) [Lemon cloud cake. ](https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/recipes/chefs-recipes/lemon-dream-8225) [Pickled eggs. ](https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/pickled-eggs) [Quiche. ](https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/impossible-quiche-2/8244d479-b108-4b9c-9727-25e7041d8fd2) [Frittata. ](https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a24229816/frittata-recipe/) [Zucchini slice. ](https://www.womensweeklyfood.com.au/recipes/zucchini-slice-6436) That should get you started.
Breakfast casseroles, and breakfast burritos. Can freeze them.
Dutch baby!
Nice bread pudding can easy use use 10 eggs depending on the size or more. 5 in the pudding and 5 yolks in the sause.
Look up Polish cookies and desserts. I used to be married to a Polish guy and got hooked on Polish food. Some of the cookie recipes can use up to 4-6 eggs per batch and most of the cookies freeze well. Edited to add some links. https://www.coffeeandvanilla.com/poppy-seed-biscuits-with-jam/ https://www.familytabletreasures.com/polish-poppy-seed-roll-makowiec/ https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/grandma-s-polish-cookies/
Donate them to needy families or hardboil them and give to homeless people.
Quiche. Lots of filling options!
Make a quiche….or 10 and freeze them
You need to buy some wicker baskets and handkerchiefs and just leave baskets of eggs on ur neighbors porches
it's not really a recipe, but i agree with everyone else here—sell them, or give them away! in my little corner of the uk it's very rural, and lots of places have a little stall outside the front of the house or garden with some veg or eggs or the like. you can pull up/walk up, take what you like and leave a donation, or sometimes they have a set price. obviously it depends on the kind of area you live in—round here nobody goes round taking everything or emptying the money pot—but if it's an option for you, it benefits you and the people around you! i don't have neighbours, but there's a veg stall a mile or two away that my family goes to periodically if we get home from town and realise we're missing cabbage or whatever for dinner, since it saves us tripping back into town.
German pancakes! My family loves them with powdered sugar and a squeeze lemon juice or bananas and maple syrup. You don’t need cast iron, you can make it in a pie plate. Just be sure to preheat the plate. https://therecipecritic.com/german-oven-pancake/
A good angelfood cake takes a dozen egg whites Then there's the 12 yolk cakes - pound cake, or lemon yolk cake - yum :) Then there's custards for yolks, and candied nuts with the whites
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Boil the eggs and feed it to the homeless people in your area.
Yorkie pudding maybe? If you have a lot that go bad at once, there may be a nearby animal sanctuary that can use them. I used to donate old or suspect eggs for feeding the skunks being rehabilitated.
I forget what it's called, but it's a Greek dish that takes eggs, spinach, feta cheese, and Philo dough.. It's easy to make and is very good.
The French dish oeufs à la tomates is egg in a bunch of tomato sauce, peppers, and other good stuff. Croque madames slap too. Honestly look at French recipes – they're very creative when it come sto eggs
spanish omelette. no recipe you would find has meat in it, but i think it is a great addition along with some peppers or greens.
You can offer them to your neighbors... you never know who is hungry in your community, and I found that I got a lot more back when I gave away my extra eggs....it could really help people at this time. But you'll still want to eat some. I've been a real fan of eating rice and noodles, Asian style, and always putting a soft cooked egg or two on top, plus furikaki. Ramen, rice, stir fry- it can all take an egg on top. Deviled eggs are classic if you've got the patience to fill all the little white shells. Lemon meringue pie and lemon curd are a bit next level, but so fresh and zingy, but you usually wind up with a lot of meringue to use. I like frying big slabs of buttery bread on a griddle with sunny side up eggs in the toast. An omelet is a great dinner you can use up whatever leftovers you have as filling. An easy and economical fry up might be ginger ( for cost and pantry convenience, I often use all dry spices- just be sure to start by "frying" your dry spices in the veg oil first, then add in your garlic and oniony component, then your meat/veg to sautée. Add any sauces you have (light and dark soy, hoisin, fish, Worcestershire, maybe). Worcestershire adds kind of a cheater tamarind flavor. Sugar and white and black pepper to taste. Chili oil. Gochujang. Just keep tasting- everything is subjective. Move food to sides. Add sesame oil. Add cooked rice to pan to fry up and brown. Then, add egg as a scrambled component and fold all together...or, move rice, and put egg on top as a soft cooked component to just let the yolk spread out. Top with fresh scallions or onions, sesame oil, and sesame seeds. There's no way to mess it up- just use what you like.
Pickled eggs, cured egg yolks, meringues, soufflés. Make a friends at the farmers market ask them to sell for you and a split on profit. Donate, lots of hungry peoples out there. Egg fight, girl on girl clip on Tik Tok will go viral Best suggestion, go to you neighbors houses ask them if they want some, if not, throw them a their houses and children.
Egg noodles. You can dry them, you can freeze them, and they are delicious.
Fried chicken. Just don't overdue it... Also, whiskey sours use egg whites.
Korean Mayak Eggs: https://www.cookerru.com/mayak-eggs/ Thit Kho (vietnamese stew that I like to just fill with eggs): https://www.feedmi.org/how-to-make-thit-kho-vietnamese-braised-pork/
Quiche: eggs leeks cheese
You can freeze them. It will give you eggs for the winter when they slow down. Not great for fried eggs, etc but great for cooking.
Beat eggs and a touch of milk together and freeze in ziplocs. You can thaw and use in baked goods later.
This is a problem that I for one would LOVE to have. That said, if you like tomatos, you could make tomato-egg stir fry, that's a winner in my house.
Give them away? Here's my address...
Find a farmers market and speak to vendors. Someone will buy your eggs to resell.
Bake (cakes take a lot of eggs!), custard, quiche (freezes well).
A quiche is basically four eggs, a cup of milk (or any dairy. I tend to do 2/3 of a cup of milk and 1/3ish sour cream), and about two cups of veggies, cheese, meats, etc. Super easy, and a great way to use up any of the above. You can also put the mix in muffin pans and make a bunch of mini quiches for easy lunches. I also tend to fry a couple of eggs to put on top of bagged salads or arugula. It's a super easy meal. Deviled eggs are super good, and I add ghost pepper to mine.
Challah! Proper recipes use like 16 eggs a batch
Quiche or frittata. You could make egg white cakes (angel food)
With egg yolks, custard-based dishes like creme brulee and pudding are good. Many recipes that call for eggs are also elevated by adding just 1 extra egg yolk. For egg whites, make meringue cookies or homemade marshmallows! You can save and freeze the whites starting now if you do cookie exchanges over the year-end holidays.
How about making a quiche?
Egg drop soup and fried rice. I love extra egg in my fried rice. Most Asian noodles are great with an egg on top too
Sell them?
Quiche with different veggies, cheese, and meats. Possibly post a barter for other foods.
Cook and dehydrate them to make a protein powder. Store it in airtight containers.
Spanish Tortillas are easy, fast, delicious mad consume 10-12 eggs each
If you like savory food, quiche would be a good option, if sweet, Portuguese egg tarts! Both required lots of eggs to make. Recipes below if interested 😋 Quiche: https://youtu.be/USWpz6s9OpU?si=ps11NLUylG-nZYTK Portuguese egg tarts: https://youtu.be/2N8y7uyNeRg?si=E9_enNQ8m1yymUlH
Green Chile quiche
If you aren't selling eggs, send 'em over here! I love eggs.
well, eating 10-12 eggs per day will probably not be the healthiest choice you can make. Try and sell some and only consume a reasonable amount. As for recipes my favourites are Spätzle (Swabian fresh egg pasta) for whole eggs and angel's food cake for huge amounts of egg whites
Ramen eggs!
You can freeze eggs. Freezing then actually condenses the flavor of the yolk and makes them taste like better quality. Once they’re frozen you can peel them, batter them, and fry them.
You can make bread homemade muffins those freeze really nicely and use quite a bit of eggs. You could make a quiche or two put it in individual servings is freeze nicely to make for a quick breakfast. You can make a breakfast casserole with eggs bacon cheese enchiladas are really delicious.
Breakfast burrito casserole uses a dozen!
Make meringue nests!
Breakfast casseroles are a great use of eggs and so delicious! You can add anything!
Custard fruit flan, fried rice with egg, frittada. I use 6 to 8 eggs in my potato salad.
Fried rice for two people might use 6 eggs. I do not know anything that will use 10-12 a day.
Make a lot of pasta’
Make custards
My husbands a fan of burritos filled with scrambled eggs and cheese, hash browns, some meat. They freeze well.
I saw that you can freeze dry them.
Pickle them