Quite appropriate that they sell duck eggs in Lincoln market intit duck?
I have never, to my knowledge, eaten a duck egg.
Duck eggs are larger than those of chickens but not as big as an ostrich egg. It is logical that it should take fewer duck eggs to make an omlette.
According to Wikipedia eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.
Ducks can fly though that has nothing whatsoever to do with their eggs. I am not aware of a duck ever having to lay an egg in mid flight, perhaps to jettison some weight and regain altitude. Should such an eventuality ever occur then it could prove awkward for anyone under the flight path.
A duck egg is more likely to equate to the “free range” egg in the chicken world as they are not typically battery farmed1.
My favourite Chinese dish is crispy duck. There used to be a restaurant in Lincoln called Seelys that I particularly liked and they used to serve duck breast in ginger sauce. Yum.
Duck down is used in continental quilts, pillows and high end sleeping bags.
The classic word used to represent duck “speak” is “quack”.
I like ducks.
The term duck is used to represent the act of lowering one’s head to avoid being hit by an object, fixed or in motion.
Donald Duck is a Disney cartoon character. Daffy Duck on the other hand is by Warner Brothers. I prefer Daffy to Donald, sorry.
The term Donald Duck is sometimes used in Cockney rhyming slang, or at least it feels as if it should be.
There are many different types of duck. Ducks like water.
1 this is pure speculation mind you and not based on any real knowledge of the duck “manufacturing” industry.