Thread: Plover Scrambled Egg

I know we love to hate the raucous awful territorial maniacal birds, but the other day whilst in the tractor, I had two plovers in an agitated state and then through the cab window I espied the reason for their angst...a clutch of eggs...the plover does not provide a very good nest for the eggs, in fact the nest is a nest without being a nest...I stopped the tractor and proceeded to deal to the eggs when I decided wait a minute I will take one (they were freshly laid) and try it out...afterall, we wild fooders have to have deep enquiring minds and the sharing of our findings is undoubtedly the greater pleasure.

The plover egg...




So what to make...hmmmm, I would make scrambled egg...first, cracked it into a saucer in the time honoured method



Into a bowl with some milk, freshly ground pepper, a skiff of salt and some mixed herbs...



Into a hot pan with melted butter, rubbled it around as you do with scrambled eggs, then plated it...




Hmmmm, very good...at last I thought, I have encountered the plovers one redeeming feature...a lovely egg of very delicate flavour...

Wow.. dont think i would have had to guts to give it a try...
Out of 10???

9.5....I was surprized how delicate the flavour was...sort of had an idea it would be strong flavoured but no, very good actually.

Originally Posted by EeeBees

9.5....I was surprized how delicate the flavour was...sort of had an idea it would be strong flavoured but no, very good actually.

You might have started a fad that we will see, soon in high class restaurants Good on ya for having the curiosity to try it.
Ya would wanna be pretty bloody hungry though eh??

I must admit that egg does look good , with the added pleasure of ridding the earth one squawking annoying pest at same time . Put me down for a dozen !

Thats great Eeebees But wheres the other 3 eggs did you roll em

I got my old lady too fry me some thush eggs when i was a kid,but they went hard fast

Im impressed eebees, my dad had a passion for wild eggs.

We were eeling and catching koura at night in the feeble glow of his chromed metal 'big Jim' torch when we found a goose nest....... With renewed energy he scooped half of the eggs up and wrapped them in weed from the creek before putting them in his muttoncloth bag (freezing works issue )

Every new bend in the creek he would slow, turning to us we could see his ciggie glow bright as he drew in air to speak, we would be told many times as the night wore on, how they were to be cooked, what salt and seasoning was best and just how much better than "townie" chook eggs they were.
The rest of the night we flicked eels onto the bank where they got a sharp blow to the noggin and the end of their tail cut off, all their nerves were there apparently (those old wives must have told a bloody lot of tales )
The biggest eels had little bumps like horns on their heads, prob 5 mm long and made grunting noises when pulled from the water

A tuesday saw me up and almost off to school with my usual feeling of distain and a strong feeling to be anywhere but in a classroom, when i noticed dad was home, a rarity on a work day, i lay next to him and he turned slowly and said quietly "dont touch those goose eggs" and went back to staring at the ceiling. Turns out they wernt that fresh, in fact they were quite the opposite and brought a 6ft 6 man to his knees, many times during the night, many many times apparently

My mates laugh about it now, and we still all miss him a lot, and i have learned to stay away from eggs and have hardly eaten one in the last 35 years, such was the fright i got to see him sick.
So im impressed eebees that you gave them a try, you are much braver than i.

EeeBees it is a shame that you didn't cook them all the egg looks great and I am just a little jealous.

Nice one Eeebees, certainly something a bit different.

A Danish guy used to get geese eggs from me when I had a gaggle of greylags...I gave the geese up after being attacked by the gander...boy do their wings hurt your legs when they are in a rage, while the pinchy end takes a hold on the nether region, and does it very well too!!! the expression...a real pain in the a... springs to mind

So tell me EeeBees, what had you done to piss the gander off that much that is set to pecking and flapping at you?

I was checking to see how the hatching of one of goose's clutch was going on...clutch being the operative word

Never tried Plover eggs but have eaten plenty of seagull eggs... they are pretty darn good too.

We collect them when fishing the river.
Mark a nest or two dump the eggs in them, go back the next day and there should be one fresh egg in each nest.

thats the entree rite???? or a frape????? id need ten of those and skettie to feel ready for the day.

What is skettie?