Thanks for the advice. There is a Chinatown in London but it's rather small
- I've shopped there before to buy stuff like dragon-fruit. I'm not sure if
they have organic-status eggs but it's possible. Geoff Purcell

>From: JOE O'NEIL <joneil21@...>
>Reply-To: rawpaleolithicdiet@yahoogroups.com
>To: rawpaleolithicdiet@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [rawpaleolithicdiet] RAW GOOSE EGGS
>Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:59:29 -0800 (PST)
>
>I've heard the term "fertilized" eggs thrown around,
>but I never quite understood what defined a fertilized
>egg. Honestly, I was a bit repulsed by the appearance
>of it, but it didn't have much of a taste to it. I
>actually blended it in a protein shake and enjoyed it.
> I wanted to go back to the store immediately to get
>more but wanted to get some input from you and others
>before trying any more.
>I got the egg from an Asian store. Duck and goose
>eggs are real popular with the Asian community here.
>They eat them hardboiled. I don't know if there is
>much of an Asian community anywhere in the UK, but
>that might be a good place to start.
>
>--- Geoffrey Purcell <geoffpurcell@...> wrote:
>
> >
> > You know I've recently been reading up on the
> > benefits of fertilised eggs
> > vs non-fertilised. I haven't managed yet to get hold
> > of an appropriate
> > source for fertilised eggs in the UK, but ther may
> > be a local farmer who has
> > them.
> >
> > I have also come across a few differences between
> > the same type of food
> > from different animals. For example, after suffering
> > intense problems from
> > raw cows' dairy products I switched to raw goats'
> > milk and found that my
> > nose was slightly less runny than before, and the
> > onset of the more
> > unpleasant food-intolerance symptoms was delayed a
> > bit, though not by much.
> >
> > The other thing to consider, though, is that
> > chickens are usually fed worse
> > nutrients as they are more likely to be mass-farmed
> > than other birds such as
> > pheasants/geese/ducks etc. this would apply even to
> > organic-status chickens
> > to some extent.
> >
> > Geoff Purcell
> >
> > >From: "joneil21" <joneil21@...>
> > >Reply-To: rawpaleolithicdiet@yahoogroups.com
> > >To: rawpaleolithicdiet@yahoogroups.com
> > >Subject: [rawpaleolithicdiet] RAW GOOSE EGGS
> > >Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:16:37 -0000
> > >
> > >Geoff,
> > >
> > >I find it interesting that you eschew chicken eggs
> > for duck and/or
> > >goose eggs. After having eaten chicken eggs most
> > of my life, I
> > >developed an allergy to them 3 years ago and still
> > am unable to eat
> > >them without a reaction. However, a couple of
> > weeks ago I had a raw
> > >duck egg and experienced no reaction. I always
> > figured that an egg was
> > >an egg, irregardless of the species of fowl. I
> > wonder if anyone else
> > >with egg allergies has had a similar experience
> > with different eggs.
> > >Also, the duck egg that I ate contained a fully
> > formed baby duck in it,
> > >not just a yolk surrounded in white. Is this
> > normal? It tasted
> > >normal, but it seemed unusual. Thanks. Joe.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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