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EGGS AND THE COST OF LIVING.

TO THE EDITOR 0» "THE PEESB." | Sir, —To many housewives at tho present time, it is a. difficult problem to make ends meet, with the allowance the majority of husbands are able to, make. „ Welf, I want to place before them, one way in which they can save a few shillings a week. At this time of the year, eggs are becoming dear, and almost unprocurable, both as regards price and quantity supplied. Now what I want to advocate, is the use of "duck eggs." Duck eggs, if gathered fresh every day and early in the morning, are superior to hen eggs, in this way, that they have quite 25 per cent, more food in them, and because there is not such a demand for them, they are usually a little cheaper. If duck eggs were sixpence or ninepence per dozen dearer than hen eggs, then they would still be the cheaper proposition. For cooking purposes thoy are just as good as hen eggs, and go further. Some people do not like them so well for cakes, but if mixed with hen eggs, they are quite all right, and one duck egg is quite sufficient with your bacon for breakfast. I advise people to use them more freely, and I am sure they will regret having, delayed it so long. I have heard 9] many a case where persons have said they did not like duck eggs, but when placed before them on the table with their bacon, they have eaten them quite unknowingly, and when told they were duck eggs, have said they were as good as hen eggs. Another point is thatf when you re-, ceive your dozen eggs from the grocer, you generally find them all sizes. Inow duck eggs are nearly all fine, large eggs, and although some may have green shells, yet they are just as good to eat. , "When you are eating a duck egg, there seems to be a taste about it that signifies that there is more food value in it than a hen egg. I hope these few lines will help to overcome one of the high priced commodities of to-day. The egg-farmer, is not making any more out of the increased price of eggs; you must go back to the wheat-grower, who is getting such a grice for his wheat'

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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17072, 17 February 1921, Page 8

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EGGS AND THE COST OF LIVING. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17072, 17 February 1921, Page 8

EGGS AND THE COST OF LIVING. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17072, 17 February 1921, Page 8