Poultry
Chinese Goose
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Chinese goose eggs are large white eggs from knobbed swan-goose-derived layers, often better egg producers than heavy Embden types. Flavour is rich and cleanly goosey; one egg scrambles into a generous single or shared plate. Whites are substantial; scale baking by weight. A practical goose egg for small farms that keep Chinese geese as weeders and layers.
Also known as: Chinese goose egg, Chinese goose egg
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History
Chinese domestic geese supplied eggs in East Asian farm systems.
Imported Chinese geese were valued partly for egg utility.
Weeder-goose programmes still yielded seasonal Chinese goose eggs.
Homesteaders favoured Chinese geese when goose eggs were desired.