testing on all cookery points. The breeder's confidence in the 

 English type of Indian Runner as a winner was not misplaced. 

 When the eggs were hard-boiled, or poached, the only fault that 

 was found was that the whites were a little tougher than those 

 of the hens' eggs, cooked in the same ways ; but, the yolk was re- 

 ported as smoother and richer tasting. Soft-boiled, and used as 

 frosting, they were affirmed to be equally good with hens' eggs. 

 In custards, two eggs to a quart of milk took the place of the 

 five eggs the cook was wont to use; and "it was as delicious a cus- 

 tard as we ever tasted." 



The lady who made these tests tried the eggs in making 

 sponge cake, also, "believing that sponge cake is one of the most 

 difficult cakes to make. Three eggs were used in the place of 

 five with equally good results." The report closes : "We could 

 not detect any unusual flavor in any of the eggs used, not even 

 in the custard and cake. Having tested them, we should not 

 hesitate to purchase such duck eggs .... in preference to 

 hens' eggs, which are, alas, ofttimes so far below what should be 

 standard size that we wish, with 'Uncle I. K.' that eggs were sold 

 by thq pound." As Mrs. Curtis acknowledged herself to have 

 been, before this test, somewhat prejudiced against duck eggs 

 this may be regarded as a handsome amende to the Indian Run- 

 ner. 



Not enough eggs remained to try omelet making. If the 

 experimenter could have tried it, she would have found that it 

 is in this point that the Indian Runner eggs score most strongly, 

 perhaps. They make a most delicious omelet, will bear more li- 

 quid than hens' eggs, for this use, and may be used with water 

 instead of milk, when necessity demands. The firmer white 

 doubtless is an advantage here, as the omelet is not so likely to 

 fall, and some like it better with water than with milk, while the 

 scalded milk is thus avoided in the case of the many invalids to 

 whom milk seems to be poison. 



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