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August 2009:
Our wonderful vet is ill. From all the HH residents helped by Andrew, our best wishes and we hope you recover soon.
Name a Turkey:
Some of our 60 rescued turkey chicks (poults) still need names.
Buy Turkey Eggs - £1 each
Our newly-rescued turkeys are now fully-grown, egg-laying healthy birds who are enjoying life to its fullest, long after they would usually have been slaughtered for a Christmas dinner.
Our turkeys' eggs are now for sale, and we believe Hen Heaven is the only place in the UK, if not Europe, to sell turkey eggs. Our eggs are for sale for £1 per egg - contact us to arrange purchase.
As with our chicken eggs, the turkey eggs are laid in the natural, old fashioned way. The turkeys roam freely, eating the grasses and herbs which give the yolks their colour. Their food contains no animal matter, chemicals, colourings or drugs. Each turkey is happy, healthy and chooses when and where to lay her egg.
Turkey Egg Recipes
Turkey eggs are both larger and taste much richer than ordinary eggs; they can be used in most of the same recipes as chicken eggs, but provide a slightly different (and we would say better) taste, good in both savoury and sweet recipes. Please email us if you have any further recipes.
Boiled
Turkey eggs can be boiled just as ordinary eggs, but take a bit longer - 6 minutes or so, depending on egg size.
Omelette
This makes probably the best tasting omelette, ever; it is far stronger and richer than an ordinary omelette. Use two eggs per person, and beat together very well, until the eggs are completely mixed, with no separate white and yellow. Fry without oil - it's not needed - and then make up as for any normal omelette.
Yorkshire Pudding (or Toad in the Hole)
Mix:
- 110g self-raising flour (or plain flour and a teaspoon or two of bicarbonate of soda)
- 1 turkey egg
- 250ml milk/soya milk
- 4 tablespoons cold water
- salt, pepper and (optional) a dash of herbs
Beat very well, and heat up a large disk with oil/trex (one large pudding) or muffin/cupcake tin (several small puddings). Bake in the oven at 200 degrees for 45 minutes (in one dish), or place into cupcake dishes and bake for 25 minutes.
If you want to make a toad in the hole, then make the batter, heat up the large pan and oil/trex, use the large dish, add the oil, and put 4-6 sausages (vegan, veggie or meat) with a medium well-chopped onion in with it. Cook for 15 minutes, and then add the batter and cook for 45 minutes.