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Duck eggs from DerVaes Gardens here in Pasadena

These duck eggs are delicious and worth every penny.

I called DerVaes Gardens hoping to try their chicken eggs, but they were sold out when I called. The weather was overcast, and the chickens don’t lay as much in overcast weather, but the ducks don’t seem to mind it. (They don’t force their hens or ducks to lay.) I was hesitant about the idea of duck eggs. I was afraid that they’d be gamey or off-tasting, but I decided to give them a try. Actually, I waited for Gavin to try them first. He had fried a couple for us, and he took the first bite. He said they tasted like chicken eggs. I took a bite. They were… good. I ate some more. They were great, even. I think the word “Wow!” was uttered several times that morning. They tasted like chicken eggs… only better.

The yolks are bright, dark orange, and the shells are strong and thick. We’ve been eating them fried (basted, actually) and in omelettes. We’re on our second dozen of them now.

Cross-posted at Pasadena Housewife.

Path to Freedom reminds us that 10% of the sales from their store go to helping others, including displaced people in Darfur:

Don’t forget that 10&% of all sales from the Peddler’s Wagon go toward helping other’s in the third world, one such project that we support is sending sun ovens to the Darfur refugees. (link — bottom of the page)

This strikes me as a pretty creative idea, especially since, from what I understand, one of the huge problems is that people who leave the refugee camps to get firewood are often raped or killed, so eliminating the need for firewood sounds like it could help.

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This Saturday, April 21, the City of Pasadena Greening the Earth Day and Armory Family Arts Festival will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Memorial Park and Armory Center for the Arts. Free! For more information, see the pdf here.

Path to Freedom will have a booth there.

Lunch box on a bench

The Path to Freedom online store, Peddler’s Wagon, is selling these stainless steel little two-compartment lunch boxes. I got mine this week, and am loving it. Here it is unpacked:

Lunch box unpacked (with purple Easter egg)

The organic urban homesteading family at Path to Freedom here in Pasadena is posting how-to and informational videos on YouTube.

O, Pioneers in Pasadena – A recent L.A. Times article about the Dervaes Pasadena urban homestead (the family’s website is at PathtoFreedom.com)