Why Don't We Eat Goose Eggs If One Equals Three Chicken Eggs?

Goose eggs appear at farm stands for a few weeks each spring, then vanish from the American kitchen. One can equal nearly three chicken eggs, yet it rarely reaches the supermarket. Their short laying season explains much of that absence. From Thailand's balloon omelet to Alaska's spring egg gathering, the story follows a food that still keeps a calendar—and the lamps and breeding that changed chicken eggs. Timestamps: 0:00 Goose Eggs: A Spring Food Missing from Supermarkets 5:00 Daylight, Goose Laying Seasons and the Modern Hen 9:58 Goose Egg Taste and the Cost of Seasonality 16:44 Goose Eggs Between Hatcheries and Grocery Shelves 20:48 Canada Goose Nests and the Corn Oil Paradox 22:55 Alaska's Spring Tradition of Gathering Wild Eggs 24:32 Goose Egg Shells and Easter Traditions 26:13 The Egg Price Crisis and the Goose's Limits