What you want to do is drill a hole in the bottom (use a tile-drilling diamond bit if you can, size not so important, around 4mm should do), cover that with duct tape, then drill a hole in the top. Insert skewer in the top, scrabble yolk up a bit, then hold over bowl, yank that tape away and start blowing in the top. Two holes are essential for this technique, and you could use a bicycle pump rather than blowing with your mouth.
Scrambled is the way to have it, yolk-preserving can only happen if you’re willing to sacrifice the shell and doesn’t taste as nice, anyway (the proportions are all off) - I’ve eaten (portions of) dozens of Ostrich eggs in my life, and nowadays I’d only have them scrambled.
Pro tip: If you’re worried about shell bits, pass the scrambled, unfried egg through a sieve.
Ooh, I have experience with this! The taste is disappointingly similar to chicken eggs. We bought one as a novelty, and boiled and peeled it (which you don’t want, of course, since you want to preserve the shell).
Everyone took a bite or two and said “oh, pretty much like eggs.” Then I was left eating egg salad sandwiches for SIX DAYS! There was still a bit left after the 6th day but I just couldn’t do it any more.
So the moral of the story is, I hope your toddlers are really hungry, and even then, I hope you really enjoy re-heated scrambled eggs.
I read someplace boiling the egg isn’t a good idea as the insides are so big they don’t cook properly. I’ve only read about scrambling. Whatever, I envy you, I have a rather pathetic bucket list, and cooking and eating an ostrich egg is one of the items on it.
Okay, the egg has been consumed in its entirety! My kids are not toddlers, btw. Most of them are five, and they can inhale a LOT of food. I think all but one kid tried it and more than half of them liked it, but the other kids just don’t like eggs, so too bad for them. One girl ate four helpings. They all thought it was cool though, and they got to pass the egg around before I eviscerated it.
I drilled two holes and blew. It took a long time because I didn’t want the holes too big. I just looked in the mirror and my LIPS ARE BRUISED. Now everyone will think I was involved in a six hour make-out session or something. The bruising seems to have gotten worse during the day, so I’m afraid I’ll wake up in the morning and my whole face will be purple. I’m not sure but I think the side of nose is vaguely purple also. Yikes.
The scrambled eggs were whiter than scrambled chicken eggs. They didn’t taste too much different, but maybe a bit creamier? But whereas chicken eggs get brown where they stick to the pan a little, this ostrich stuff got gray. The kids who got that part looked a little squeamish and one child cried at her gray eggs, so I found her another plateful. I didn’t get any noticeable grit in mine. The shell bits were probably like fine dust.
The shell is now soaking in bleach water.
I am pleased with the experience. It was $30 well spent.
