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Post by dannylion on Apr 30, 2017 15:09:34 GMT -5
What kind of eggs do you buy? I can't really tell the difference in taste between regular supermarket eggs and organic, cage free, free-range, or other special eggs, though I acknowledge that the latter are likely more beneficial for the chickens involved in the equation. I usually just buy regular supermarket eggs, though, unless the "good" eggs are on sale or the store is out of the size I want in regular eggs.
I like eggs so I always have lots on hand. I get jumbo eggs for breakfasts and large eggs for baking and hard cooking for egg salad and deviled eggs.
When I buy jumbo eggs at a large chain store like Safeway or Giant, there is one double-yolk egg in about every third or fourth box. When I buy jumbo eggs at Weis, which is a smaller local/regional chain, it seems I get at least one double-yolk egg in every box. I do not recall getting a double-yolk egg in any box of smaller-sized eggs. I was at Weis the other day when I needed eggs, so I bought a box of jumbo eggs there. I've used three of them so far, and every one had a double yolk. Yay! I hit the egg-yolk jackpot!
Not particularly earth-shattering; I just thought it was interesting.
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Post by Shooby on Apr 30, 2017 15:47:37 GMT -5
I buy white eggs at the grocery store. Whatever brand those are. They all taste the same to me. I use a lot of eggs so always buy the 18 pack.
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Post by Pants on Apr 30, 2017 15:50:50 GMT -5
What kind of eggs do you buy? I can't really tell the difference in taste between regular supermarket eggs and organic, cage free, free-range, or other special eggs, though I acknowledge that the latter are likely more beneficial for the chickens involved in the equation. I usually just buy regular supermarket eggs, though, unless the "good" eggs are on sale or the store is out of the size I want in regular eggs.
I like eggs so I always have lots on hand. I get jumbo eggs for breakfasts and large eggs for baking and hard cooking for egg salad and deviled eggs.
When I buy jumbo eggs at a large chain store like Safeway or Giant, there is one double-yolk egg in about every third or fourth box. When I buy jumbo eggs at Weis, which is a smaller local/regional chain, it seems I get at least one double-yolk egg in every box. I do not recall getting a double-yolk egg in any box of smaller-sized eggs. I was at Weis the other day when I needed eggs, so I bought a box of jumbo eggs there. I've used three of them so far, and every one had a double yolk. Yay! I hit the egg-yolk jackpot!
Not particularly earth-shattering; I just thought it was interesting. We buy egglands best. I really can taste a difference - I have no idea why they taste better but they really do (to me.) I buy the cage free ones, for the chickens involved. Interesting on the double yolks. I've never gotten one ever.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Apr 30, 2017 15:53:21 GMT -5
I buy the eggs that are on sale.
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Post by cronewitch on Apr 30, 2017 16:22:01 GMT -5
We have chickens so get free range eggs. The chickens run around all day eating whatever they find, plus chicken food. They don't get special organic non GMO food just regular food, cracked corn, table scraps, meal worms. The eggs have darker yellow yokes than store eggs. One hen lays dark brown larger eggs they are my favorite, some lay greenish eggs or pale brown but most are normal brown eggs. We sell the normal brown eggs and eat the other colors.
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Post by dannylion on Apr 30, 2017 16:30:08 GMT -5
We have chickens so get free range eggs. The chickens run around all day eating whatever they find, plus chicken food. They don't get special organic non GMO food just regular food, cracked corn, table scraps, meal worms. The eggs have darker yellow yokes than store eggs. One hen lays dark brown larger eggs they are my favorite, some lay greenish eggs or pale brown but most are normal brown eggs. We sell the normal brown eggs and eat the other colors. My neighbor is thinking about getting chickens. She grew up on a farm, so she knows what she would be getting into. I think it would be fun to have chickens except in the winter when one had to wade through snow to care for them and worry about keeping them warm and safe. I've seen some really cool chicken condos on Wayfair (or somewhere, I think it was Wayfair).
Other people have told me they can tell the difference in taste between the "good" eggs and regular supermarket eggs, but I've never been able to distinguish one from the other.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 16:41:03 GMT -5
Eggs are eggs at our house, but I often buy the Eggland's best when I can find a coupon. They have the longest expiration date. I don't buy eggs at Walmart, though . . . only at Publix so they are somewhat more expensive. Nothing terrible. They may buy them from exactly the same supplier for all I know, but I trust Publix's refrigeration and sanitation practices. And, yes, I know that you supposedly don't have to refrigerate eggs. I am not currently interested in testing that theory. My neighbor raises chickens. She has a real problem with critters getting after them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 16:47:36 GMT -5
We have chickens so get free range eggs. The chickens run around all day eating whatever they find, plus chicken food. They don't get special organic non GMO food just regular food, cracked corn, table scraps, meal worms. The eggs have darker yellow yokes than store eggs. One hen lays dark brown larger eggs they are my favorite, some lay greenish eggs or pale brown but most are normal brown eggs. We sell the normal brown eggs and eat the other colors. My neighbor is thinking about getting chickens. She grew up on a farm, so she knows what she would be getting into. I think it would be fun to have chickens except in the winter when one had to wade through snow to care for them and worry about keeping them warm and safe. I've seen some really cool chicken condos on Wayfair (or somewhere, I think it was Wayfair).
Other people have told me they can tell the difference in taste between the "good" eggs and regular supermarket eggs, but I've never been able to distinguish one from the other.
I have my own hens and am overrun with eggs...so it's been years since I bought any. I think anything in the store is pretty much the same. Cage free is not better. It's thousands of hens all packed in one free standing barn beating the shit out of each other all day instead of in individual pens...but for some reason people think cage free is more humane and the eggs are better. I guess because they think it means they're out roaming a pasture all day, but they're not. Organic doesn't change life for the hens much either in mass produced circumstances. BUT, get them from someone that just has some backyard hens and they are different. The yolks in store bought are pale yellow while free range are generally really dark orangish colored. You probably wouldn't notice the taste difference in something like baking, but with just fried eggs or omelets you definitely can. The free range have a lot more flavor. I don't know if stores carry pasture raised but that would be the closest. The color of the shell means nothing. That's just the breed of chicken. Some produce white, some brown, and if you get an Arucana, they are various pastel colors.
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Post by cronewitch on Apr 30, 2017 16:49:15 GMT -5
We have chickens so get free range eggs. The chickens run around all day eating whatever they find, plus chicken food. They don't get special organic non GMO food just regular food, cracked corn, table scraps, meal worms. The eggs have darker yellow yokes than store eggs. One hen lays dark brown larger eggs they are my favorite, some lay greenish eggs or pale brown but most are normal brown eggs. We sell the normal brown eggs and eat the other colors. My neighbor is thinking about getting chickens. She grew up on a farm, so she knows what she would be getting into. I think it would be fun to have chickens except in the winter when one had to wade through snow to care for them and worry about keeping them warm and safe. I've seen some really cool chicken condos on Wayfair (or somewhere, I think it was Wayfair).
Other people have told me they can tell the difference in taste between the "good" eggs and regular supermarket eggs, but I've never been able to distinguish one from the other.
The chickens have a house made from a wooden shed about 10X12. I got them an electric door so they don't need let in or out. They have a heat lamp on a timer in the winter. On rainy days they go to the barn to stay dry. Caring for them isn't that hard, gather eggs every couple of days and fill feed and water then clean the house when it is dirty and give them more straw. Before the electric door going out in the cold or pouring rain to let them out and put them in was a pain. I didn't get the kind of chickens you can eat. I got them from mypetchicken.com so they are pets not food.
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Post by dee27 on Apr 30, 2017 17:26:45 GMT -5
Our state is one of the largest producers of eggs, so they are always fresh and inexpensive. The grocery stores buy local whenever possible. I usually buy large eggs, but I do measure the liquid if I am baking thanks to Alton Brown's suggestion. Kroger's and Costco have the best prices year round.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Apr 30, 2017 17:42:19 GMT -5
My dad used to live down the street from a chicken farm, and he used to buy his eggs there. He bought the double yolk eggs (you can tell by looking at them) that the farm didn't sell to the store because they weren't the right size. Very fresh eggs, but a pain in the ass if you needed peeled hard boiled eggs.
Right now, I usually buy jumbo eggs and get a few double yolk end eggs out of each dozen. A friend has a chicken coop, and brings eggs in to sell, and I try to make eggs Benedict from these, because you can really appreciate the bright orange yolks.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Apr 30, 2017 17:47:33 GMT -5
I used to get egglands best when they were on sale because they say they're healthier, and I have high cholesterol. Now I usually just buy the 18 pack generics large. Bought some from Aldi when they were really cheap there, but the yolks were paler. The best eggs I ever had were in Poland, from the family chickens. That was a really long time ago.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Apr 30, 2017 17:55:05 GMT -5
I usually buy eggs from a local farmer but will sometimes buy them in the grocery store if I don't get the chance to buy them from the farm. Our church is in a rural farming community and I'm sure I could get them from someone at our church, but I've never asked around. I'd love to have chickens, but city ordinances don't allow them although there is talk about that. We'll see.
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Post by dannylion on Apr 30, 2017 18:06:03 GMT -5
My neighbor is thinking about getting chickens. She grew up on a farm, so she knows what she would be getting into. I think it would be fun to have chickens except in the winter when one had to wade through snow to care for them and worry about keeping them warm and safe. I've seen some really cool chicken condos on Wayfair (or somewhere, I think it was Wayfair).
Other people have told me they can tell the difference in taste between the "good" eggs and regular supermarket eggs, but I've never been able to distinguish one from the other.
The chickens have a house made from a wooden shed about 10X12. I got them an electric door so they don't need let in or out. They have a heat lamp on a timer in the winter. On rainy days they go to the barn to stay dry. Caring for them isn't that hard, gather eggs every couple of days and fill feed and water then clean the house when it is dirty and give them more straw. Before the electric door going out in the cold or pouring rain to let them out and put them in was a pain. I didn't get the kind of chickens you can eat. I got them from mypetchicken.com so they are pets not food. I've heard that chickens are good pets and have individual personalities and can be quite entertaining. I hope my neighbor gets chickens so I can play with them but someone else has to take care of them. I can barely take care of myself. Also, I'm lazy.
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Post by Happy prose on Apr 30, 2017 19:19:21 GMT -5
I don't eat eggs, but use them in cake, meatloaf, etc. A week ago, Land O Lakes (I think) were on sale, and I had a coupon. When I got to the store, that brand was only brown eggs, which I've never bought. Are they the same thing, only with a different shell? I wound up buying the store brand.
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Post by chiver78 on Apr 30, 2017 19:27:56 GMT -5
I buy either extra large or jumbo brown eggs, a dozen at a time. usually store brand, unless something else is on sale. I'll buy an 18pk if I'm at BJs, since that's all they offer, but my kitchen fridge only has a 2-row deep egg area. I'll refill the dozen carton from the basement fridge when I buy 18pks.
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Post by dannylion on Apr 30, 2017 19:29:17 GMT -5
I don't eat eggs, but use them in cake, meatloaf, etc. A week ago, Land O Lakes (I think) were on sale, and I had a coupon. When I got to the store, that brand was only brown eggs, which I've never bought. Are they the same thing, only with a different shell? I wound up buying the store brand. The breed of the chicken that produces the egg determines the color of the shell, but they're all chicken eggs and brown eggs and white eggs taste and function the same.
Apparently, Martha Stewart has chickens that produce naturally colored pastel eggs. That would be cool.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 19:47:33 GMT -5
Basically, white chickens lay white eggs and non-white chickens lay brown eggs (with the exception of the Easter Egg chickens). Nearly all commercial egg farms have White Leghorns. They're small, cheap to feed and prolific layers. They're boring though. I like my big fat Brahma's with feathered feet and tiny combs that don't freeze off in the winter.
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Post by dannylion on Apr 30, 2017 19:50:23 GMT -5
Basically, white chickens lay white eggs and non-white chickens lay brown eggs (with the exception of the Easter Egg chickens). Nearly all commercial egg farms have White Leghorns. They're small, cheap to feed and prolific layers. They're boring though. I like my big fat Brahma's with feathered feet and tiny combs that don't freeze off in the winter. I remember the pictures you posted of your chickens. Very pretty!
Apparently knitting sweaters for chickens is a thing. I didn't know chickens needed sweaters.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 20:18:59 GMT -5
Basically, white chickens lay white eggs and non-white chickens lay brown eggs (with the exception of the Easter Egg chickens). Nearly all commercial egg farms have White Leghorns. They're small, cheap to feed and prolific layers. They're boring though. I like my big fat Brahma's with feathered feet and tiny combs that don't freeze off in the winter. I remember the pictures you posted of your chickens. Very pretty!
Apparently knitting sweaters for chickens is a thing. I didn't know chickens needed sweaters.
I think they're mostly a fashion statement. Normally they never would even if it was really cold, but if they're molting or missing a bunch of feathers they might need help staying warm. I had one hen that the rooster seemed to like a lot more than the others and that poor thing always had a completely bare back. I almost got her a leather jacket to protect her. I don't think a sweater would have helped.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 30, 2017 22:05:14 GMT -5
To me an egg was an egg was an egg. Long ago had coupon to Egglands Best so gave them a shot since just as cheap as the other brands. To my surprise I could taste a difference but thought it was all in my head. So next time needed eggs bought another brand and I knew it wasn't all in my head after that.
I might have to rethink that if they ever reach $3.00 a dozen but then it is just me and a dozen eggs does last a while.
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Post by dee27 on Apr 30, 2017 22:10:38 GMT -5
Egglands Best are very expensive here @ $3.50/dz.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 30, 2017 22:16:59 GMT -5
I buy brown eggs, the yolks are a bit darker. I sure miss fresh eggs from my hens.
You can make pets out of them, we had them that would sit on your lap, DD liked them. Had to give them away when we left, at first they kept coming to our yard but they got used to their new house and did fine, it was next door.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 30, 2017 22:33:36 GMT -5
Eggs are one of my most favorite foods of all times
There was a farm next to my IL's that had AMAZING eggs. I have no clue what they did to those chickens, what kind of songs they sang to them, but yolks were bright yellow and tasted great. Whenever we visited IL's we would go to the farm, they would let us go into coops and get whatever eggs we wanted.
I have never been able to get such good eggs. Even when my friend gives me eggs from her chickens that are fed natural diet and run around her yard, still not the same.
All store bought eggs taste and look the same. So I buy jumbo ones bc I get lots of double yolks and smaller ones are too small for me.
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Post by sesfw on Apr 30, 2017 22:34:33 GMT -5
Phx area of AZ has an chicken/egg farm ....... Hickman Farms
Because it's local, that is what I buy
I encourage local businesses as much as I can.
I can't tell the difference in taste but that might be my taste buds.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 30, 2017 22:57:57 GMT -5
Egglands Best are very expensive here @ $3.50/dz. $2.79 dozen here plus 5% rebate on Target card. But they will probably hit $3.00 before long. I have seen them in other stores at $3 and change! Every now and then they will have them for $2.00 or $2.50 dz but that is rare.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on May 1, 2017 2:05:50 GMT -5
To me an egg was an egg was an egg. Long ago had coupon to Egglands Best so gave them a shot since just as cheap as the other brands. To my surprise I could taste a difference but thought it was all in my head. So next time needed eggs bought another brand and I knew it wasn't all in my head after that.
I might have to rethink that if they ever reach $3.00 a dozen but then it is just me and a dozen eggs does last a while. I think that's how we started eating Egglands Best too and I agree - you can definitely tell the difference. Now we only buy Extra Large or Jumbo Egglands Best. They seem lighter, tastier, and easier to work with when shelling them or cracking them open. I love eggs. It does a body good! And the taste buds too.
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Post by Blonde Granny on May 1, 2017 4:37:59 GMT -5
Basically, white chickens lay white eggs and non-white chickens lay brown eggs (with the exception of the Easter Egg chickens). Nearly all commercial egg farms have White Leghorns. They're small, cheap to feed and prolific layers. They're boring though. I like my big fat Brahma's with feathered feet and tiny combs that don't freeze off in the winter. Speaking of your eggs MPL....is there an update on Fluffy Butt ? What a proud and beautiful bird he was/is.
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My aunt and uncle have chickens. I love watching them eat watermelon rinds.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 7:58:45 GMT -5
Basically, white chickens lay white eggs and non-white chickens lay brown eggs (with the exception of the Easter Egg chickens). Nearly all commercial egg farms have White Leghorns. They're small, cheap to feed and prolific layers. They're boring though. I like my big fat Brahma's with feathered feet and tiny combs that don't freeze off in the winter. Speaking of your eggs MPL....is there an update on Fluffy Butt ? What a proud and beautiful bird he was/is. I've never reached out to the new owners since they got him. They know my email and I asked them to let me know how he's doing, but I haven't heard anything. I don't want to ask them and have them have to tell me he got killed by a dog or he started going after their kids so they ate him.
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