Free Range or Value eggs?

Alison_B

There is a market stall in the local market that sells "mis-shaped free range eggs". How on earth can they be mis-shaped?


Alison

Talon_Karrde

just a two penn'orth here....
i'm a chef, and i believe strongly, if you can, and as much as you can afford it.....buy free range eggs (my local tesco's sell's it's own free range, and a local farmers produce) preferably organic too, this means you know the feed is good.
Also, and i know this is not really the thread to be shouting this about on...but...do the same for meat and poultry too? It is more expensive from your butcher, but the quality is just mesmerizing, i promise you, you have not had a bacon sandwich until you've had one withy proper thickly sliced smoked bacon with the rind on! and you will be helping your local economy and community...

that's all!
ta muchly
Ace

Curry_Queen

Talon_Karrde wrote:

It is more expensive from your butcher, but the quality is just mesmerizing, i promise you, you have not had a bacon sandwich until you've had one withy proper thickly sliced smoked bacon with the rind on! and you will be helping your local economy and community...

that's all!
ta muchly
Ace

Oooooohhhhh I know exactly what you mean ... got some bacon from my local butcher last week and there were 9 lovely thick rashers, much better than the wafer-thin pre-packed stuff in the supermarket, and it only cost £1.65 which is a hell of a lot cheaper too :eek:

crankup

We buy ours straight from the farm for £1.50 a dozen.
They are mixed sizes but most are very large.
They even let our 3 yr old get in amongst the hens and collect some eggs if we time it right! Thats definitely worth it

mink35

My friend keeps hens so I get mine from her! Free-range and organic cost £1 dozen. And you can tell the difference (specially if you get double yolkers!)

Lillibet_2

One of the TV chefs (Rick Stien?) recently did a blind taste test with hotel staff on diffrent eggs, the organic ones won without a single dissenting hand! I tried a similar exercise with Hubby just out of curiosity (we usually have organic anyway), he correctly identified all 3 & when lined up together there was a very noticable difference in colour. The value ones looked artifical, the yokes too yellow & bright & the whites too white instead of a bit translucant. I believe this is due to the type of feed as battery chickens are fed chemical enhanced feed but I could be wrong.

FWIW I would happily buy barn eggs if I was on a tight month but would rather go without than have value eggs.

Magentasue

We buy organic pellets - commercial feed has pigments to colour the yolks because the hens only eat pellets. Ours gets grass, cabbage leaves, lettuce trimmings etc so the yoks are naturally yellow/orange. As we've learned more, we've fed them moreof a HM (!) diet.

Curry_Queen

They're also very partial to lobelia and a whole range of other bedding plants, as I found out when they demolished several trays of plants I'd bought before I even got chance to plant them!!!

Magentasue

Yes, hens are great gardeners!

tr3mor

Curry_Queen wrote:

No offence tiff, but it's not really wise to take much notice of such organisations as PETA and the like, as they are very extreme animal rights activists with a strong political agenda, and animal welfare isn't really their primary concern :mad:

Too true, I wouldn't pay any attention to an organisation that thinks it's a good idea to stand outside KFC handing out buckets of chicken guts to children!!!