Let's talk eggs..

~Chameleon~

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

I thought 1 egg was about 7grams of protein but half a tin of kidney beans was about 8grams? Maybe Im going a bit mad, but Im sure you don't have to eat that amount of kidney beans for the same protein value of an egg.

No, you're right I automatically calculate eggs as being 15g of protein in my head as I always eat two at a time

Still, half a tin of kidney beans is still quite a lot in comparison and I can't imagine anyone eating that amount in one sitting as they're usually added to meat dishes or salads so you might only get perhaps a tablespoon or two in a portion.

Pink.

Hi Edwardia,

As your thread has now dropped down the Old Style board I've moved it over to the Food Shopping and Groceries board to see if you can get more advice with your original question on the cheapest way of buying ethical eggs.

Pink

A._Badger

I don't particularly want to open a can of worms (even if I am a badger) but I've never been convinced that you can do a simple equation between various proteins in that way. An egg is incredibly easily digestible. A can of beans isn't.

Those who don't keep chickens are still, I'm sure, best served if they can find someone who does and looks after them properly. Now that it has become fashionable (not necessarily a Good Thing) even people in towns and cities are keeping hens and will often sell eggs at very good prices - even if just to keep up with the rate they lay in summer!

One tip, which may help. Don't overlook bantam eggs. Bantams are glorious creatures (they are just a small breed of chicken - we keep Pekin bantams) and their eggs have disproportionately large yolks. For some reason, people see their small eggs and ignore them. A local smallholder near me was reduced to almost giving them away a couple of years ago, as people left them on her shelf in favour of 'proper' eggs.

You can often buy bantam eggs for silly money and they are fantastic value. Use them two for one in cakes, as an average and be prepared for the best omelettes you have ever tasted, thanks to all that yolk!

geordie_joe

Edwardia wrote: »

It's sensible because a sandwich thrown away by foreign tourists led to last Foot & Mouth outbreak.

Wow, that's worrying! People were eating a sandwich that contained foot & mouth. It was so big it took more than one of them to throw it way, was it too big for them to finish, or does foot & mouth not taste nice?

I would like to look into this, to prevent it happening (to me) again.

Could you supply further information?

marleyboy

To me Eggs taste just like Eggs. I have on the rare occasion popped to the farm, but usually to buy the extra large double yolked variety of eggs. The only difference I find in different egg suppliers tends to be the thickness of the shell, the flavour does not taste any different between them.

Its like Milk, other than long life, sterilised or low fat, non of which tastes right to me. I buy full fat Milk, but whichever supplier sells it, the taste is just the same.

Speaking as a moneysaver, I buy the cheapest available when it comes to Eggs and Milk. I tend to me more choosy on products like meat, vegetables, cheese, butter or bread, as there seems to be a difference in taste and texture on those type of products.

Stephen_Leak

I thought it was poor handling procedures at a nearby animal research laboratory.

walwin

Edwardia wrote: »

I did and don't have any chickens. It's sensible because a sandwich thrown away by foreign tourists led to last Foot & Mouth outbreak.:(

What?

Where on earth do you get your mis-information from?

antrobus

walwin wrote: »

What?

Where on earth do you get your mis-information from?

And that outbreak in August 2000 was to result in the slaughter of 335,000 pigs before Norfolk and Suffolk were declared free of the disease at the end of the year. The cause was never definitely proven but a detailed investigation of the pigs on the first farm near Quidenham in south Norfolk suggested that a discarded ham sandwich might have been responsible.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/farming-news/ten_years_on_reflections_on_foot_and_mouth_disease_1_801431

Although it's clearly only a suggestion. And unless someone had actually come across an infected sandwich and identified its origin, it would not be possible to state with any authority that the sandwich had been discarded by a 'foreign tourist'. As opposed to a domestic one, or indeed someone who wasn't a tourist at all. After all, I don't see a pig farm in Norfolk as being high on the list of attractions to visit for your typical tourist, foreign or otherwise.

Gigervamp

When my girls went off lay last winter, we had to buy eggs. We have a local free range farm nearby, so bought their eggs. Have to say, they weren't a patch on our eggs. I think the quality of the feed definitely makes a difference, as we use a good quality feed with no GM ingredients.

At the moment we're getting about 14 eggs a day. Hubby takes boxes in to work and they sell out straight away. In fact, we often have a waiting list as we can't keep up with demand.

As A. Badger mentioned, bantam eggs are great. We have a few bantams and their eggs are nearly all yolk! Yum. They're also a great size for small children.

I have nearly 50 chickens. All have names and different personalities and I find it incomprehensible that people don't give a t0ss how the chickens that produce food for them are kept. It's so sad.

walwin

antrobus wrote: »

And that outbreak in August 2000 was to result in the slaughter of 335,000 pigs before Norfolk and Suffolk were declared free of the disease at the end of the year. The cause was never definitely proven but a detailed investigation of the pigs on the first farm near Quidenham in south Norfolk suggested that a discarded ham sandwich might have been responsible.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/farming-news/ten_years_on_reflections_on_foot_and_mouth_disease_1_801431

Although it's clearly only a suggestion. And unless someone had actually come across an infected sandwich and identified its origin, it would not be possible to state with any authority that the sandwich had been discarded by a 'foreign tourist'. As opposed to a domestic one, or indeed someone who wasn't a tourist at all. After all, I don't see a pig farm in Norfolk as being high on the list of attractions to visit for your typical tourist, foreign or otherwise.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Exactly!