Tasty eggs... WHERE??

RainbowsInTheSpray

Ok, now I know they still exist... the tasty eggs I remember from my childhood days.

Just arrived back from a short break in a hotel on the south coast where they served these: yolks far more golden, creamy and above all with a MUCH greater depth of flavour than the junk I've been buying in supermarkets these last 40 years.

So it wasn't me and getting older. It wasn't me and slow loss of on-the-ball taste buds. It was the bloody supermarkets and all their apologists spouting rubbish.

Please, somebody, where can I find a reliable source of such eggs? Almost any premium would be worth paying!

kimwp

Did you ask them what eggs they use? It might be a certain breed?

PipneyJane

May I suggest that you phone the hotel and ask them for the details of their supplier?

FWIW, I get my eggs from L!dl.  One dozen, large, free-range eggs for £2.69.  We started buying them this year and they’re the nicest I’ve had for years.

- Pip

lisyloo

I would have thought buying from a farm might be your best best.
Check out your local farm shops and I'd ask them how local they are.
There are places that sell eggs by the roadside.

Do you have a local group on facebook?

MattMattMattUK

The Burford Brown eggs that Sainsbury's and Waitrose sell are very full of flavour. Key to egg flavour is usually freshness though so farm shop eggs are after very flavourful compared to normal supermarket eggs.

Gers

The probably expensive option is the Golden Yolk Eggs from M&S - they are so tasty.  There's a brand called 'Happy Eggs' but I can't vouch for them.  I sometimes get eggs from a friend with chickens and then there can be roadside egg stalls around too.

Emmia

M&S golden yolk or the St Ewe Rich Yolk.

I also really like duck eggs if I'm just having them boiled.

Nelliegrace

We pay a bit extra for Smallholder Layers Pellets for our four hens. They were about £8 for 20kg when we had our first few hens, and now they are over £14. Cheap feed has chemicals dye added to produce a deep yellow yolk.

We sell surplus eggs to our friends for £1 for six, which helps with the feed costs. There is nothing to compare with the flavour of a new laid egg. 

joedenise

Another vote for the Lidl Free Range Eggs; they generally have a dark yellow/orange yolk and are much tastier than any of the other SMs.

t14cy_t

the taste all depends on what the chicken eat. i have 18 ex batts now and they have a very varied diet. their main source is corn and layers pellets but they are vultures in disguise and will eat almost anything!!  they are very partial to cooked spagetti!!

bouicca21

It’s mostly down to how fresh they are. Whilst others on this thread have recommended Lidl, I find that eggs from my local Lidl aren’t all that tasty and are quite old - you can tell because the whites are very runny and don’t form a mound.