Patrick Duffy Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Do you prefer using the white eggs or the brown shell eggs? Myself, I used to do the white shell eggs all the time then the past year or so I have just been buying the brown eggs. To me, the yolk is better but some people say they can't tell the difference. What do you think the difference is between the white shell and brown shell eggs are to you. I've cracked both together and the brown egg yolk is brighter yellow than the white shell and I guess I just like the yolk better. So which kind do you guys tend to purchase and what is the difference between the two in your opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 indifferent white/brown to me i don't see colour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 minute ago, row_33 said: indifferent white/brown to me i don't see colour... lol, yeah you don't discriminate huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I do prefer organic eggs, which seem to usually be brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) My wife raises chickens. The shell color has no effect on flavor or nutrition. Certain breeds lay brown eggs, others lay white eggs, and some lay eggs that are blue/green. Flavor and nutrition can be affected by the hen's diet. Eggs that come from hens who only get commercial feed (like the ones that produce cheap store-bought eggs) tend to have lighter yolks with less flavor and nutrition. Hens that can free-range and forage for a more balanced diet produce eggs with deeper-yellow yolks that have more flavor and nutrients. Edited May 17, 2019 by WhoTom 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, WhoTom said: My wife raises chickens. The shell color has no effect on flavor or nutrition. Certain breeds lay brown eggs, others lay white eggs, and some lay eggs that are blue/green. Flavor and nutrition can be affected by the hen's diet. Eggs that come from hens who only get commercial feed (like the ones that produce cheap store-bought eggs) tend to have lighter yolks with less flavor and nutrition. Hens that can free-range and forage for a more balanced diet produce eggs with deeper-yellow yolks that have more flavor. Do you think that one yolk would have less cholesterol than the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Doesn't matter to me. We are all the same on the inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Bill from NYC said: Do you think that one yolk would have less cholesterol than the other? I don't think so, but dietary cholesterol isn't related to serum (blood) cholesterol, so it shouldn't matter. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-you-should-no-longer-worry-about-cholesterol-in-food/ https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/healthy-eating/food-and-nutrition/fats-and-cholesterol/cholesterol-in-food Edited May 17, 2019 by WhoTom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Shell color makes no difference. Freshness and how the chickens are fed and treated does. My wife and I eat a lot of vegetarian / vegan (ish - not so hardcore) meals and we do both like eggs. Because we only eat them once or twice per week I try to buy the best quality / freshest eggs I can get. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 20 minutes ago, WhoTom said: My wife raises chickens. The shell color has no effect on flavor or nutrition. Certain breeds lay brown eggs, others lay white eggs, and some lay eggs that are blue/green. Flavor and nutrition can be affected by the hen's diet. Eggs that come from hens who only get commercial feed (like the ones that produce cheap store-bought eggs) tend to have lighter yolks with less flavor and nutrition. Hens that can free-range and forage for a more balanced diet produce eggs with deeper-yellow yolks that have more flavor. Thanks for the info. I myself can tell a difference in the yolks. I had a friend a while back that raised chickens as well and he would always give me a lot of eggs and they were always brown. They always tasted better to me and that's what got me stuck on the brown ones. They costs more but just better eggs to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Shell color makes no difference, white, brown, blue, green, whatever, it is all the same to me. But I do not like egg yolks. ? At all. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 Just now, Buffalo_Gal said: Shell color makes no difference, white, brown, blue, green, whatever, it is all the same to me.But I do not like egg yolks. ? At all. ? What the blue hell is wrong with you? lol Yeah some people just like to get the protein. Some will boil the eggs and throw away the yolk and only eat the white. I like it all myself. However I don't like the runny yolk, I like the yolk fully cooked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) Daughter-in-law’s flock now at 4 speckled, 3 red, from an original 10 (5+5). Free range chickens means free range coyotes stop by on occasion for KFC (Kompletely Feathered Chickens). We’ve taken steps to rein in the girls, the yolks aren’t as yellow nor the shells as brown since they now have a much more limited run, and are on much more commercial feed than free ranging bugs off the lawn. Edited May 20, 2019 by Ridgewaycynic2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Patrick_Duffy said: lol, yeah you don't discriminate huh with food i'm not very fussy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I go store-brand white shells. I only eat scrambled. Only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 If I'm having eggs on a burger, or for dinner, can I use breakfast eggs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Anyway they are, I like them. Eggs=delish. Not fussy. 3 minutes ago, Gugny said: If I'm having eggs on a burger, or for dinner, can I use breakfast eggs? Sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 This lady at work raises her own egg laying chickens and sells dozens at the office. I think she sells them for $5 a dozen (free range, organic, blah blah). People just gobble them up. I can’t get past the unusual shape and color of her eggs. Some are brown, some are speckled, some are whitish tan color. And there are some that are spherical like ping pong balls, and others that are oblong and weird shaped. Stuff creeps me out. No thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 38 minutes ago, Gugny said: If I'm having eggs on a burger, or for dinner, can I use breakfast eggs? Only if you use dinner sausage on the side..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 49 minutes ago, Gugny said: If I'm having eggs on a burger, or for dinner, can I use breakfast eggs? Funny, I rarely eat eggs for breakfast. I guess I rarely eat anything substantial for breakfast. Cup of coffee or tea, and a granola bar is my go-to. I usually will have eggs for a quick lunch or a late dinner. Fried over easy with crispy sour dough toast. My wife buys the Eggland’s Best which are supposed to be better quality than normal store brand. I don’t think I’d be able to tell the difference if I had to take the egg “Pepsi challenge.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 59 minutes ago, Seasons1992 said: I go store-brand white shells. I only eat scrambled. Only. only? man you don't know what you are missing. fry some up over easy, douse 'em with a liberal helping of hot sauce. mash the hell out if them, and eat 'em up. soak your toast in the left over sauce, delicious. eggs Benedict, hollandaise sauce and eggs go very well together. fried egg on a burger, you have try at least once. many others, these are just the ones at the forefront of the cobwebs in the attic here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdutton Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Fresh brown eggs. I have three chickens and can't eat them as fast as they lay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 55 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: This lady at work raises her own egg laying chickens and sells dozens at the office. I think she sells them for $5 a dozen (free range, organic, blah blah). People just gobble them up. I can’t get past the unusual shape and color of her eggs. Some are brown, some are speckled, some are whitish tan color. And there are some that are spherical like ping pong balls, and others that are oblong and weird shaped. Stuff creeps me out. No thanks. Well, we know where the problem is. ?May I recommend systemic desensitization. If you come to a tailgate, I will bring egg salad, made with Weber's mustard. You love Weber's mustard, right? What could be so bad? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Well, we know where the problem is. ?May I recommend systemic desensitization. If you come to a tailgate, I will bring egg salad, made with Weber's mustard. You love Weber's mustard, right? What could be so bad? ? egg salad and then a public afternoon? yeeeeeeeeeeeeeshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 2 hours ago, WhoTom said: My wife raises chickens. The shell color has no effect on flavor or nutrition. Certain breeds lay brown eggs, others lay white eggs, and some lay eggs that are blue/green. Flavor and nutrition can be affected by the hen's diet. Eggs that come from hens who only get commercial feed (like the ones that produce cheap store-bought eggs) tend to have lighter yolks with less flavor and nutrition. Hens that can free-range and forage for a more balanced diet produce eggs with deeper-yellow yolks that have more flavor and nutrients. Right, your wife raises chickens. Is this some some kind of.......yolk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 minute ago, row_33 said: egg salad and then a public afternoon? yeeeeeeeeeeeeeshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... @ExiledInIllinois is a full blown sociopath. Just smile and nod if you ever meet him, and please don’t mention the bits of egg salad in his beard. He will eat your face off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 11 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: @ExiledInIllinois is a full blown sociopath. Just smile and nod if you ever meet him, and please don’t mention the bits of egg salad in his beard. He will eat your face off. well heeded advice, thank you so very kindly, Sir... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 16 minutes ago, Foxx said: only? man you don't know what you are missing. fry some up over easy, douse 'em with a liberal helping of hot sauce. mash the hell out if them, and eat 'em up. soak your toast in the left over sauce, delicious. eggs Benedict, hollandaise sauce and eggs go very well together. fried egg on a burger, you have try at least once. many others, these are just the ones at the forefront of the cobwebs in the attic here. OPINION: Fried eggs are gross. I can't stand them at all. DISCLAIMER: I have had a fried egg on a burger once. At Roast, in Detroit. Basically they take all the steak trimmings, and make burgers out of those. They offer a fried egg on top. It was really, really amazing. But a fried egg on its own? Hard, HARD pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, Seasons1992 said: OPINION: Fried eggs are gross. I can't stand them at all. DISCLAIMER: I have had a fried egg on a burger once. At Roast, in Detroit. Basically they take all the steak trimmings, and make burgers out of those. They offer a fried egg on top. It was really, really amazing. But a fried egg on its own? Hard, HARD pass. poached on toast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 21 minutes ago, bdutton said: Fresh brown eggs. I have three chickens and can't eat them as fast as they lay. 1 egg a day per hen your average yield? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, row_33 said: egg salad and then a public afternoon? yeeeeeeeeeeeeeshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... It's outside the tailgate/game. Who cares if you lay waste to @Hammered a Lot's pota-potty... I think the company condems them anyway after each game. ? Just ask @mead107 for the key to the executive washrooms. ? Edited May 17, 2019 by ExiledInIllinois 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdutton Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: 1 egg a day per hen your average yield? 3 chickens... 3 eggs per day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, Foxx said: poached on toast? SCRAMBLED ONLY. I'd rather drink a hot Corona from 1997 than eat eggs in any other fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, bdutton said: 3 chickens... 3 eggs per day. Weird but serious question. How do you clean/disinfect them after they come out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdutton Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 So many great options. Over easy is my go to. Scrambled with fresh chive and cilantro over easy on top rice fried with some onions, peppers and spicy sausage with the red hot sauce dribbled over top Over easy on Avocado toast Poached (but that's pretty boring) Over easy on on a hamburger 2 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Weird but serious question. How do you clean/disinfect them after they come out? Shells are a natural barrier. No washing of the eggs. I was told that when hens lay eggs there is some king of mucus that dries and seals the shell and is best not to wash it off. If its really bad like covered in ***** I'll wash it. Usually they are clean like you see in the store. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, Seasons1992 said: SCRAMBLED ONLY. I'd rather drink a hot Corona from 1997 than eat eggs in any other fashion. okay. try some asparagus in 'em. goes good with pork/chicken fried rice as well. omelettes? they are essentially scrambled eggs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I'm a white egg guy. My parents raise chickens and the yolks are definitely stronger in the brown eggs. Another thing I've learned is that you cant make hard boiled eggs from fresh chicken eggs because you can't peel the shell properly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Foxx said: okay. goes good with pork/ fried rice Maybe Gugny will remember this well..when we were stationed in SoCal. Spam (pork parts/potted meat))fried in eggs and rice with fish oil base. It sounds gross but was pretty darn good. Tough to find on the east coast... Edited May 17, 2019 by Misterbluesky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 i've learned a lot today, good thread still indifferent though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, RaoulDuke79 said: I'm a white egg guy. My parents raise chickens and the yolks are definitely stronger in the brown eggs. Another thing I've learned is that you cant make hard boiled eggs from fresh chicken eggs because you can't peel the shell properly. Really. How long do you boil? Solid 12 minutes in a rolling boil? Then immediately take out and cool in the refrigerator. Yeah, fresher is a little harder... But usually there is a void at tip, peels right off. Right away peeled, even easier under cold running water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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