Fresh eggs or store bought??
By tinamwhite
@tinamwhite (3252)
United States
June 26, 2007 9:44pm CST
I have a daughter-in-law who refuses to eat the fesh eggs that my chickens lay....she does not like it when I cook them for her childrn when they are here...
The eggs that I get from my chickens are the big brown colored eggs....when cooked the white cooks up light and fluffy...it stands firm immediately after being removed from the shell....the yolks are a rich golden yellow color....quite often with double yolks....
The eggs she buys from the store are white...they have been sitting on a variety of shelves for a minimum of 30 days before being put out on the store schelves for sale...the whites are very thin and runny, the yolk is pale yellow in color.....they must cook for a few seconds to stand firm...
So I ask you...which do you prefer....fresh eggs or store bought eggs????
AND why????
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37 responses
@ayushthedevil (3147)
• India
27 Jun 07
na i buy it from d store never had it fresh from d hen
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
27 Jun 07
You would not believe the difference...
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Oh, girl, you just would not believe the difference...I will not eat store bought eggs...they just are not "good" to me....LOL
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
27 Jun 07
OMG !!!! Fresh eggs by a massive long shot. Free Range are soooo beautiful. They have more flavour and better nutrients. The brought ones from the caged farms are dull in colour (yolk) and they just dont look healthy, and Im sure they are not.
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
27 Jun 07
I agree that the store bought eggs could not posibly be as healthy as the fresh ones, in my opinion....
Thanks for sharing with me...and I agree the free-range chicken eggs are prettier and taste so much better...
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@Married2aMarine (1273)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Definitely fresh eggs! I grew up eating them all the time cos' we used to have chickens. I LOVE going out and collecting the eggs and getting my mom to make them for me. Now, I have to get the ones from the store. Hate it. I try to get the brown ones and the ones that are supposedly from free-range chickens and all but not exactly sure how much space they actually have to run about. But nothing compares to having the fresh ones. Why doesn't your daughter-in-law like them for your grandkids? Doesn't she know that that is the best thing you can feed them?
@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
27 Jun 07
I am not really sure...I guess maybe because she knows exactly where they come from...she will not eat chicken at my house that she did not watch me buy at the store either....
My son agrees with me and you about the difference in nutritional value so the kids do eat them here but she rolls her eyes and tells them...."babies, you do not have to eat those if you don't like them".....URGHHHHHHHH!!
There really is a vast difference...which you were closer, I donate several dozen eggs to the local food pantry every week so that single mothers can have them for their children too...
@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
27 Jun 07
I was born with a lot of allergies and egg is one of the food that I should avoid. I normally bought fresh eggs like the one you described. A friend recommended fresh organic eggs instead to me. Not only is it pesticides free but gives me the chance to eat egg again. It tastes good and best of all, doesn't triggered my allergies.
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
27 Jun 07
A bunny should not eat eggs anyway....haha
I am glad that you were able to find an alternative which allows you to eat eggs...
OMG, I can not imagine not being able to eat or cook with eggs....
Thanks for hopping by, my little friend....
@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
27 Jun 07
They really are better...if you ever get the chanc to obtain some of them...I highly recommend them...you will immediately taste and see the difference....
Thanks for sharing with me, my friend...
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
27 Jun 07
I buy from the store, but it is mainly because the fresh ones are hard to get. you will coe across them occassionally and then I will definately nuy them... The word fresh speaks for itself =)
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Marie, my friend...thank you for sharing your views on this...I just can not bring myself to eat the store bought ones anymore...guess I am spoiled to the fresh ones...LOL
Jolani, Welcome to myLot, I hope that you find this a pleasureable community to be a member of....
I also appreciate you sharing your feelings with me....
@jelani2322 (89)
• United States
27 Jun 07
i like store bout eggs also and i live in the city where can i find fresh ones but fresh are a little better none of the chemicals that are sometimes put in store bought eggs
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@RobinJ (2501)
• Canada
27 Jun 07
talk about judging a book by its cover, the color of the shells are due to the type of hen and I would much prefer fresh eggs to old and stale ones that if you leave any egg out on a room temperature counter for 20 minutes or more you have lost 1/2 of it nutritional value. Her eggs are from force fed stay in barn raised chickens you eggs are free range and fresh.Her stubborn ideas versus yours. You win. The only time I ever used older eggs was to make pickled eggs, and for some reason the shell comes off more readily, perhaps because the yoke and white have shrunk from being old.
@Galena (9110)
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27 Jun 07
most likely.
that's why you can test to see if an egg is fresh enough to use by putting it in a cup of water.
if it sinks, it is really fresh. if it stands on a point, the innards have shrunk just a little, so there's a small amount of air in it.
if it floats it's skanky. don't go there.
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
28 Jun 07
The thought of not eating them is ridiculous to me...but we all like them and her children love them...it is funny because she tells me that the kids do not really like eggs that well....and then she can not figure out why they eat eggs here so well....and will not even consider the possibility that it is because the eggs are fresher and taste better.....DAH!!!!
Thanks for the support, my friend....
@Anniedup (3651)
• Richards Bay, South Africa
27 Jun 07
I buy free range eggs, I think that I can call your chickens free range as well? The other eggs are from chickens that are forced to be in cages, they never see sunshine. They feed them fishmeal. And antibiotics are there number one medication. How on earth can it be healthy for human consumption. Free range eggs are very expensive here, but I'm willing to pay it. How about you sending me some of your eggs!
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
27 Jun 07
I would love to send you some fresh eggs...I donate eggs to the local food pantry every week...they provide fresh eggs to the people who are having difficulty purchasing food....
Yes, I would also call my chickens free range.....I would not think that chicken eggs from chickens fed antibiotics routinely would be very healthy either....
Thanks Annie...for sharing with me...wonder how I'll get eggs all the way to you....
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@saralee1 (1983)
• United States
27 Jun 07
I would pick the fresh eggs any day, but then again, I lived on a chicken farm for 6 months, and loved every minute of it! Indeed, we had a lot of double yolks, I hadn't noticed the richer color though, I am sure in time I would have! It is too bad your daughter doesn't understand the rich experience you get to enjoy with freshly laid eggs! But then again, I was fortunate to grow up with my fathers garden, who grew corn, pumpkins, squash, lettuce, tomatoes, etc, and when you do that, you also remember the bugs that destroy some of the crops, so it isn't as tasty when you remember the worms munching on some of the produce. Never thought there was anything wrong with a fresh egg, except you might see a little poop on the outside of it. comes with the territory!
@saralee1 (1983)
• United States
28 Jun 07
LOL! no problem! If I could go back now,I'd really enjoy my fathers ripe tomatoes, or even my roommate's hens eggs!
you tend to take things for granted sometimes until you have been away from it, then you just miss it. And, there is nothing better than fresh corn on the cob either.Yummy!
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
27 Jun 07
I always wash my eggs before using them...do not want to transfer anything to my cooking utensils...LOL
I think that she just has never been around it and maybe the thought of knowing where it comes from bothers her...
I raise alot of our fruits and veggies too...she finds this strange as well....
Thanks, Saralee for sharing your feelings with me..
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@Galena (9110)
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28 Jun 07
I'd love to start keeping chickens.
we've got the space, and everyone else is starting to agree that it would be nice to have chickas.
quite a few people in the village have them, so we normally end up getting eggs from them, for now.
but I want some lovely chatty girls of my own.
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
28 Jun 07
I get mine from the back yard where the chicken pen is located...they have a house with nest boxes and a protective fence to keep out the foxes....it is about 125' x 125' so they have lots of room to run....
Yes....love them!
Thanks so much for sharing with me...
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
27 Jun 07
In Singapore, it is illegal to rear chickens in our houses. So nope, haven't tried freshly laid eggs before.
And I haven't seen white chicken eggs before. How strange lol. The eggs we buy from the stores are all brown colored ones - like your freshly dropped ones.
Do they bleach the eggs for the stores where you are? :P
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
27 Jun 07
Thanks, I have seen white eggs before - but they are duck eggs. Guess we can have green eggs too if you find the right breed.:P
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
27 Jun 07
The color of the eggs is detemined by the breed of the chicken laying them....many breeds lay white eggs and those are sold widely here in the USA...they also sell brown eggs but at an increased price....
No, they do not bleach eggs here...
I sent you a photo of a naturaly white egg...just so you could see one...LOL
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@buri2_jaemon (619)
• Indonesia
29 Jun 07
hm i think it is same either fresh eggs or store eggs because as long as this eggs still not contain any chemical substance it still can eat, but i prefer eating fresh eggs because it more natural..
@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
30 Jun 07
I think the fresh ones are soooo much better...but everyone is entitled to their opinion...
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me....I do appreciate it...
@warmweatherwoman (2233)
• Atlantic City, New Jersey
27 Jun 07
I don't think I have ever had the opportunity to eat fresh eggs. I'm a city girl- so fresh eggs aren't easliy found at the corner store :) But if I had a choice- I would choose fresh over store bought any day!
@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
27 Jun 07
Warmweatherwoman....first, please let me take this opportunity to WELCOME you to myLot...it is a great community to seek advice, share your experiences, make friends and money...I hope that you enjoy your time her as much as I do...
There is a distinct difference between the two...hopefully, you will be able to try them one day....
Thanks so much for sharing your feelings with me...I do appreciate it...
@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
30 Jun 07
She says that they are "yucky" and she can't eat them...she says the same thing about cooked chicken unles she watches me buy them at the store...I guess that she is too much of a city girl....
Being a country girl most of my life...it is all a natural art of feeding your family the best...it is how I was raised..so I have a difficult time with understanding this....
But, you know me...I respect her right not to eat them...yeah, it kinds irritates me to have to make 2 different "types" of eggs for breakfast when she is here but I always do so....
@avonrep1 (1862)
• United States
28 Jun 07
We buy fresh eggs when ever we can. I love them and prefer them. We get them from two different places. There is a little market opened one day a week that sells them there, from a local farm, or we go out to a friends farm and get them. I pretty much like them for the same reasons you do. Besides what you already mentioned. Fresh eggs are better for you. Store bought eggs are bleached.
@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
28 Jun 07
I have never heard of bleaching an egg until I began this discussion...
I am glad that you have the resources to obtain fresh eggs...they really are so much better.
Thanks, my friend...
@KissThis (3003)
• United States
28 Jun 07
Wow, I haven't had fresh eggs since I was a young child. I actually do prefer fresh eggs over store bought eggs. But where I now live fresh eggs aren't available so I am stuck buying eggs from the store. These days I don't use eggs that much.
I think your daughter probably feels more comfortable eating eggs and meat bought from the store because she didn't know them before it was time to eat them. I doubt that I could raise an animal to eat it either.
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
28 Jun 07
I know that my DIL was raised in the city...having been raise in the country most of my life...raising my own food sources is "natural" to me...we were raised knowing that some of the animals were to end up in the freezer...we never questioned it....it was jus a fact of life on the farm....
Thanks, my friend....
@Palace_Girl (416)
• Philippines
28 Jun 07
I don't eat eggs, well, as much as possible i refuse to because my allergic. But my mom prefers to cook the fresh eggs lay by my dad's hen. They are more tasty she said.
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
28 Jun 07
I can understand if you have an allergy...I am sorry...
I appreciate your sharing with me...
@tina12679 (1126)
• United States
28 Jun 07
I perfer a fresh egg to store bought any day. But it is easier to get a store bought egg then it is fresh ones sometimes. The travel to get a fresh egg is longer then that to go to the grocery store. But i do think that they have a better flavor and are fluffier then the ones you buy from a store. I have also gotten a few times an egg that smelled bad right after purchasing from a store, this has made me very weary of the egg.
@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
28 Jun 07
I know a chicken farmer who told me that the eggs on the shelves in the grocery stores are always a minimum of 30 days old....depending on handling....the nutrition may be minimal at this point...
I normally have 2-3 dozen eggs fresh each day....I donate the ones that I have not used each week to the local food pantry....
Thanks so much for sharing with me...
@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
28 Jun 07
Jzerbini, may I first take this opportunity to WELCOME you to myLot...it is a great community to seek advice, share experiences, make friends, and money...I hope that you find it to be an pleasant way to spend some of your time...
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me...
