We’ve been enjoying real farm eggs for at least the last 30 years. There’s no comparison to the cage raised commercial eggs. Just crack one of each open side by side. The cage raised egg is pale yellow and the farm raised egg is more orange and there is no comparison on the flavor. It’s just like the raw goats milk we drank for over 20 years and made cheese, ice cream, yogurt and kefir from. If your animals are healthy and fed a good diet you will benefit from a superior product. I do like a good homemade mayo too, just haven’t made any in awhile. Just too lazy to get out the cuisinart and clean it up afterwards.
I once participated in a project for someone’s Master’s degree thesis.
We had to train chickens to wear costumes and perform in a ‘chicken stage-play’. (I’m not kidding; the final result was actually shown on local TV; and the lady who was going for the degree wound up a very accomplished animal trainer.)
Anyhow, I loved the chickens. You’d pick them up, and hold them; and they’d settle down in your lap and ‘suck heat’. They loved being held and petted.
BUT: BEWARE the ROOSTERS! I almost had my knee broken, and an eye poked out, when I picked up one of those roosters. He didn’t like wearing the costume that I was trying to put on him :-) And you wouldn’t believe how powerful those guys are, when they rear back and peck at you!
The upshot is: those hens were ALWAYS laying; all of us involved with the project would get fresh eggs every week, and they were the best eggs I ever had. If you broke them open, you could hold them up high, and the whites wouldn’t even fall more than a few inches.
I baked cakes from these that were wonderful - but they’re NOT good for boiled/deviled eggs; you want older ones for that.
-JT, Reminiscing
Wisk is quick and easy, great for so many tasks.