Posted on 05/04/2008 5:27:46 AM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
Can't remember if an egg is fresh or hard boiled? Just spin the egg. If it wobbles, it's raw. If it spins easily, it's hard boiled.
A fresh egg will sink in water, a stale one will float.
Eggs contain all the essential protein, minerals and vitamins, except Vitamin C. But egg yolks are one of few foods that naturally contain Vitamin D.
The colour of the egg shell is not related to quality, nutrients, flavour or cooking characteristics. White-shelled eggs are produced by hens with white feathers and white ear lobes.
Brown-shelled eggs are produced by hens with red feathers and red ear lobes. Brown egg layers usually are slightly larger and require more food, thus brown eggs usually cost more than white eggs.
China produces the most eggs, at about 160 billion per year. In the US, about 260 million hens produce more than 65 billion eggs per year. A hen can lay about 250 eggs per year.
An egg shell has as many as 17,000 pores over its surface.
There are 150 species of chicken. Chicken are descendants of the red jungle fowl (gallus gallus spadiceus) that lives in Asia.
The chicken is one of the first domestic animals, appearing in China around 1400 BC.
About two months ago, the eggs I normally purchase had a price spike up to $2.34 per dozen (Jumbo size). Yesterday, these same size eggs were $1.64 a dozen. I asked the grocer why the spike in price but he could not say. I surmised it might be due to the gasoline price increase, but with gasoline even higher now what could account for the drop in the price of eggs?
Thank you very much for this. I'll try it.
I very rarely buy a single-purpose gadget, but I use this puppy nearly everyday:
Hasn’t exploded an egg yet, and made in the US to boot! I know eggs are easy to cook on the stove, but this requires no watching to make perfect hard-boiled eggs- a necessary requirement with toddlers in the house.
Eggs drop in price in the Spring. More light triggers the laying function in chickens.
Where do you live? I pay $1.98 for jumbos in SW WI. The price has remained steady for at least a year.
That rooster is the only chicken we let ‘free range’ during the day. We pen him at night along with 5 guineas. We had about 20 free range roosters and this guy is the only survivor. We had 15 guineas...only 5 left. These 6 have survived for about a year and a half, free ranging.
I kind of enjoy the challenge from this guy each feeding. I like it that he has survived. Though I expect one day he will evaporate.
We have coyotes, foxes, owls and hawks. There is a big puma/cat that ranges in about every 90 days. I have seen his huge foot prints. My neighbor has eyeballed him/her.
After living my adult life in the big city, all of this has been fascinating and a real pleasure to encounter each day. Keeps me busy for sure!
Fresh eggs are a bear to peel no matter what you do. You’re better off eating them sunny-side-up. With older eggs, the inner membrane shrinks away from the shell slightly making them much easier to peel.
Does it have anything to do with the color of their teeth?
I have two of those gadgets. They work great! Bought the first one for 4 bucks and the second one for $1. I saw them in Wal-Mart last week for six or seven bucks.
Southeast Alabama. Dothan.
rarely
My favorite college professor, a Prof of Zoology, said when he was in his Doctoral Review they asked him, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?”
The omega 3-filled ones have a fishy yolk. Yuck. What a way to ruin one of the cheapest and best gourmet foods there is.
You forgot fertilized eggs on your list. Other than one happy rooster I don't think there's any nutritional benefit other than it may be a nice thing to do for the chickens.
Excellent point, I don’t travel all that much anymore.
bookmarded for later read...interesting stuff here! :)
Did you get those from Michelle Obama?
My mom used to put vinegar into the cooking water. She swore that it helped the eggs peel easily. Seems to work for me.
I think you meant Eggcelent point. ;-)
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