Don’t like egg taste?

[Chicken-Momma]

Hi everyone! Maybe I’m strange, but our chickens just started laying eggs last week and I don’t like how the eggs taste. They are just too eggy. I have tried eating a fried egg on avocado toast and making deviled eggs and didn’t finish either one because of the eggy taste. I know I am probably ruined because of store-bought eggs, but I really want to like my chickens eggs. Do you all have any tips on how I can get used to them? Thanks!

 

[azygous]

Taste is an acquired thing. Our brains glom onto a certain taste as being the "authorized version" and when we eat a slightly different version of the taste, it seems unnatural. By continuing to eat the thing with the newer version of the taste, we reprogram out brains to accept it as the default taste. In other words, give your superior farm fresh eggs a little more time, and your brain will learn to love them.

 

[Chicken-Momma]

Taste is an acquired thing. Our brains glom onto a certain taste as being the "authorized version" and when we eat a slightly different version of the taste, it seems unnatural. By continuing to eat the thing with the newer version of the taste, we reprogram out brains to accept it as the default taste. In other words, give your superior farm fresh eggs a little more time, and your brain will learn to love them.

Thanks!! My husband hunts deer, so when we first started eating venison I had a similar problem with not liking the taste, but I used ground venison for tacos and spaghetti sauce and things like that with seasoning. Now I am able to eat a venison steak, so I am hoping it will be the same with the eggs!

 

[Mrs. K]

Or keep them confined and only feed layer feed. That is what my sister in law does, and I don't like her eggs, they don't taste eggy enough.

 

[MiddleAmerican]

Farm fresh (particularly free range) eggs are indeed richer, or “eggier”. That’s why I think they’re so much better!

 

[southwestclucker]

I, more mentally than anything, was in a similar boat, so I started out by using the fresh eggs for non-plain things...like caprese egg bake, breakfast burritos, etc - something with OTHER flavors so it's not just all egg.

 

[3KillerBs]

Really fresh eggs from chickens given access to vegetation to forage do indeed taste "eggier". Some people like them from the start and others have to learn to like them.

I second the suggestion of using them in well-seasoned recipes at first until you get accustomed to it.

 

[tn_artist]

We had always like the taste of our eggs, until we changed feed. We started using Producers Pride to save some money. Bad idea. The eggs started tasting spoiled. They were so gross. We switched to the next price point up and within a couple of days the eggs tasted normal again. Feed can certainly cause a change in taste.

 

[picklestheduck]

Taste is an acquired thing. Our brains glom onto a certain taste as being the "authorized version" and when we eat a slightly different version of the taste, it seems unnatural. By continuing to eat the thing with the newer version of the taste, we reprogram out brains to accept it as the default taste. In other words, give your superior farm fresh eggs a little more time, and your brain will learn to love them.

Well said. I can say that this truly works. I have several several food intolerances, some including dairy, eggs, peanuts, and many many many more. Well for example I use almond butter now instead of peanut butter, but at first I hated almond butter. Like hated it so much I would almost gag, but after years and years of eating it when I make certain recipes and on homemade safe waffles etc, I love it now. I honestly no longer like the taste of peanut butter. To me it is extremely rich and just yucky anymore. Good luck with the eggs. If you find you are not able to enjoy them, you could try baking with them, or selling them. I sell a lot of our chicken eggs and keep the duck eggs for our family (since no one will buy duck eggs) and my chickens almost pay for themselves. EVERYONE around here wants farm fresh eggs. I don’t have even close to enough to make everyone happy!

 

[nuthatched]

What do you feed? Sometimes diet adds odd flavors.