Taste of organic eggs vs normal

[Wildsky]

I'm not that sensitive to taste, but my chickens eggs taste almost more buttery than store bought!

 

[chickenshadow]

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Buttery or richer is a good way to describe it. Wiildsky has no taste so she
won't notice the difference like a normal human.

 

[bigmike&nan]

In the United States law requires that the Julian date (the day of the year) the eggs were packed is stamped on the carton. SO, if you go to the store and look on the carton you can figure out how old the eggs are. I said OLD because they are old. Now we have two chickens who free range some very day and on sunny days we get an egg each from them - even it the eggs stack up a couple days the difference is remarkable no matter what you are doing with/to them...

It's a no brainer. My wife wanted chickens and this is a blessed by product of us owning birds...

Michael

Our FIRST egg, from Sapphire (who lays slightly darker eggs than Henrietta does)

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

When my hubby and I first switched to farm fresh organic eggs we cooked one farm fresh and one store egg for each other so we didn't know what was what...just to see IF there was a difference if you didn't know. We both picked the farm fresh egg right away by just tasting the white of it! There was such a BIG difference! We would NEVER go back to store eggs now.

 

[Davaroo]

The whole notion of storing eggs is an old one, so lets not poo-poo it too readily. WE here tend to be in a microcosm, looking out and shaking our heads at those "non-chicken" folks we see. But eggs were around long before us, and have been esentially seasonal since their inception. The desire to preserve their goodness, long term, was strong.

There are the preserved eggs common in Asian cultures, salted and pickled eggs seen elsewhere. You can even store them in a solution of silica dioxide, called 'water glass', and they will keep up to 9 months without refrigeration. That was known in the 1800's and was fairly commonplace.

When refrigeration finally came along, it was a real boon to the egg man and consumer alike - now eggs could be kept for months, well into the off season. This meant higher prices for the egg man and eggs available to the market when previously there had been none, or very few.

Are they fresh, fresh? No. Are they serviceable and better than no eggs at all, especially for those who can't or don't produce their own? Certainly.

 

[Wildsky]

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Buttery or richer is a good way to describe it. Wiildsky has no taste so she
won't notice the difference like a normal human.

Cheeky Snot....!!

 

[Beekissed]

Hands down, no comparison with store bought. The farm eggs have a richer, nuttier flavor. The people I gave some to at church apparently had never had farm eggs before....they couldn't get over the difference. I think, at first they were reluctant to try them, and I think the preacher and his wife didn't try them and gave them away! They are real city folk even though they live in the country now....very pale, won't do any kind of manual labor or yard work, etc. But the other folks said they hadn't realized there was a difference and they want MORE!!! Hooray for delicate taste buds!

 

[SeaChick]

The tomato analogy is perfect.

If the question is: do fresh backyard eggs (or farm-fresh eggs) -from hens allowed to roam on grass- taste better then regular grocery-store eggs?......I totally 100% agree that fresh backyard eggs taste much better than storebought, absolutely no question. Creamier, richer, firmer, more complex flavors.

But if the question is solely about "organic" then the answer is no. I mean, I'll bet my eggs (from hens fed 100% organic grains and organic veggies/meats) taste pretty much the same as my friend's backyard eggs who feeds regular (non-organic) layer pellets and lets her girls out in the yard like we do.

I do not think that simply the feeding of organic food makes the difference. The difference comes from hens who are fed lots of yummy greens and veggies and allowed to run around nibbling grass and bugs. And then the fact that the eggs are so fresh.

But of course, knowing that the eggs contain no meds/chemicals/GMOs might phychologically make them taste better!!!

 

[bigmike&nan]

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Amen to what SeaChick said...

Here is a breakdown on egg dating on cartons - it is VOLUNTARY and if the packer does not use the standard set by the USDA they must follow the packing standard of that state...
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http://www.wonderquest.com/egg-cartons.htm

 

[Beekissed]

I always tell folks that my eggs look and taste better because they come from "happy chickens"! One look at the hens free ranging on green grass under a blue sky tells you they are content. I had to put my free rangers in a run, just until the garden gets bigger and, though it is large with plenty of green grass, they look utterly miserable! They aren't as excited and running from one food source to the next and they are much more cranky with the youngsters. Hope it doesn't affect their eggs....