Too Afraid to Eat the Eggs

[ChickenCanoe]

A friend of mine who was a nurse wouldn't eat my eggs because she saw my chickens. I offered to show her pictures of the chickens that produced store eggs. She declined.

 

[mobius]

It is just amazing how indoctrinated some of us, including myself, are by the many years buying eggs (and everything else to eat) at the grocery store. I shake my head about this (at myself) often. And initially I struggled a bit too. Like if i didn't buy it at the store prepackaged, there is something wrong with it. Weird, huh? I guess I drank the koolaid a long time ago.

What I did was I thought up the most scrumptious gourmet food idea using eggs that I could (I so enjoy cooking from scratch) and made the most delicious quiche ever. I love me some quiche.

Yesterday I used the girls egg yolks to make the most fantastic aioli (mayonnaise with garlic and olive oil) Like about a quart of it!

Oh and because this is how i roll, I had a LOT of eggs on the counter and I hardboiled them and pickled them and put them in a huge glass jar in the fridge to set for two weeks while they pickle.
So have some fun with it!

 

[NancyNurseCxMama]

A neighbor gave me some fresh eggs a couple of years ago.
They stayed in my fridge for about two weeks....
I have to admit I had a bit of trepidation about eating them.
There were a dozen and I figured oh what the heck make a big frittata and if it tastes awful, throw it away.
It was the BEST frittata EVER!!! Those eggs were so sweet and so DIFFERENT from the store bought ones I was used to!!! I coulda kicked myself for not trying them earlier!
Fast forward to today---I now have six girls and am eagerly awaiting my first egg!

 

[Leighe]

I wasn't expecting this, but now that my hens are laying eggs, I'm afraid to eat them. Are store eggs cleaner? My hens live a good life, they free range, and I clean their coop everyday. The eggs generally come out clean. The other thing is, I ended up with 3 roosters so I have one in with my hens, so I'm sure some eggs are fertile. I get them as soon as they are laid and put them in the fridge. I've noticed they tend to have more water in them. Also how long will my eggs last in the fridge. It's so weird that I'm grossed out by my own fresh eggs. Anyone else have this issue with themselves, psychologically.

Dear Fuscia, I get it. I wasn't actually an egg eater (just on the rare occasion) before I raised chickens. I was giving my new chicken eggs away because I knew I didn't really care for eggs. My friend laughed at me and said I oughta try an egg over easy cause the runny yolk tastes like "gravy". Excuse me....I'm a gravy food critic . I was 53 and had never eaten a runny egg in my life. My mother and grandpa ate them all the time. I just tried not to throw up when i ate an egg. One day I'm standing in the kitchen fixing eggs for my son, I decide I can make an egg over easy and throw up in my own home where nobody can see me. Well, what do you know???? My friend, mother and grandpa were right! I will be darn. Turns out it was scrambled eggs that made me not like eggs. Eating the over easy egg I realized it was the yolk I love and not so much the whites (yeah, you'll never see me eat an omelet made out of egg whites ). So it's been three years now and once I had to worm my chickens and I was without eggs for 1.5 months (my decision) and had to buy store eggs. I bought 7 dozen cause I wanted to try the "regular", "free-range", "cage-free" and "organic" ones and they all happen to be on sale. All I can tell you is I couldn't eat them. I kept trying but ultimately I decided if I didn't see an orange yolk, they were going to be cooked and fed to the chickens and dogs. I don't refrigerate mine....that is an American thing....Europe you will rarely, if ever, find a refrigerated egg. Finally, I will end with....the government has always been great watchdogs of our food like the many times lettuce used in restaurants has sent many people to the hospital (some have died) from ecoli on the lettuce. Oh and the peanut butter that kids were eating with salmonella...huge scare there. The mad cow disease. The avian flu that required wiping out huge flocks of chickens. In the end, I know exactly what is going in my food and what I'm eating, just like people way back in the old, old days knew. I have no clue what the government is puttin in "food" and I'd rather not help them keep up the horrible conditions chickens go through to put out that white egg with the pale yolk that has been washed in bleach and sat in a store refrigerated egg section for 2 months. I encourage you to try one egg and also to think about the hundreds of thousands of people who raise backyard chickens and sell or give the eggs away and yet so far....I haven't seen one news broadcast on the hundreds of thousands of people being rushed to the ER's and dying from eating backyard chicken eggs....besides....if it makes you throw up...you're in your home . Even if you never eat one of your chicken eggs Fuscia....I'm so happy you are giving some chickens a loving, caring home to live in...that alone makes you an awesome person.

 

[mobius]

A neighbor gave me some fresh eggs a couple of years ago.
They stayed in my fridge for about two weeks....
I have to admit I had a bit of trepidation about eating them.
There were a dozen and I figured oh what the heck make a big frittata and if it tastes awful, throw it away.
It was the BEST frittata EVER!!! Those eggs were so sweet and so DIFFERENT from the store bought ones I was used to!!! I coulda kicked myself for not trying them earlier!
Fast forward to today---I now have six girls and am eagerly awaiting my first egg!

Yay! When are your eggs due? what are you going to make with them? I even found old-fashined egg coddlers on ebay...and it seems so elegant with english toast! I add some cheese ham or salsa and simmer for ten minutes.

Seems like I spend a good bit of my adult energy UN-brainwashing myself about various issues...I could go on and on about Big Ag, but I figure that is why a lot of us are here and have chickens and gardens and goats and and and. Shared values....

 

[fuscia]

Everyone's comments have been really helpful. I was a vegetarian then a vegan for a while because I learned about how massed produced food animals live. I even question eggs that are free range.
I know my eggs are cleaner, and my chickens are well taken care of. I think the richness of the egg was almost too much for my stomach to handle! I got a little queasy. LOL.
Thanks everyone!

 

[mobius]

Fuscia, I think if you are still vegan, eggs can be kind of a "protein bomb" to your system...maybe something like a quiche where there are quite a few other ingredients?

 

[NancyNurseCxMama]

Yay! When are your eggs due? what are you going to make with them? I even found old-fashined egg coddlers on ebay...and it seems so elegant with english toast! I add some cheese ham or salsa and simmer for ten minutes.

Seems like I spend a good bit of my adult energy UN-brainwashing myself about various issues...I could go on and on about Big Ag, but I figure that is why a lot of us are here and have chickens and gardens and goats and and and. Shared values....

My girls are about eleven weeks old now (though I suspect the BO's might be somewhat older) and the BO's are getting redder combs and wattles. One squats a little if I put a hand on her back.
They have a while to go but those eggs will be worth the wait!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Dear Fuscia, I get it. I wasn't actually an egg eater (just on the rare occasion) before I raised chickens. I was giving my new chicken eggs away because I knew I didn't really care for eggs. My friend laughed at me and said I oughta try an egg over easy cause the runny yolk tastes like "gravy". Excuse me....I'm a gravy food critic . I was 53 and had never eaten a runny egg in my life. My mother and grandpa ate them all the time. I just tried not to throw up when i ate an egg. One day I'm standing in the kitchen fixing eggs for my son, I decide I can make an egg over easy and throw up in my own home where nobody can see me. Well, what do you know???? My friend, mother and grandpa were right! I will be darn. Turns out it was scrambled eggs that made me not like eggs. Eating the over easy egg I realized it was the yolk I love and not so much the whites (yeah, you'll never see me eat an omelet made out of egg whites ). So it's been three years now and once I had to worm my chickens and I was without eggs for 1.5 months (my decision) and had to buy store eggs. I bought 7 dozen cause I wanted to try the "regular", "free-range", "cage-free" and "organic" ones and they all happen to be on sale. All I can tell you is I couldn't eat them. I kept trying but ultimately I decided if I didn't see an orange yolk, they were going to be cooked and fed to the chickens and dogs. I don't refrigerate mine....that is an American thing....Europe you will rarely, if ever, find a refrigerated egg. Finally, I will end with....the government has always been great watchdogs of our food like the many times lettuce used in restaurants has sent many people to the hospital (some have died) from ecoli on the lettuce. Oh and the peanut butter that kids were eating with salmonella...huge scare there. The mad cow disease. The avian flu that required wiping out huge flocks of chickens. In the end, I know exactly what is going in my food and what I'm eating, just like people way back in the old, old days knew. I have no clue what the government is puttin in "food" and I'd rather not help them keep up the horrible conditions chickens go through to put out that white egg with the pale yolk that has been washed in bleach and sat in a store refrigerated egg section for 2 months. I encourage you to try one egg and also to think about the hundreds of thousands of people who raise backyard chickens and sell or give the eggs away and yet so far....I haven't seen one news broadcast on the hundreds of thousands of people being rushed to the ER's and dying from eating backyard chicken eggs....besides....if it makes you throw up...you're in your home . Even if you never eat one of your chicken eggs Fuscia....I'm so happy you are giving some chickens a loving, caring home to live in...that alone makes you an awesome person.

WOW! That's quite a story.

It is just amazing how indoctrinated some of us, including myself, are by the many years buying eggs (and everything else to eat) at the grocery store. I shake my head about this (at myself) often. And initially I struggled a bit too. Like if i didn't buy it at the store prepackaged, there is something wrong with it. Weird, huh? I guess I drank the koolaid a long time ago.

What I did was I thought up the most scrumptious gourmet food idea using eggs that I could (I so enjoy cooking from scratch) and made the most delicious quiche ever. I love me some quiche.

Yesterday I used the girls egg yolks to make the most fantastic aioli (mayonnaise with garlic and olive oil) Like about a quart of it!

Oh and because this is how i roll, I had a LOT of eggs on the counter and I hardboiled them and pickled them and put them in a huge glass jar in the fridge to set for two weeks while they pickle.
So have some fun with it!

I think most people have been drinking the same koolaid.
Big Ag and the food industry have us right where they want us.
We get a nice piece of meat, fish or eggs from a pretty package with no connection to where it came from. We are told that it is safe to eat packaged foods with artificial color, artificial flavor, preservatives, sugar substitutes, etc..

I wanted to add that eggs are one of the most perfect foods.
High in all essential amino acids, most vitamins and minerals.
They have to be nutritious to nurture an embryo to term.
Not just chicken eggs. Think caviar, turtle eggs, etc.. You can eat any kind of egg - duck, turkey, sparrow, tern, falcon, alligator, etc..
You can even eat eggs that have begun to develop - think balut eggs.
Humans (and most other animals) have been eating eggs from every type of bird, reptile, fish, amphibian, in every stage of development for millions of years.
If they are developing, that means that bacteria haven't invaded the shell contents.
Guess what, we're still here.

 

[NancyNurseCxMama]

You can even eat eggs that have begun to develop - think balut eggs.
.

Oh I was wondering when someone was gonna go there.
I have friends that wash them down with beer.
No. Just.....NO.