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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2016 11:43:53 GMT -5
Maybe this is a silly question, but I'm trying to incorporate more eggs into my diet. I do the bulk of my shopping online. When they don't have an item, sometimes they substitute it with another item. I ordered regular eggs, but received brown eggs.
Do they taste the same as regular eggs. Are there any benefits to eating brown, as opposed to white eggs?
I had planned on trying a few new recipes -- scrambled eggs or egg foo young in the waffle maker, or quiche In the rice cooker, etc.
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Post by traildoggie on Dec 31, 2016 11:57:11 GMT -5
I think there was the illusion for a long time that brown ones were more 'natural" and healthier etc but I've never read anywhere there was actually anything different ... except the color of the shell. I usually buy brown eggs mainly because the Costco packaging for brown eggs is 18 eggs in a cardboard carton while the white ones are a plastic carton ( makes a terrible sound) some kinds of chickens lay brown ones, some white ones, and some pastel colored ones.
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Post by erin elizabeth on Dec 31, 2016 11:57:34 GMT -5
Egg color is determined by the breed of chicken and has no effect on taste or nutrition. Enjoy!
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Post by PattiA on Dec 31, 2016 12:53:16 GMT -5
In New England, when I was growing up, there was a egg producer marketing message of "brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are fresh". The breeds most commonly raised in New England back then laid brown eggs. We only had white eggs at Easter for dyeing. I still live in New England and buy the majority of my eggs from local farmers. Some are white, some are brown, some are blue/green. It took me a while to get used to white eggs because the eggs I grew up with were always brown.
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Post by wallycat on Dec 31, 2016 20:31:46 GMT -5
Erin is right. Color of the shell is determined by the breed of the chicken. Maybe in years past, those that wanted to raise chickens for eggs and stand out, took more care in how they were raised, so the egg was created by "healthier' chickens. These days, it is all up for grabs on how they are raised.
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Post by beth on Dec 31, 2016 21:09:36 GMT -5
DH insists on brown eggs now -- part of that might be that we started buying local free range eggs and then later getting them through our CSA farm share. Our farm share egggs are always brown, but I really loved the ones we got from teh local produce stand -- some brown, some white and a few pastel blue and green. Jusst beautiful. The blue and green ones really bothered my younger son though. I tried to convince him they were all the same and that it was just the breed of chicken that laid them that determined the shell color. So, if you are a young teen boy, they might seem different. The stand closed, so I have to settle for brown now.
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Post by Gail on Dec 31, 2016 21:17:57 GMT -5
 My decision is pure emotion but if I have a choice of buying brown or white eggs, I usually buy brown. Yeah. No logic whatsoever.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2017 21:05:11 GMT -5
Interesting. I've never seen blue green eggs, but then I've never looked for them. For some reason, I thought that brown eggs were healthier.Thanks for the input.
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Post by beth on Jan 2, 2017 0:05:20 GMT -5
We had pale blue and pale green -- the blue ones similar to robins' eggs, but larger and possibly lighter in color.
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Post by bawstinn on Jan 9, 2017 9:11:25 GMT -5
In New England, when I was growing up, there was a egg producer marketing message of "brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are fresh". The breeds most commonly raised in New England back then laid brown eggs. We only had white eggs at Easter for dyeing. I still live in New England and buy the majority of my eggs from local farmers. Some are white, some are brown, some are blue/green. It took me a while to get used to white eggs because the eggs I grew up with were always brown. That's the first thing I thought of too, when I saw the title. I grew up in New England as well. I'm in Iowa now and brown eggs are rare. The only ones I've seen are from a national company, but I can't remember the name at the moment. |
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Post by sallyt on Jan 9, 2017 11:21:17 GMT -5
In New England, when I was growing up, there was a egg producer marketing message of "brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are fresh". The breeds most commonly raised in New England back then laid brown eggs. We only had white eggs at Easter for dyeing. I still live in New England and buy the majority of my eggs from local farmers. Some are white, some are brown, some are blue/green. It took me a while to get used to white eggs because the eggs I grew up with were always brown. That's the first thing I thought of too, when I saw the title. I grew up in New England as well. I'm in Iowa now and brown eggs are rare. The only ones I've seen are from a national company, but I can't remember the name at the moment. Grew up in Boston, back here now, and TOTALLY remember that jingle! Thanks for bringing me back  |
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Post by beth on Jan 16, 2017 1:05:13 GMT -5
I grew up in Texas and eggs we saw were always white then. Brown eggs have been a more recent thing, but they sure are gaining in popularity here. I wouldn't be surprised if the farmers who sell eggs through CSA'a and farmer's markets make a choice to use the breeds that produce brown eggs so they seem more special. Seems we all got the message they were different - better, fresher, healthier, etc., and they command a higher price. The blue and green eggs are great too, but I think fewer people have the same positive image of them. My younger son didn't want me to use them to make pancakes because he felt like I was using other bird eggs or something.
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