superjules Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I've just tried to serve a soft boiled free range supermarket egg. Our chooks are staying with a friend because we are going away. I had 3 of their eggs left so had to put a supermarket egg in the pan as well. DD aged 4, who loves eggs, however they are cooked, exclaimed "This egg is yuk!". Our own eggs were devoured as usual and the supermarket reject has ended up in the bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Amazing! I can't imagine going back to supermarket eggs now. I wonder if mine could tell the difference! We even take our eggs with us when we go camping so not tried any other eggs for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 We take our eggs too, I'm not sure we were meant to but I took them to France in the caravan karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenzin Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Remember eating a supermarket egg round my friends a few weeks back tasted more like soft rubber , it was vile ......... Dread to think what i'll do when mine stop laying casue i won't eat a supermarket egg again .. Worse still proves what rubbish is fed to these so called FREE RANGE super market chicken laying eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 we had fried eggs last night- i was dubious as i don't normally like fried eggs but they were delish, the whites puffed up and were quite thick and really tasty! I put it down to freshness as they were only laid the day before we ate them. Gawd knows how long the eggs in the supermarket have been sitting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I haven't eaten an egg since August and my lot stopped laying, I will not have one until they start laying in the spring. I am buying free range eggs for baking and cooking but they are just not the same. Made Jack an omlette with shop bought free range eggs and it was so pale and thin, Jack said it was tasteless. Omlettes from our hens are always fluffy and orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I haven't eaten an egg since August and my lot stopped laying, I will not have one until they start laying in the spring. I am buying free range eggs for baking and cooking but they are just not the same. Made Jack an omlette with shop bought free range eggs and it was so pale and thin, Jack said it was tasteless. Omlettes from our hens are always fluffy and orange. you could always find a local free range chicken farm and get them fresh, in theory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I have tried that. The farm shop hens are not laying either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Gal Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I get my free range eggs from the Hampshire Farmers Market. (My lovely girls still haven't figured out how to lay eggs ) Anyway the eggs from the market are great and so much cheaper than the supermarket free range. £1 for 6 lovely big eggs and they are delicious. Actually I think we are spoilt for choice round here for free range eggs as there are quite a few farm shops locally that sell free range eggs. There is one in Titchfield where I always stop to talk to the girls on the way out and tell them what a good job they've done. If I stand there long enough I can have around 200 chooks all talking to me from the other side of the fence where they have come over from the far side of the field and see who is visiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
