EGGS - A QUEST FOR THE BEST!

We always had chickens growing up
I learned that when grass hoppers are plentiful you’d best keep your chickens in the pen
Some of those eggs were so bitter they were almost inedible .

Funny I didn't notice anything odd about the flavor of the eggs a buddy of mine's chickens lay. He keeps them in a moveable pen that has wheels, they are great little lawn mowers and man do they love grasshoppers, it was fun feeding them grasshoppers I caught and tossed in the pen for them to fight over.
Someone told me that if you want to have hard boiled eggs that give up the shell easy, try using eggs that are a couple weeks old. Has something to do with the air pocket gets larger as the egg ages, shell gets looser. He raised some turkeys for meat and although not as juicy as store bought, the flavor was much better. He told me I could soak the turkey in a brine overnight to make it juicier. He has a buddy with a trailer he rents out that has everything you need to butcher and process chickens and turkeys, didn't take him long to process twenty five turkeys, amazing.
 
Funny I didn't notice anything odd about the flavor of the eggs a buddy of mine's chickens lay. He keeps them in a moveable pen that has wheels, they are great little lawn mowers and man do they love grasshoppers, it was fun feeding them grasshoppers I caught and tossed in the pen for them to fight over

I’m not 100% sure that it was the grasshoppers but the cause and effect seemed to support the hypothesis
 
I thought that I was the only one who appreciated Nellie's eggs. The best supermarket eggs I have ever found.
 
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grandma raised chickens, meat & layers... spring was new fuzzy chicks to play with... mid June was rooster butchering time.. a family affair.. when I was little my job was picking out the heart, liver & gizzard.. then splitting and cleaning the gizzard... when older I got to wet pick & singe pin feathers.. then cut up into fryer pieces.. we would do about 100 in a day... didn't really want chicken until the 4th of July.. grandma sold eggs uptown for spending money... and yes.. farm fresh eggs are the best... still grab them when I can.
 
I tried scrapple once. Wasn't impressed at all. I'll stick with livermush. It's great with grape jelly.

As for brown eggs versus white eggs, the only difference is the color of the shell.

I thought that too - then I discovered some of them are much tastier. The Nelly's Eggs brown eggs and the Costco Blue egg yokes are orangish in color and you can actually taste the difference.

I agree with you that some brands of brown eggs taste and look the same once cracked, but the two I just mentioned above are different and hve a bit more taste.
 
Free range chickens and barnyard chickens will happily include bugs and insects in their diet. Chickens and turkeys, if given a choice, will eat bugs and many other crawling things along with grain. Maybe that's why Free range chicken eggs have more flavor.
 
Free range chickens and barnyard chickens will happily include bugs and insects in their diet. Chickens and turkeys, if given a choice, will eat bugs and many other crawling things along with grain. Maybe that's why Free range chicken eggs have more flavor.

Those who drown their eggs in Tabasco sauce will never know the difference.
 
Scrapple is popular in Maryland as well…I grew up eating it. Rapa is my brand of choice.

BTW, you can order scrapple on Amazon… :)[/QUOTE

RAPA actually bought out the local brand we had. They still sell it with the original recipe as far as spices but a bit more cornmeal these days. The original recipe was Hadaway Brothers of Whorton Md. They got their recipe from my Great Grandmother...great with homemade strawberry jam...so is her sausage recipe
 
Louisville allows folks to keep chickens in the city. A lady of my acquaintance was telling about the magnificent chicken coop her back neighbors had just put in. She was upset they would be noisy. Some weeks later, I was speaking with her and asked how she was getting on with the chickens.

"She says they are not a problem. There's no rooster. But they're getting eggs. How are they getting eggs without a rooster?"

So, I ask her, "How many kids did you have?"

She answers. "Two."

"What did you do with the rest of your eggs?"

She looks bewildered.

"You don't need a rooster to have eggs, you need a rooster if you want to have more chickens."

Understand this woman is old enough to have voted for McGovern, but a city slicker to the core.
 
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scrapple ? In Wyoming? Only people from PA know about scrapple.
I still have 2 pounds + here for breakfast with eggs & maple syrup....

Am in NW Wi, but from south central Pa. Scrapple and eggs (basted). Unfortunately lot of people get introduced to scrapple made with excessive amounts of fat in it. While the scrapple pictured is imported from Ohio Amish, it is pretty easy to make your own and control the ingredients. And prefer it with dippy eggs.
 

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The search for the best eggs is going nicely.
It seemed like I was the only one who like Nelly's eggs.
 
Since Chief38 started this thread I've been keeping my eye's peeled for Nellies (Nelly's) but haven't come across any yet. Don't belong to Costco.

I usually buy supermarket jumbos but my wife, who has an acute sense of smell, recently told me she does not like their smell. Last trip to the supermarket I bought some organic brown eggs — Simple Truth, I think they were called — and will try those.

I think I occasionally see eggs for sale when driving in the countryside around here. Maybe I'll try those.
 
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