Janet Wilder > wrote in
:

> Mark Thorson wrote:
>> JW wrote:
>>> I bought some of these eggs the other day. Never seen
>>> them before. Mind you, they were close to the best before
>>> date, but I've never seen dark orange yokes before.
>>> Should I be concerned?
>>
>> Only if it bothers you that the chickens were fed
>> marigold petals. This is a common practice in
>> South America, but it is also practiced in the U.S.
>
> Didn't the late Frank Perdue advertise that his chickens
> ate marigold petals? I seem to recall that from a previous
> life in the North.

yes, but he raised meat birds & the marigold petals make the
skin yellow. it's apparently more estheticly pleasing to
shoppers than the pale white skinned chickens. it does nothing
for flavor.
lee
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