jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> On 8/8/2017 11:44 AM, wrote:
> > On Tue, 8 Aug 2017 10:11:54 -0400, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I wonder at what price local chicken farmers are selling eggs? I
> > > had to have some blood drawn a couple of weeks ago. When I was
> > > checking in I noticed a few empty egg cartons behind the counter.
> > > I'm nosy, so I asked the guy what the egg cartons were for. He
> > > said a couple of the employees buy fresh eggs from a woman who
> > > raises chickens. She delivers the eggs to the office, they put
> > > them in the empty cartons to take home.
> >> Seems like a nice arrangement for getting fresh eggs. 
> > >
> > > Jill
> >
> > About half my neighbors on this road raise chickens for eggs, some
> > for meat. Chickens live in filthy conditions because chickens are
> > filthy beasts... caged chickens are much cleaner than true free
> > range. Chickens on the ground pick up and transmit all kinds of
> > awful diseases.
> >
> Then I wouldn't eat those eggs or the chicken. Not a big fan of
> chicken anyway. I do tend to care about what I eat.
>
> > The large producers can sell eggs for cheap because they produce so
> > many and by far most eggs are sold to the major wholesalers who
> > supply the huge food producing companys... many more eggs are
> > turned into powdered eggs and frozen eggs than are consumed fresh.
> >
> I wasn't talking about mass producers. A local farmer who raises
> chickens and sells eggs.
>
> When was the last time you had powdered eggs? On a Navy ship? The
> one where you claim they had such wonderful food and prime steaks?!
> I don't know anyone who buys powdered eggs. Some of those fear for
> your life survialist sites sell that sort of thing. Me, I'll stick
> with real eggs.
>
> Jill
Hi Jill, Navy ships can be odd and while I never had a working party
that saw actual powdered eggs, we did have some cartons that were like
'egg scramblers' and frozen then used in baking. They stored well and
if we were out longer than expected between supply ships, you might
find the only option was scrambled from them. Frankly, they were fine
for all but those who yearned for a sunny side up and you'd have to be
2 months out to hit us out. Just like in your own fridge, eggs last a
good bit. The cartons made great omlettes and were freezable so laster
months and months at need.
Sheldon waxes lyrical as well all know. Reality, I never saw powdered
eggs. Ships however do have limited storage and have to conserve space
(more than power!) so a stackable carton that was used for baking, was
a good item. In *his day* they may have had powdered ones. Not by
mine unless it was some deep storage spot for wartime use with 6 years
replacement/expiration stuff we never saw.
Estimation based on best memory. FT McHenry (crew 300) would onload
500 36each fresh egg flats plus the carton stuff that tasted just fine
scrambled.
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