On Jul 31, 3:26 pm, Cindy Hamilton >
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> On Jul 31, 2:06 pm, "Dee Dee" > wrote:
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> > >>> How can you determine if an egg has blood specks when hardboiling it?
> > >>> Are blood specks a frequent occurrence with the eggs others get? I can't
> > >>> remember the last time an egg from Trader Joe's or Safeway contained
> > >>> extra protein formation...
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> > >> Ahem. Read Dee's question:
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> > >> Before I hard-boil an egg, I consider the bloody specks that are
> > >> *probably* in my eggs
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> > >> 'Nuff said.
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> > > Again, is this a frequent occurrence with the brand of eggs she's getting?
> > > Or are they "fresh" from her coop? I can't remember the last time I got
> > > eggs from a production farm that were more than yolk-and-white. Some have
> > > thicker shells that can be annoying but always devoid of red-specks...
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> > I buy free-range eggs. About 90% (maybe more?) have blood specs. I have
> > bought them from two different sources (I know this), and they are the same.
> > But I'm not sure what you mean by a production farm.
> > Dee Dee
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> If my husband finds a blood speck in an egg, he throws it away. I'd
> go broke
> buying free-range eggs. I get Eggland's Best (the most ordinary kind--
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> recall exactly what the name on the carton says) because He says that
> they taste better.
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We noticed Cindy's comment about her husband saying Eggland's Best
eggs "taste better". In fact Eggland's Best has won 5 Gold Medal
Awards for the Best Tasting Egg by the American Culinary Institute and
Men's health magazine recently recognized Eggland's Best as "Best
Fresh Egg" in its annual evaluation.

On the subject of spots in eggs....most spots in eggs are actually
spots of protein and pigment. About a third of all brown eggs
regardless of brand, cage free etc have small spots of protein and
pigment in them. This is the same pigment that makes the eggs brown
and so these are not blood or evidence of fertility.