Hello all,

I admit I am easily put off by a bad egg, and last had one
many years ago, until this week.

I normally buy eggs in a British supermarket.

The latest batch I have, have a best before date of 6th May.

It has a code of : UK1688L on the box.

On Sunday 2nd May I was making a cooked breakfast and decided to have
scrambled eggs

On breaking the first egg into a pan, I found the egg yolk had a strange
bloom over the top of it and was a mixture of white and red/black.

There was a second form in the egg besides the yolk; it was a quarter of the
size of a yolk and a very dark red/black colour.



I realise now I should have saved the egg to show someone but I felt so bad
at looking at it I put it down the toilet.



I normally have boiled eggs; I would not have seen how the egg was?

I thought eggs went through a stage of being checked for quality.

How can my faith in eating eggs be restored again?



What are the best to buy?

I do wonder if "free range" can be best as how do we know how soon after
laying they are collected.



Any views please.

Mick.

>
> I do wonder if "free range" can be best as how do we know how soon after
> laying they are collected.
>
> Any views please.
>
> Mick.

Free Range has nothing at all to do with the timing of delivery. Find
a brand/store that doesn't fail you, and get your eggs there. Or get
them from a local village market or farmers' market.

N.

On May 4, 2:19*am, "Mick." > wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> * * * * * * * *I admit I am easily put off by a bad egg, and last had one
> many years ago, until this week.
>
> I normally buy eggs in a British supermarket.
>
> The latest batch I have, have a best before date of 6th May.
>
> It has a code of : UK1688L on the box.
>
> On Sunday 2nd May I was making a cooked breakfast and decided to have
> scrambled eggs
>
> On breaking the first egg into a pan, I found the egg yolk had a strange
> bloom over the top of it and was a mixture of white and red/black.
>
> There was a second form in the egg besides the yolk; it was a quarter of the
> size of a yolk and a very dark red/black colour.
>
> I realise now I should have saved the egg to show someone but I felt so bad
> at looking at it I put it down the toilet.
>
> I normally have boiled eggs; I would not have seen how the egg was?
>
> I thought eggs went through a stage of being checked for quality.
>
> How can my faith in eating eggs be restored again?
>
> What are the best to buy?
>
> I do wonder if "free range" can be best as how do we know how soon after
> laying they are collected.
>
> Any views please.
>
> Mick.

Mick, you got a fertilized egg. It was beginning to form a chick.
If you buy eggs from a local farm
that has roosters....well...you may get a fertilized egg that wasn't
picked up right away before the chick started to form.

If you buy free range, natural eggs you really should 'candle' them
first (hold them up to a very bright light)
and check to see if there is anything in there before you put them in
a recipe or break them into something
besides an individual bowl to check them.

These days people forget that eggs can have chicks in them and if they
get one they freak out. Um, that's where chickens come from, all
eggs are not non fertile.

On a good note, fertilized eggs are even better for you than non
fertile ones. You just need to check them
for any passengers!!!

On Tue, 4 May 2010 10:19:19 +0100, "Mick." >
wrote:

>Hello all,
>
> I admit I am easily put off by a bad egg, and last had one
>many years ago, until this week.
>
>I normally buy eggs in a British supermarket.
>
>The latest batch I have, have a best before date of 6th May.
>
>It has a code of : UK1688L on the box.
>
>On Sunday 2nd May I was making a cooked breakfast and decided to have
>scrambled eggs
>
>On breaking the first egg into a pan, I found the egg yolk had a strange
>bloom over the top of it and was a mixture of white and red/black.
>
>There was a second form in the egg besides the yolk; it was a quarter of the
>size of a yolk and a very dark red/black colour.
>
>
>
>I realise now I should have saved the egg to show someone but I felt so bad
>at looking at it I put it down the toilet.
>
>
>
>I normally have boiled eggs; I would not have seen how the egg was?
>
>I thought eggs went through a stage of being checked for quality.
>
>How can my faith in eating eggs be restored again?
>
>
>
>What are the best to buy?
>
>I do wonder if "free range" can be best as how do we know how soon after
>laying they are collected.
>
>
>
>Any views please.
>
>Mick.

You didn't happen to buy your eggs in an Asian market did you?
Balut anyone?

Ross.

> wrote in message
...
> You didn't happen to buy your eggs in an Asian market did you?
> Balut anyone?
>
> Ross.

Hi Ross,
No I bought them in a British supermarket.
I have been to Asia and have seen people eating "Bulut" but refused to try
it.
But yes that does seem that was what it was.

I am just worried how we can rely on them being good, what if I had boiled
it?
I realise it would have done me little harm had I eaten it boiled but just
the thought turns me over!
Thanks,
Mick.

On 5/4/2010 11:57 AM, Mick. wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> You didn't happen to buy your eggs in an Asian market did you?
>> Balut anyone?
>>
>> Ross.
>
> Hi Ross,
> No I bought them in a British supermarket.
> I have been to Asia and have seen people eating "Bulut" but refused to try
> it.
> But yes that does seem that was what it was.
>
> I am just worried how we can rely on them being good, what if I had boiled
> it?
> I realise it would have done me little harm had I eaten it boiled but just
> the thought turns me over!

If it really worries you then candle your eggs before you cook them. If
you don't know how to do that, google "egg candling"--there are a lot of
good sites out there describing the process.

On May 4, 1:29*pm, Janet Baraclough >
wrote:
> The message
> >
> from ImStillMags > contains these words:
>
> > On a good note, fertilized eggs are even better for you than non
> > fertile ones. *
>
> * *Why is that?
>
> * *Janet

Maybe it's because we all need to eat feathers and feet every day.
LOL.

N.

On May 4, 11:29*am, Janet Baraclough >
wrote:
> The message
> >
> from ImStillMags > contains these words:
>
> > On a good note, fertilized eggs are even better for you than non
> > fertile ones. *
>
> * *Why is that?
>
> * *Janet

Well, nutrient wise, science tells us that fertilized eggs are pretty
much no different than fertilized eggs.... but it is my contention
that a free range naturally fed hen who has been able to scratch and
peck and mess around with a rooster is a happier and healtier bird and
her eggs will have a different 'vibe' than a hen who has been in a
tiny cage and forced to lay eggs on an assembly line.

The color of the yolks of a free range chicken is dark yellow-orange
and the taste is different as well. Those eggs just
FEEL better to me, so I figure my body likes them better.

I guess it's a personal thing.

On May 4, 1:22*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> On May 4, 11:29*am, Janet Baraclough >
> wrote:
>
> > The message
> > >
> > from ImStillMags > contains these words:
>
> > > On a good note, fertilized eggs are even better for you than non
> > > fertile ones. *
>
> > * *Why is that?
>
> > * *Janet
>
> Well, nutrient wise, science tells us that fertilized eggs are pretty
> much no different than fertilized eggs.... *but it is my contention
> that a free range naturally fed hen who has been able to scratch and
> peck and mess around with a rooster is a happier and healtier bird and
> her eggs will have a different 'vibe' than a hen who has been in a
> tiny cage and forced to lay eggs on an assembly line.
>
> The color of the yolks of a free range chicken is dark yellow-orange
> and the taste is different as well. * Those eggs just
> FEEL better to me, so I figure my body likes them better.
>
> I guess it's a personal thing.

==
Eggs have "vibes" now? I don't think so...I was brought up on a farm
and never discovered this quality about eggs. Yolks from free range
hens are dark yellow or orange because the hens eat green grass...no
other reason. Exposing chickens to every thing going on their free
range is not healthier than caging birds but you should ask a
veterinarian about that. Some of the vile stuff than chickens eat on
free range might change your mind if you were to observe their habits.
I like eggs but I prefer those that come from healthy chickens fed
proper rations, and raised in comfortable surroundings.
==

ImStillMags wrote:
>
> The color of the yolks of a free range chicken is dark yellow-orange
> and the taste is different as well. Those eggs just
> FEEL better to me, so I figure my body likes them better.

That's from a different diet. Caged chickens eat whatever they are fed
which tends to be some mixture of grains, soy, maybe some flax seeds to
increase the price. Range chickens eat bugs and weeds and whatever else
they can get plus the feed given to them by the farmer. Some will view
that as more natural and more healthy, others as disgusting. I'll go
with tasting better, slightly.

On May 4, 12:45*pm, Roy > wrote:
> On May 4, 1:22*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 4, 11:29*am, Janet Baraclough >
> > wrote:
>
> > > The message
> > > >
> > > from ImStillMags > contains these words:
>
> > > > On a good note, fertilized eggs are even better for you than non
> > > > fertile ones. *
>
> > > * *Why is that?
>
> > > * *Janet
>
> > Well, nutrient wise, science tells us that fertilized eggs are pretty
> > much no different than fertilized eggs.... *but it is my contention
> > that a free range naturally fed hen who has been able to scratch and
> > peck and mess around with a rooster is a happier and healtier bird and
> > her eggs will have a different 'vibe' than a hen who has been in a
> > tiny cage and forced to lay eggs on an assembly line.
>
> > The color of the yolks of a free range chicken is dark yellow-orange
> > and the taste is different as well. * Those eggs just
> > FEEL better to me, so I figure my body likes them better.
>
> > I guess it's a personal thing.
>
> ==
> Eggs have "vibes" now? I don't think so...I was brought up on a farm
> and never discovered this quality about eggs. Yolks from free range
> hens are dark yellow or orange because the hens eat green grass...no
> other reason. Exposing chickens to every thing going on their free
> range is not healthier than caging birds but you should ask a
> veterinarian about that. Some of the vile stuff than chickens eat on
> free range might change your mind if you were to observe their habits.
> I like eggs but I prefer those that come from healthy chickens fed
> proper rations, and raised in comfortable surroundings.
> ==- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I guess I'm more of a 'nature girl' than you are. I have raised many
many chickens. The ones who got to peck and scratch and even 'clean'
the garden and flirt with the rooster were the egg layers. The
difference in the quality of the eggs
from those who had the room to roam and storebought eggs from those
who did not is marked.

The chickens we raised for meat were kept in a small pen and fed more
'chicken feed'.

And yes, eggs have 'vibes', all things do.
I really do believe it makes a difference.

Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
> That's from a different diet. Caged chickens eat whatever they are fed
> which tends to be some mixture of grains, soy, maybe some flax seeds to

And protein meal made from sources which cannot be fed
to ruminant animals, such as downer cattle.

Mick. wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I admit I am easily put off by a bad egg, and last had one
> many years ago, until this week.
>
> I normally buy eggs in a British supermarket.
>
> The latest batch I have, have a best before date of 6th May.
>
> It has a code of : UK1688L on the box.
>
> On Sunday 2nd May I was making a cooked breakfast and decided to have
> scrambled eggs
>
> On breaking the first egg into a pan, I found the egg yolk had a strange
> bloom over the top of it and was a mixture of white and red/black.
>
> There was a second form in the egg besides the yolk; it was a quarter of the
> size of a yolk and a very dark red/black colour.
>
>
>
> I realise now I should have saved the egg to show someone but I felt so bad
> at looking at it I put it down the toilet.
>
>
>
> I normally have boiled eggs; I would not have seen how the egg was?
>
> I thought eggs went through a stage of being checked for quality.
>
> How can my faith in eating eggs be restored again?
>
>
>
> What are the best to buy?
>
> I do wonder if "free range" can be best as how do we know how soon after
> laying they are collected.
>
>
>
> Any views please.
>
> Mick.
>
>
>
>
Make a habit of breaking into a vessel and pouring into the pan , one in
a million for a bad one but it happens

Andy wrote:
>atec7 7 wrote:
>>
>> Make a habit of breaking into a vessel and pouring into the pan , one
>> in a million for a bad one but it happens
>
>I saw a TV program on commercial egg production. They print a code,
>invisible to the human eye, on each egg shell. It can be seen under a
>blacklight (spectrum) lamp.
>
>Thought it was worth a mention. Maybe not.

Today there are lots of high tech processes in egg production

http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/P...-at-the-double

On May 5, 5:44*am, Andy > wrote:
> atec7 7 <""atec77\"@ hotmail.com"> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Mick. wrote:
> >> Hello all,
>
> >> * * * * * * * *I admit I am easily put off by a bad egg, and last had
> >> * * * * * * * *one
> >> many years ago, until this week.
>
> >> I normally buy eggs in a British supermarket.
>
> >> The latest batch I have, have a best before date of 6th May.
>
> >> It has a code of : UK1688L on the box.
>
> >> On Sunday 2nd May I was making a cooked breakfast and decided to have
> >> scrambled eggs
>
> >> On breaking the first egg into a pan, I found the egg yolk had a
> >> strange bloom over the top of it and was a mixture of white and
> >> red/black.
>
> >> There was a second form in the egg besides the yolk; it was a quarter
> >> of the size of a yolk and a very dark red/black colour.
>
> >> I realise now I should have saved the egg to show someone but I felt
> >> so bad at looking at it I put it down the toilet.
>
> >> I normally have boiled eggs; I would not have seen how the egg was?
>
> >> I thought eggs went through a stage of being checked for quality.
>
> >> How can my faith in eating eggs be restored again?
>
> >> What are the best to buy?
>
> >> I do wonder if "free range" can be best as how do we know how soon
> >> after laying they are collected.
>
> >> Any views please.
>
> >> Mick.
>
> > Make a habit of breaking into a vessel and pouring into the pan , one
> > in a million for a bad one but it happens
>
> I saw a TV program on commercial egg production. They print a code,
> invisible to the human eye, on each egg shell. It can be seen under a
> blacklight (spectrum) lamp.
>
> Thought it was worth a mention. Maybe not.

Everything you know about eggs you learned while sitting on your ass
in front of a TV. Heck, your "eggs" come out of a milk carton, and
are enjoyed with a Bud Light.
>
> Andy

--Bryan

On Wed, 05 May 2010 05:44:13 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>I saw a TV program on commercial egg production. They print a code,
>invisible to the human eye, on each egg shell. It can be seen under a
>blacklight (spectrum) lamp.

I wonder if that's true for all commercial eggs? I need to find my
black light and find out!
>
>Thought it was worth a mention. Maybe not.
>
FWIW I thought it was interesting.


--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On May 4, 6:44*pm, Janet Baraclough >
wrote:
> The message >
> from ImStillMags > contains these words:
>
LOL, have you never seen hen sex? The females NEVER court , invite or
welcome it and if you've seen the technique you'll know why.

-------

Actually I have.....many times. My last flock of layers was about 100
hens. I have watched the rooster parade around
the yard and seen hens turn, kneel and 'present'. It's not all
involuntary or violent as you think.

In article >,
"J. Clarke" > wrote:

> On 5/4/2010 11:57 AM, Mick. wrote:
> > > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> You didn't happen to buy your eggs in an Asian market did you?
> >> Balut anyone?
> >>
> >> Ross.
> >
> > Hi Ross,
> > No I bought them in a British supermarket.
> > I have been to Asia and have seen people eating "Bulut" but refused to try
> > it.
> > But yes that does seem that was what it was.
> >
> > I am just worried how we can rely on them being good, what if I had boiled
> > it?
> > I realise it would have done me little harm had I eaten it boiled but just
> > the thought turns me over!
>
> If it really worries you then candle your eggs before you cook them. If
> you don't know how to do that, google "egg candling"--there are a lot of
> good sites out there describing the process.

And I have a photo of me doing so on file. ;-)
--
Peace! Om

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In article
>,
Roy > wrote:

> > The color of the yolks of a free range chicken is dark yellow-orange
> > and the taste is different as well. * Those eggs just
> > FEEL better to me, so I figure my body likes them better.
> >
> > I guess it's a personal thing.
>
> ==
> Eggs have "vibes" now? I don't think so...I was brought up on a farm
> and never discovered this quality about eggs. Yolks from free range
> hens are dark yellow or orange because the hens eat green grass...no
> other reason. Exposing chickens to every thing going on their free
> range is not healthier than caging birds but you should ask a
> veterinarian about that. Some of the vile stuff than chickens eat on
> free range might change your mind if you were to observe their habits.
> I like eggs but I prefer those that come from healthy chickens fed
> proper rations, and raised in comfortable surroundings.

"Comfortable" surroundings include free ranging to eat bugs and grass
and stuff. <g> Those eggs are much higher in nutrient content.

My hens were free in a hen yard so they were protected and happy, but it
was rapidly denuded of green stuff. I fed them with a proper ration and
supplemented them with table scraps and rabbit pellets that contained
mostly alfalfa. The alfalfa pellet trick I learned from another poultry
owner.

It colored the yolks that deep orange and added nutrition and flavor to
the eggs. :-)

So what is wrong with free range eggs? What the hens eat, granted, is
converted into the eggs, but it's not like you are actually eating
crickets!

No more so than when you eat most commercial beef that has been raised
on rotten grain, otherwise known as "silage".

Uncaged birds are less stressed too, and they don't have to cut 1/2 of
their upper beaks off to prevent them from eating each other...
--
Peace! Om

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*Only Irish *coffee provides in a single glass all four *essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar *and fat. --Alex Levine

In article >,
atec7 7 <""atec77\"@ hotmail.com"> wrote:

> > I do wonder if "free range" can be best as how do we know how soon after
> > laying they are collected.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any views please.
> >
> > Mick.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Make a habit of breaking into a vessel and pouring into the pan , one in
> a million for a bad one but it happens

Mom taught me that years ago. I usually break eggs in to a small bowl,
then pour that in to the pan or bowl.

That way, if I get a bad one (which is very rare now that I no longer
have my own hens), it can go into the compost container and I don't have
to toss any good ones that may have gotten combined with it.
--
Peace! Om

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*Only Irish *coffee provides in a single glass all four *essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar *and fat. --Alex Levine

In article
>,
ImStillMags > wrote:

> > I do miss my hens. Chickens are a hoot to keep as you say. <sigh>
> >
> >
> >
> > > We also fed a quality chicken mix and alfalfa pellets to supplement
> > > their foraging. *Their eggs were amazing.
> > > We sold our eggs exclusively to one restaurant in town and they would
> > > tell us stories about the reactions of
> > > their customers to the eggs and also how they had to adjust some of
> > > their baking recipes to accommodate
> > > the larger, richer eggs.
> >
> > No surprise. <g> There is a world of difference between free range
> > and/or heavily green fed eggs vs. most commercial eggs.
>
> I'm aiming, one of these days when I can actully retire, to have a
> little place again where I can have chickens.
> I miss it.

As do I. :-)
I may have a few again someday, but no rooster and maybe only 1 dozen
hens. Enough to keep just us in eggs with no eggstras. <g>
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
*Only Irish *coffee provides in a single glass all four *essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar *and fat. --Alex Levine

On Sat, 08 May 2010 04:02:14 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article
>,
> ImStillMags > wrote:
>
>> > I do miss my hens. Chickens are a hoot to keep as you say. <sigh>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > We also fed a quality chicken mix and alfalfa pellets to supplement
>> > > their foraging. *Their eggs were amazing.
>> > > We sold our eggs exclusively to one restaurant in town and they would
>> > > tell us stories about the reactions of
>> > > their customers to the eggs and also how they had to adjust some of
>> > > their baking recipes to accommodate
>> > > the larger, richer eggs.
>> >
>> > No surprise. <g> There is a world of difference between free range
>> > and/or heavily green fed eggs vs. most commercial eggs.
>>
>> I'm aiming, one of these days when I can actully retire, to have a
>> little place again where I can have chickens.
>> I miss it.
>
>As do I. :-)
>I may have a few again someday, but no rooster and maybe only 1 dozen
>hens. Enough to keep just us in eggs with no eggstras. <g>

Bird eggs have but one purpose, to procreate... this requires an exact
nutritional balance for nourishing the developing embryo. The
nutritional value of eggs from the same breed of chicken is exactly
the same regardless their diet (chicken anatomy 101)... with a poor
diet they'll lay fewer/smaller eggs with poorer shells is all... yolk
color can be manipulated by introducing a dye in their feed (your skin
can be made orange by eating an over abundance of carrots) but yolk
color hasn't a whit to do with nutritional value... egg flavor has
only to do with freshness. Chicken flesh contains the same
nutritional value regardless the feed, only the flesh flavor can be
manipulated by diet... free range chicken is a lot of hooey... you pay
more because the more they excercise the longer it takes for them to
come to weight, and naturally the longer time requires more feed, and
more care... but the chicken farmer can and does manipulate the flesh
flavor by the feed mix. If chickens were totally free range (no feed)
they'd be tough, stringy, and more likely taste gamey like any wild
game bird. That folks believe free range chickens are in any way
nutritionally superior simply proves the power of advertising and how
easily weak minded folks are separated from their dollars. And with
how folks season, marinate, bread, smoke, cook, and sauce chicken
there is no way anyone can taste how a chicken was raised.

On May 8, 8:59*am, brooklyn1 > wrote:
> On Sat, 08 May 2010 04:02:14 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >In article
> >,
> > ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> >> > I do miss my hens. Chickens are a hoot to keep as you say. <sigh>
>
> >> > > We also fed a quality chicken mix and alfalfa pellets to supplement
> >> > > their foraging. *Their eggs were amazing.
> >> > > We sold our eggs exclusively to one restaurant in town and they would
> >> > > tell us stories about the reactions of
> >> > > their customers to the eggs and also how they had to adjust some of
> >> > > their baking recipes to accommodate
> >> > > the larger, richer eggs.
>
> >> > No surprise. <g> There is a world of difference between free range
> >> > and/or heavily green fed eggs vs. most commercial eggs.
>
> >> I'm aiming, one of these days when I can actully retire, to have a
> >> little place again where I can have chickens.
> >> I miss it.
>
> >As do I. :-)
> >I may have a few again someday, but no rooster and maybe only 1 dozen
> >hens. Enough to keep just us in eggs with no eggstras. <g>
>
> Bird eggs have but one purpose, to procreate... this requires an exact
> nutritional balance for nourishing the developing embryo. *The
> nutritional value of eggs from the same breed of chicken is exactly
> the same regardless their diet (chicken anatomy 101)... with a poor
> diet they'll lay fewer/smaller eggs with poorer shells is all... yolk
> color can be manipulated by introducing a dye in their feed (your skin
> can be made orange by eating an over abundance of carrots) but yolk
> color hasn't a whit to do with nutritional value... egg flavor has
> only to do with freshness. *Chicken flesh contains the same
> nutritional value regardless the feed, only the flesh flavor can be
> manipulated by diet... free range chicken is a lot of hooey... you pay
> more because the more they excercise the longer it takes for them to
> come to weight, and naturally the longer time requires more feed, and
> more care... but the chicken farmer can and does manipulate the flesh
> flavor by the feed mix. *If chickens were totally free range (no feed)
> they'd be tough, stringy, and more likely taste gamey like any wild
> game bird. *That folks believe free range chickens are in any way
> nutritionally superior simply proves the power of advertising and how
> easily weak minded folks are separated from their dollars. And with
> how folks season, marinate, bread, smoke, cook, and sauce chicken
> there is no way anyone can taste how a chicken was raised.

==
EXCEPT if they are fed a ration with excessive fish oil content it
will show up in the eggs and the flesh. This also happens with the
milk of cows who eat fresh green grass and stinkweed or other weeds.
Having lived most of my life on a farm, I can verify this especially.
As a kid the taste of "weedy" milk just about made me barf.

==