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Free Range Eggs
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I like fried eggs and I've been eating eggs from caged hens for many years now (Yes, I know it should be outlawed but old habits die hard).
This week I bought a box of 18 free-range eggs at Asda as they were out of stock of the usual ones I buy.
The taste of the free-range eggs was much nicer than that from eggs from caged hens and I had no idea that free-range eggs could taste so markedly different. They even look better in the frying pan and on the plate. I'll never buy a box of caged hen eggs again not only because of the ethics but because of the taste as well!
What exactly is it that makes free-range eggs taste so much nicer and do others feel the same about them?
This week I bought a box of 18 free-range eggs at Asda as they were out of stock of the usual ones I buy.
The taste of the free-range eggs was much nicer than that from eggs from caged hens and I had no idea that free-range eggs could taste so markedly different. They even look better in the frying pan and on the plate. I'll never buy a box of caged hen eggs again not only because of the ethics but because of the taste as well!
What exactly is it that makes free-range eggs taste so much nicer and do others feel the same about them?
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Free range eggs may have more of an orange colour to their yolks due to the abundance of greens and insects in the diet of the birds.
Free range eggs may have more of an orange colour to their yolks due to the abundance of greens and insects in the diet of the birds.
I could quite believe it cascarelli. Just as bigbanana found a marked difference between the supermarket battery eggs and their free range I have found an equal if not greater difference between supermarket free range and ones you can pick up from a good local butcher.
There just aren't the resources (for lack of a better word) to supply the supermarkets with free range eggs as most would imagine the term to mean.
There just aren't the resources (for lack of a better word) to supply the supermarkets with free range eggs as most would imagine the term to mean.
Thanks all for your contributions.
I've since come across a similar question asked here:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Food-and-Drink/ Question301890.html
It's a shame that kev100 got so vociferous at the end as more facts might have emerged.
I've since come across a similar question asked here:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Food-and-Drink/ Question301890.html
It's a shame that kev100 got so vociferous at the end as more facts might have emerged.
You're right flip flop. Hens producing organic eggs are allowed a certain amount of space both inside and outside in the open air and fed on organic grain etc Most free range hens though outside (and sometimes only for a few hours a day) are packed together but they do get exercise that battery hens don't get. Free range eggs or organic eggs bought from a farmer's shop or market (or local shop) are usually fresher than from supermarkets hence a better flavour.