Are farm fresh eggs really that much better?

[ponyo]

Austsralia, esp. Tasmania.

Ok. I haven't had the opportunity to travel to Australia/Tasmania but I've heard some very good things about the steaks from the Wagyu/Angus cows there. So I'll concede they might be slightly better than the US at steaks. But overall, USA does steaks very well and our grain finished young Angus cows are top notch for steaks.

 

[Fritzo]

As others have said, it depends on what the chickens are fed. I'm fortunate enough to live near a farm that sells eggs $2.50 a dozen, and they're free range in a field of wheat grass, so they make protein packed eggs with deep orange yolks. The difference in taste is kind of like the difference between a store-bought carrot and a carrot fresh out of the ground- they're similar but the fresh one is more intense.

 

[kn51]

A very drunk Sailor on a dare.
( Don't ask )

You should give ortolan a shot.

 

[Luna1968]

Yeah but those keep chickens also have a few roasters as well, right?

no, My town allows us to have max of 6 chickens and/or ducks for our own food but absolutely no roosters.

 

[Kaido]

I personally haven't seen much of a difference. I've tried farm eggs, store eggs, brown eggs, etc. I just buy the 36-pack clamshell package from the local grocery store these days.

Milk, OTOH, can have a HUGE difference. There is a farm north of me that pasteurizes their milk, but doesn't add any Vitamin D or anything to it. It tastes phenomenal, like how milk used to taste when I was a kid - you can drink it just to drink it, unlike the gallons you get from the store, which are only fun to drink with a cookie or whatever. But, the milk is dependent on finding the right fit for you, if it's something you even care about at all...I've tried a lot of farm milks & they were OK - better than say store-brand gallons - but the added vitamin-free milk I get from the local farm is just wowzers.

I'm still kind of on the fence about butter. I have a control recipe (cookie) that I use to test butters. I think my butter taste profile came from strongly-flavored margarine in the 90's, haha, so very few butters have that "buttery" taste I'm looking for. Lately I've been really enjoying Kate's Butter:

https://www.kateshomemadebutter.com/

Only downside is it's literally twice as expensive as store-brand butter ($5.99 vs. $2.99 for a 4-pack of sticks), so it's not as economical to use (I got through a LOT of butter).

 

[whm1974]

They are cleaned thoroughly. You understand innards make up a large portion of an animal right? Why would you let it go to waste?

Because it is waste. So why would you eat this? Artificial Casings are much better and safer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausage_casing#Artificial_casings

 

[sdifox]

Because it is waste. So why would you eat this? Artificial Casings are much better and safer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausage_casing#Artificial_casings

Lol billions of people eat innards and still live. I prefer animal based casing.

 

[whm1974]

Lol billions of people eat innards and still live. I prefer animal based casing.

And many people get food poisoning from improperly cleaned natural cases.

 

[IronWing]

Lol billions of people eat innards and still live. I prefer animal based casing.

I tried the tortas ahogadas (Mexican pork sandwich) at the local swap meet. A casual inspection of the contents informed me that I should not make a careful inspection of the contents. It was pretty good.

 

[sdifox]

And many people get food poisoning from improperly cleaned natural cases.

Lol where?

 

[whm1974]

I tried the tortas ahogadas (Mexican pork sandwich) at the local swap meet. A casual inspection of the contents informed me that I should not make a careful inspection of the contents. It was pretty good.

I don't like my sandwiches drowned in sauce, way too messy to eat. sauce should be in the middle of said sandwich not covering it.

Lol where?

Everywhere, worldwide. What do you mean where?

 

[IronWing]

Lol where?

Here. There are at least a dozen restaurants tucked in the various shacks there. The shacks are mostly assembled from building materials washed up after the 2004 tsunami but the county has an extremely aggressive food service inspection program so kitchens are generally clean and safe.

 

[sdifox]

I don't like my sandwiches drowned in sauce, way too messy to eat. sauce should be in the middle of said sandwich not covering it.


Everywhere, worldwide. What do you mean where?

I don't know where you eat, but I never had issues with that, even in nightmarkets in Taiwan.

 

[eng2d2]

aldis eggs are 79cents a dozen right now

 

[Kaido]

Because it is waste. So why would you eat this? Artificial Casings are much better and safer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausage_casing#Artificial_casings

I recently bought a meat grinder, which has a sausage-stuffing feature...I definitely prefer artificial casings, at least at the moment (still learning!), mostly because they remove the barnyard taste & smell that animal-intestine casings tend to have.

 

[sdifox]

I recently bought a meat grinder, which has a sausage-stuffing feature...I definitely prefer artificial casings, at least at the moment (still learning!), mostly because they remove the barnyard taste & smell that animal-intestine casings tend to have.

sausage meat should be hand diced

 

[herm0016]

I don't like my sandwiches drowned in sauce, way too messy to eat. sauce should be in the middle of said sandwich not covering it.


Everywhere, worldwide. What do you mean where?

Ha. i have some pitty for anyone that lives in the UK, food wise. its terrible when you have to coopt a dish from a country far far away to for your national dish.

you need some good buche ( stomach) tacos. ohh yea. Natural casings are better. the flint cony sauce is made from intestines and is better than the Detroit cony sauce.


kaido: if they are high quality, you won't get that barn yard taste. maybe just a whif of smell when they are fresh.

 

[whm1974]

I Smelled someone cooking chitlins before, given the stench I have a hard time accepting that some people actually do eat those.😱

 

[Exterous]

Austsralia, esp. Tasmania.

Best steak I ever had was in Melbourne, although we didn't have a chance to make it to Tasmania

aldis eggs are 79cents a dozen right now

I am frequently reminded how expensive things like milk and eggs are elsewhere. Normal price for mass produced eggs at Kroger are $.59 for a dozen or $.89 for 18. Occasionally we'll see a dozen go on sale for $0.49 or the 18ct for $0.59

 

[Fritzo]

I Smelled someone cooking chitlins before, given the stench I have a hard time accepting that some people actually do eat those.😱

My inlaws cook tripe to make menudo once in a while (it's a Mexican hominy stew). You have to wash the curtains after cooking that stuff.

 

[sdifox]

My inlaws cook tripe to make menudo once in a while (it's a Mexican hominy stew). You have to wash the curtains after cooking that stuff.

tripe and tendons are easily done now with instant pot 😛

 

[zinfamous]

It depends on the farm.

You mean like eggs from a small, free-range chicken farm vs. eggs from one of Alkymest's cat farms?

 

[Kaido]

kaido: if they are high quality, you won't get that barn yard taste. maybe just a whif of smell when they are fresh.

Any recommendations on a supplier? I'm willing to give it another shot!

 

[olds]

Pretty much anything fresh is better than what's in a supermarket.

 

[Captante]

I love chitlins, in its various preparations.

Did someone say chitlins ??? 😛


And I will spend a little extra for local/free-range/special-snowflake chicken-eggs but at $4 to $5 a dozen (Connecticut) prices have just gotten out of hand.