American Eggs

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Just watched an episode of Breaking Bad where Jessie is making an omlette. I noticed that the egg shells were white, then it struck me that any time I've seen eggs broken on film or on American cooking programmes the eggs were always white.

Am I imagining it or do they bleach them or something?

Sorry for such a spazzer question, but I'm just intrigued now.
 
Different breeds of chicken can have different coloured egg shells. Over here some supermarkets sell legbar eggs which have a blue tint to them. Generally speaking the eggs will be about the same inside.

There was a huge fuss in the early 90's (I think) when Delia only used white shelled eggs, but alas there's no difference.

Just make sure you get free range :)
 
From what my dad tells me they used to be mainly white when he was a kid, but people preferred brown shells. Over the years the supermarkets simply phased out the white eggs.

Wouldn't surprise me if the chickens that make brown shells are a higher yielding breed though.
 
Jonny69 said:
From what my dad tells me they used to be mainly white when he was a kid, but people preferred brown shells. Over the years the supermarkets simply phased out the white eggs.

Wouldn't surprise me if the chickens that make brown shells are a higher yielding breed though.
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Quite possibly, I get my eggs from a friend who keeps chickens and the shells are mixed and a lot thicker than shop bought. Also the yolks are really deep yellow which makes pasta a really nice colour! :D
 
Cheers guys. It's a symptom of the modern world when I think 'they probably bleach them all so they look uniform at market' rather than 'they're probably just different chickens'.

I always try to go for free range although even that term is ambiguous now. My local butcher sells some sourced directly from a farm. They are double yokers and the colour is noticeably different.
 
Andr3w said:
I have some eggs in my fridge.... I don't think they are free range :(
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To be honest when you went to the mess before did you worry if the eggs were free range?

I try to use that mentality when buying eggs. I normally still guilt myself into buying free range though - it's nice when there's a decent offer on so I don't feel robbed :p
 
I buy free range because it's better quality, better taste, better size and I know the animals aren't in godawful conditions. I can usually get my hands on half a dozen eggs for around a quid, whether that's on offer at the supermarket or I've walked into the local market. Then again I don't live in London, so I don't get raked every purchase lol
 
does what they eat have something to do with it ? I'm sure our old chickens used to lay different colours/sizes/shapes all the time

whoever mentioned the more yellow yoke I'm sure thats to do with how 'fresh' they are.
 
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