Free Range Eggs

[rouseytastic]

Is it just me or they crack more when boiling than caged hen eggs? Winds me up

 

[Finch]

My family had free range chickens growing up, bloody annoying, could never find where they'd laid the eggs when I wanted them or I'd find some and think ... how long ago were these laid? Also they shat everywhere.

Can't say I noticed them cracking easier while boiling though.

 

[brunswick]

yeah, much better to get on the genetically created, coloured, flavored, preserved, chemical, battery farmed, hormone injected, corporate profit eggs.

christ, how dare they crack so easy.

anything that makes "my" life easier i say, sod the ethics or whatever else goes on, its all about me.

 

[Mutts Nuts]

yeah, much better to get on the genetically created, coloured, flavored, preserved, chemical, battery farmed, hormone injected, corporate profit eggs.

christ, how dare they crack so easy.

anything that makes "my" life easier i say, sod the ethics or whatever else goes on, its all about me.

Can`t say i agree with you often you fcuking looney,but on this i do

 

[TrickyOne]

Don't chuck 'em in then!!

 

[geodavies]

Is it just me or they crack more when boiling than caged hen eggs? Winds me up

Pour some vinegar in the water, then they won't crack.........guaranteed..

 

[Woodchip]

I'm scared. I agree with Mutts Nutts and brunswick. I'm off to the looney bin. Aaaaagh!!!!

Free range duck eggs are the way forward.

 

[albion534]

Free range is where it's at!

 

[Mr Smggles]

They crack because you are going from the cold temp of the fridge to the hot temp of boiling water. Leave them out for a bit before cooking them or bring the water to boil with them in there already.

 

[rouseytastic]

yeah, much better to get on the genetically created, coloured, flavored, preserved, chemical, battery farmed, hormone injected, corporate profit eggs.

christ, how dare they crack so easy.

anything that makes "my" life easier i say, sod the ethics or whatever else goes on, its all about me.

Nice.

For the record I didn't say that I won't buy free range because they crack. I always buy free range but sometimes the Mrs comes back with caged.
I was simply stating that in my opinion they seem to crack more.



Ok? Good

 

[Lush]

I find they crack more when they're getting on a bit.

Bit like me

 

[Lady Gull]

I don't keep my eggs in the fridge - I keep them in a rack in my kitchen and they never crack when I boil them?

Free range eggs are so much better than the crap they sell in the supermarkets - we have a small holding at the the back of our house and we get eggs off the woman there - the yolks are almost orange - and they taste superb.

 

[Mutts Nuts]

I'm scared. I agree with Mutts Nutts and brunswick. I'm off to the looney bin. Aaaaagh!!!!

Free range duck eggs are the way forward.

 

[RexCathedra]

Temperature is most of the issue. You'd not put a glass/Pyrex™ pot on a granite countertop, and for the same reason -- thermal shock.

Some small difference is due to calcium intake. A true free-range chicken won't necessarily get enough from the environment, if they're laying frequently. There's oystershells or some such in the made-up feeds.

(Don't have birds, but neighbors do... and this in a state where coyotes, pine martens, foxes, fishers, all make it...... shall we say 'interesting'.)

 

[kevtherev]

I don't keep my eggs in the fridge - I keep them in a rack in my kitchen and they never crack when I boil them?

Free range eggs are so much better than the crap they sell in the supermarkets - we have a small holding at the the back of our house and we get eggs off the woman there - the yolks are almost orange - and they taste superb.

How do you like your eggs in the morning?

 

[Manx Shearwater]

Unfertilized is my guess.




Boom boom!

 

[Lady Gull]

How do you like your eggs in the morning?

Lightly scrambled actually with smoked salmon!!!!

 

[Lady Gull]

Unfertilized is my guess.




Boom boom!

You'd be correct!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I don't put my eggs in the fridge, the supermarket store them on a shelf, so why do they need refrigeration? I keep them in the food cupboard (they crack occasionally)

 

[rouseytastic]

I don't put my eggs in the fridge, the supermarket store them on a shelf, so why do they need refrigeration? I keep them in the food cupboard (they crack occasionally)

This is becoming a theme. I think I'm minded to go and take all 12 eggs that I have in the fridge and just put them in the cupboard. I can see how the temperature thing could make a difference with cracking. Useful