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is it me or is the yolks of eggs a lighter colour than they used to be? 10-15 years ago they used to be orange &were more tasty, anyone else noticed this or am i going mad im thinking they give them a cheaper feed, 1that dont contain expensive corn, if you wisk 2eggs its almost white instead of yellow

you're gettin old brother

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that!

Peace,
Balou

mmm this is something that I didn't give much thought to until a few weeks ago - long story short - cracked a shop bought egg into a bowl followed by one from a farm near my house = big difference. Pauli if you want orange go to a farm shop, fresh organic free range is the way to go And yes clearly I am an old sad case too

We get farm free range eggs as well and again they're a nice orange colour, I fucking hate supermarkets and what they've done to the food industry in this country.

Boner wrote:We get farm free range eggs as well and again they're a nice orange colour, I fucking hate supermarkets and what they've done to the food industry in this country.

Not just your country, in the US as well.

I notice that organic/cage free eggs tend to have more yellow and tasty yolks. Also, freshness is related to taste and color.

i want my yolks to be as pale as the walls in the chickens concentration camp.

and i always have soldiers with my eggs just incase the egg has'nt seen enough misery yet.



ha ha, no to be honest i have not noticed a change in egg yolk colour, and my veggie girlfriend wont allow battery eggs in the house anyway.

9-3 say yes, so il take that as im not a nut also sidenote the ones ive bought when in dam from ah are nearly always orange,


@rufus &boner, im gonna have 2find a farmers market or similar, i bet it dont work out more expensive either, +agree boner about supermarkets &their practises, i remember when sainsburys used to have quality meats, now theyre the worst out of all the supermarkets, yet they still trade on the old reputation, imo waitrose is best followed by lidl & aldi

@CSS, stop bullying them eggs theyre not west ham fans

Marco wrote:

Boner wrote:We get farm free range eggs as well and again they're a nice orange colour, I fucking hate supermarkets and what they've done to the food industry in this country.

Not just your country, in the US as well.

I notice that organic/cage free eggs tend to have more yellow and tasty yolks. Also, freshness is related to taste and color.

Are you seriously saying that there is a difference in egg yolk colour of battery hens and free range? I'd bet Mango haze tastes of fucking mango to you hey? lol

Jamie Oliver did a short piece on this very subject a couple of years ago about the colour of egg yolk. They beat different eggs from free range to battery and the battery ones were more pale and runny comparing the two side by side on white dishes. I always buy free-range myself but it's easy where I am living out in the countryside what with loads of farms about and a farmers shop only 2 minute drive away, so I've always had good local free-range and after seeing Jamie's TV clip, I would never buy anything else than free-range now.

You're not imagining things... Whatever the animal is fed will affect the color of the meat/eggs.

An obvious example is that corn-fed chicken is yellow compared to other kinds. Organic/freerange chicken is generally darker. The best quality chicken I've seen is more of a light pinkish-brown colour than your typical off-white. It also tasted amazing, at least double the flavour levels of supermarket chicken.

For anyone else out there who cares about what they put in their body, please watch the documentary Food Inc.

http://www.foodincmovie.com/

Pauli Wallnuts wrote:is it me or is the yolks of eggs a lighter colour than they used to be? 10-15 years ago they used to be orange &were more tasty, anyone else noticed this or am i going mad im thinking they give them a cheaper feed, 1that dont contain expensive corn, if you wisk 2eggs its almost white instead of yellow

From 2003 through 2006 I was lucky enough to operate a poultry farm with a laying flock of about 80 hens.

My birds were more or less 'organic', they were raised outside on grass (no, not THAT kind of grass) and ate ground corn and soybeans in addition to any bugs they caught.

You could definitely see a difference between these farm fresh eggs and the ones available in the supermarket. You hit the nail on the head, mass produced eggs lack color in the yoke.

Farm egg yokes are also more viscous. My customers confirmed my belief that they tasted better, and made baked items raise higher.

By the way, laying hens are very easy to raise if you have a little outdoor space.

ed the head wrote: By the way, laying hens are very easy to raise if you have a little outdoor space.

Yeah I've heard its very easy, something I plan to do one day. You can get some breeds of chickens that are good for both laying eggs and for the meat. If you incorporate the chicken run into the design of your vegetable garden, the chickens will also take care of any slugs, bugs and pests while simultaneously fertilising the soil.

Yes, I spend too much time reading up on random things. Anyone heard of Aquaponics???