My mother-in-law, well, she’s a cowgirl through and through. She goes on trail rides every year. Her voicemail says, “Hi Cowboys and Cowgirls, this is Jaynie! You know what to do at the beep! Leave a message and I’ll holler at ya later! Love ya!” She’s surrounded by animals… 2 horses, 4 dogs, 3 cats and quite a few ducks and chickens.
I’m highly allergic to fresh duck eggs, so my post today is going to be about fresh chicken eggs.
Video - Coaxing a Fresh Egg from a Chicken & Yolk Comparison
In this video, I’m going to teach you how to coax an egg from the chicken, then I’m going to crack it open and compare the yolk with the store bought eggs.
As you can see from the video, not only is there a huge difference in yolk color, but also in yolk consistency.
What you may not know about fresh eggs is that there’s a protective coating on the shells to keep bacteria out so when you get fresh eggs, you don’t need wash them right away. You can even leave them out on the counter for a few days. As soon as you wash them, you’ll need to refrigerate them.
Click here to learn why America chills its eggs and most of the world doesn't.
Taste Test
As you can see, the eggs come in all different sizes and colors depending which chicken laid it. I absolutely LOVE the taste of the brown eggs. Amazingly yummy. There’s a small white chicken that lays big white eggs… but for some reason, her eggs have a weird earthy taste to them.
I tried my first fresh egg from a chicken coop only about 4 years ago. I don’t know why it took me so long to try the eggs. My mother-in-law used to try to send me home with eggs but I always said, “No, it’s okay. Already have some at home.”
Then, I read up on fresh eggs vs. grocery store eggs and that made me change my mind forever about fresh eggs. Technically, farmers have 30 days to get their eggs to a grocery store and the grocery store has 30 days to sell the eggs, then you have however long you take to eat them. Thankfully, they typically don’t take that long to get to the store.
Deciphering the True Freshness of Store Bought Eggs
The most important thing to learn is how to properly read an egg carton for true freshness or to see if your carton of eggs are caught up in an egg recall.
What the Heck is a Julian Calendar
A Julian Calendar simply counts each day starting from Jan 1, being 001. So, a Julian Calendar Date of 190 means that these eggs were packaged on July 9th, more than 5 weeks ago, yet according to my egg carton, they still fall inside the Best by date!
The USDA, United States Department of Agriculture, provides a Julian Calendar you can use.
I never turn down fresh eggs anymore. In fact, I make special trips to my mother-in-law's to pick some up.
Lessons Learned While Creating This Post
- In this post, I created a video for the first time that combined multiple clips.
- I learned how to read an egg carton for true freshness.
- I learned that most countries do not wash their eggs, so they don't need to refrigerate them.
- I learned what a Julian Calendar is and how to read it.
- I had to use CloudConvert.com to convert a movie file to an MP4. - The link to this tutorial is here.
- I learned how to sign up for notifications on all recalls, including egg recalls, from the USDA, by clicking here.
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