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That's because store bought eggs are not fresh.
Not fresh is an understatement in many parts of the world. In the U.K., it’s up to 60 days - and in the U.S., it’s common for eggs in grocery stores to have been laid 6 months previously.
I have a few ex-battery hens and what I now view as a good egg is one you can crack into a pan of boiling water and it holds together, giving you a perfect poached egg in a couple of minutes. Store bought eggs tend to fall apart in water.
A brand in the UK called Clarence Court started producing a range of eggs (maybe a decade ago?) that have an intensely orange yolk [1] and this became a real differentiator, in some ways an indicator of quality. I know when an egg is Clarence Court in a restaurant for instance (and have confirmed numerous times). They are also delicious eating. The effect is so profound that supermarket own brands have now also start…
I wasn't aware that the red/orange leaves of autmns had their color due to caroten !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjrxXC3kGf4
"The #1 Egg consumer is Japan. Here's why. ($70 vs $1 Egg)"
In recent years it seems the yellow color has become more common though.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's because store bought eggs are not fresh.
Not fresh is an understatement in many parts of the world. In the U.K., it’s up to 60 days - and in the U.S., it’s common for eggs in grocery stores to have been laid 6 months previously.
When I had my own hens I would deliberately age the eggs I intended to hard boil.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's because store bought eggs are not fresh.
Not fresh is an understatement in many parts of the world. In the U.K., it’s up to 60 days - and in the U.S., it’s common for eggs in grocery stores to have been laid 6 months previously.
Extra bit of trivia: the article mentions that southern Europe prefers darker orange, and indeed it's not uncommon in Italian to hear the egg be divided in "bianco e rosso" (White and red). In recent years it seems the yellow color has become more common though.