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Why are some egg yolks so orange?

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Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?

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Post by upsidesinclude »

px43 wrote: post #158
simsla wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just colour acting as an equaliser, but people being unable to distinguish when you take yolk colour out of the equation entirely. From the linked thread: > "blindfolded tasters couldn’t really tell the difference between fresh pastures backyard eggs and 2-week old supermarket eggs"

Who were the participants? Random people off the street, or professional tasters who actually pay attention to what they're eating?

Hard to believe that discerning people exist!

It's the same as the claims that no one knows they are sick for weeks before symptoms. If you're unhealthy and living with that, yeah, I guess you might not notice feeling off

Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?

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Post by cpr »

Growing up as a 'white bread' kid in the 60's and 70's, I had never had a farm fresh egg, nor local hand-made bacon.

So you can imagine my delight when, exactly 40 years ago today on our honeymoon, we stayed with some friends of my parents on the Maine coast (Brooklin, in Penobscot Bay, on a little inlet called Herrick's Bay -- just visited there again last week) and they provided fresh local eggs and bacon for our breakfasts. It was truly ambrosial!

(Of course, being in the first days of our honeymoon, in a romantic little converted boathouse out over the water might also have had something to do with it.)

But I can attest that fresh eggs are night and day compared to store bought.

(Of course, we're spoiled now, getting our eggs from friends who raise free-range chickens, so fresh eggs are just table stakes.)

Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?

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Post by Sebguer »

cpr wrote: post #172

Growing up as a 'white bread' kid in the 60's and 70's, I had never had a farm fresh egg, nor local hand-made bacon. So you can imagine my delight when, exactly 40 years ago today on our honeymoon, we stayed with some friends of my parents on the Maine coast (Brooklin, in Penobscot Bay, on a little inlet called Herrick's Bay -- just visited there again last week) and they provided fresh local eggs and bacon for our b…

I'd think you'd only get table steaks if your friends also had cows.

On a serious note, it's kind of wild how horrible modern chickens are. Great twitter thread I saw yesterday: https://twitter.com/MrSollozzo/status/1515324097223225345

Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?

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Post by smilliken »

ipaddr wrote: post #166
TheSoftwareGuy wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not that crazy the more I think about it. If he has a spouse and 2 kids (so 4 people in this house), and each person eats 3 eggs for breakfast everyday for 30 days that’s 360 eggs

That could become a health issue if this is longterm.

If you have a reason to think eggs are unhealthy, state the reason so that there can be a discussion. Eggs are as close to a miracle food that I know, and I think it would be a shame to discourage their consumption.

Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?

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Post by the_af »

tastyfreeze wrote: post #109
TecoAndJix wrote: post #57

I got five chickens last year and now have more eggs then I know what to do with (so we give a lot away). Everyone that has them says they are so much better and I have wondered if that is just due to them being able to see the chickens and their home. It is near impossible to hard boil the eggs they lay because the “membrane” (layer between the shell and egg-stuff) is so thick. The yolk is a darker yellow as well. I…

Do a blind taste test with store bought and home grown eggs. You will be able to tell. After years of eating home grown eggs, I nearly spit out store eggs when I had them. The texture and flavor is so bad it was an immediate involuntary response. Home eggs are velvety and rich in flavor. Store eggs tasted like bland rubber. I say the difference is as stark as comparing scrambled store eggs and reconstituted powdered…

Out of curiosity, did you do a blind test yourself?

Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?

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Post by zwieback »

TecoAndJix wrote: post #57

I got five chickens last year and now have more eggs then I know what to do with (so we give a lot away). Everyone that has them says they are so much better and I have wondered if that is just due to them being able to see the chickens and their home. It is near impossible to hard boil the eggs they lay because the “membrane” (layer between the shell and egg-stuff) is so thick. The yolk is a darker yellow as well. I…

When we had chickens I made a lot of flan and meringues, also stuff like lemon curd. Anything to keep up with the flood of eggs.

Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?

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Post by jedimastert »

TecoAndJix wrote: post #57

I got five chickens last year and now have more eggs then I know what to do with (so we give a lot away). Everyone that has them says they are so much better and I have wondered if that is just due to them being able to see the chickens and their home. It is near impossible to hard boil the eggs they lay because the “membrane” (layer between the shell and egg-stuff) is so thick. The yolk is a darker yellow as well. I…

I think that, separate from any objective difference in "quality" of the eggs, seeing happy chickens is a perfectly fine reason to derive more enjoyment from consuming the eggs in question.

Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?

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Post by thrdbndndn »

aendruk wrote: post #116
thrdbndndn wrote: post #76

Why do all the images in this article have wrong/fake EXIF? (Well, not all; it looks like that they copied the EXIF of the first image (which has the matching EXIF Image description of "Egg yolk in wooden spoon on eggs. Close up.", together with all the other camera/lens info) to all the other images for some reason. Nothing serious, but weird practice nevertheless.)

I’m curious to learn how you ran across this. A browser extension that surfaces the data? Or do you regularly go around downloading and inspecting images as you read?

Yeah, I use an extension [1] that shows EXIF data on hover. Very handy.

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/exif-quickview/kji... (there are lots more advanced ones on Chrome store / AMO, but this works for me.)

Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?

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Post by tick_tock_tick »

tastyfreeze wrote: post #109
TecoAndJix wrote: post #57

I got five chickens last year and now have more eggs then I know what to do with (so we give a lot away). Everyone that has them says they are so much better and I have wondered if that is just due to them being able to see the chickens and their home. It is near impossible to hard boil the eggs they lay because the “membrane” (layer between the shell and egg-stuff) is so thick. The yolk is a darker yellow as well. I…

Do a blind taste test with store bought and home grown eggs. You will be able to tell. After years of eating home grown eggs, I nearly spit out store eggs when I had them. The texture and flavor is so bad it was an immediate involuntary response. Home eggs are velvety and rich in flavor. Store eggs tasted like bland rubber. I say the difference is as stark as comparing scrambled store eggs and reconstituted powdered…

How do you square your results with actual blind tests that show no results? How confident are you that you actually controlled for things like color?
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