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I absolutely could do this, even with food coloring.
Please report back after confirming :)
Let's see if I can convince the wife to open a bottle of white on a Sunday night. :-)
Why are some egg yolks so orange?
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Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?
#222As long as the egg doesn't float when i put it in water, I'm good.
Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?
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The USDA prohibits eggs from being called safe or nutritious because of their cholesterol and saturated fat content. Video and transcript expanding on this available at https://nutritionfacts.org/video/who-says-eggs-arent-healthy... .
Personally, I would not pay any attention to that whatsoever.
Please share your rationale to further the conversation. Certainly each of us are responsible for our own decisions.
Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?
#224Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?
#225J. Kenji López-Alt has a bit in his Food Lab book where he explores the effect of yolk colour on taste. Paraphrasing, the takeaway is that people generally perceive redder/deeper yolks as more flavoursome, but if you remove this factor (with food colouring, say), then people can't tell the difference. He summarises this in a twitter thread: [1] [1]: https://nitter.net/kenjilopezalt/status/1176542696724320256
For people into this kind of stuff check out “Taste: What You’re Missing” from food scientist Barb Stucky. It’s a pop science collection of stores about measuring tastes and food pleasure. I remember reading a chapter on texture and how one of the founders of Ben and Jerry’s ice cram, Ben Chohen, doesn’t have a sense of taste. When you can’t taste anything food, ice cream in particular, becomes very boring after the…
>one of the founders of Ben and Jerry’s ice cram, Ben Chohen, doesn’t have a sense of taste.
That explains so much!
Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?
#226Feeding the chickens dyes can make the yolk any color you want, they used to do it as a demo for chicken feed sales by making the yolks all different colors.
Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?
#227J. Kenji López-Alt has a bit in his Food Lab book where he explores the effect of yolk colour on taste. Paraphrasing, the takeaway is that people generally perceive redder/deeper yolks as more flavoursome, but if you remove this factor (with food colouring, say), then people can't tell the difference. He summarises this in a twitter thread: [1] [1]: https://nitter.net/kenjilopezalt/status/1176542696724320256
Over here in the bay area some Japanese markets have "golden yolk" brand eggs that have deep orange colored yolks. I don't know if they're more nutritious / taste better but the texture is different. When frying these and regular store bought eggs in the same pan, they hold their shape better. The store bought eggs spreads out more and the egg white tears more easily.
Re: Why are some egg yolks so orange?
#228J. Kenji López-Alt has a bit in his Food Lab book where he explores the effect of yolk colour on taste. Paraphrasing, the takeaway is that people generally perceive redder/deeper yolks as more flavoursome, but if you remove this factor (with food colouring, say), then people can't tell the difference. He summarises this in a twitter thread: [1] [1]: https://nitter.net/kenjilopezalt/status/1176542696724320256
Over here in the bay area some Japanese markets have "golden yolk" brand eggs that have deep orange colored yolks. I don't know if they're more nutritious / taste better but the texture is different. When frying these and regular store bought eggs in the same pan, they hold their shape better. The store bought eggs spreads out more and the egg white tears more easily.
Ah, yes, that would be something I would be excited about in an egg - egg yolks that don't break easily. Many in my family love their eggs fried as "bulls eye" / "sunny side up" ( https://simpleindianrecipes.com/Home/Fried-Egg.aspx ).
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What research are you talking about? I've found the opposite: https://twitter.com/simonsarris/status/1487156557146210306?t...
Free Range is not the same as organic - if you compare backyard eggs to eggs that are basically someone else’s backyard it’s understandable there’s little difference. Free range just means the chicken can go outside or turn around. It says nothing about the feed or breed.
I imagine the eggs used in the Polish study that outperformed backyard were organic and free range.
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Could that be down to your friends' skill at cooking eggs vs. your own?
Pretty hard to screw up scrambled eggs.
It's really not. Most scrambled eggs are overcooked, and what you use for oil (or butter) and anything you add (eg milk) has a large effect. Not to mention seasoning correctly.