Wherein I discuss hormone laden eggs [View all]
Today I used the last two eggs in a dozen gotten at the local Safeway.
The twelve eggs in that dozen produced twenty four yolks. I recall, as a kid, what an event it was when one of my grandfather's chickens produced a double yolk. There was some sort of folklore associated with it, but I can't recall what, exactly, it was. I seem to recall that the egg should be eaten by any young married woman who wished to conceive. Or something like that. In any case, the double yolk was a big deal and, in the case of the chickens from my grandfather's coop, an all natural occurrence.
My dozen of double yolked eggs was probably not quite so natural. My dozen of double yolked eggs was likely a chemical inducement. A hormonal grease applied to the laying mechanism of the little birds. A little help to keep them a-laying.
Why are fresh, local eggs 50% more cost?
Cost aside, hopfuly this will be my last experience with eggs from the sooper market. As long as I can find fresh, local eggs at places like roadside farm stands, that's what I'll buy.
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