Brown eggs?

[Allenberg]

So, I'm at the grocery store, and I see an option to buy cage-free eggs. Only catch is that there are only brown eggs. I bought them thinking there's no difference between brown eggs and white. Am I right? :shrug:

[TK421]

1. They're the same thing n/t

[WolverineDG]

2. I didn't notice any

except when I cook cage-free, veg-fed, no hormones/antibiotics-added eggs, the whites cook up differently. They seemed thicker for some reason. I don't use yolks, so I don't know if those tasted/cooked differently. :)

dg

[TomInTib]

18. The natural eggs you mention (which are what I cook with) have

markedly less "thin" whites.

Eggs have two different types of "whites", a thick one and a lesser volume of thin white.

I believe it has something to do with the lack of anti-biotics.

[Kali]

27. the thickness of the white may have a little bit to do with the food

the hen eats but the primary difference is the color of the yolk and the levels of nutrients contained in it. Chickens that get to eat fresh greens and insects along with grains have dark rich orange yolks. Conventional egg yolks are pale yellow. The main reason whites can be runny is simply the age of the egg.

Older eggs have thinner whites - by the way, older eggs are better for peeling when hard boiled.

[tyedyeto]

19. I've had brown eggs with 'thin' whites before

My theory is the fresher the egg, the thicker the white.

[wickerwoman]

30. The way to tell how fresh an egg is

is to look at how high the yolk peaks over the white. A fresh egg will have a high yolk and an older egg has a flat yolk.

As for brown vs. white- it depends on the breed of chicken and what they are fed. No difference in taste or freshness really.

[auntAgonist]

3. no difference except for

it's due to the specific breed of hen, according to the Egg Nutrition Center. Hens with white feathers and white earlobes will lay white eggs, whereas hens with red feathers and matching-colored earlobes give us brown eggs.


aA

[Lisa]

20. for example, Leghorns = white, Rhode Island Reds = brown

There are a couple of exceptions* to the "earlobes" rule, but most of the eggs being commercially sold are from Leghorns, RIRs, and maybe some Plymouth Rocks (or hybrids of the above)

Charts with egg colors for several dozen chicken breeds ...


http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/AS/AS-518.pdf



* e.g. the Scots Dumpy (red earlobes, but white eggs)
http://www.scotsdumpy.co.uk/

[trof]

4. "Brown eggs are local eggs, and local eggs are best."

TV commercial jingle.
:shrug:

[Kali]

5. No difference at all.

The differences in eggs occur as a result of what the hen is fed. I have an Auracana hen (spell?) - she lays greenish blue eggs. My black and white Barred Rocks lay brown ones.

[BikeWriter]

6. Cholesterol Content vs Egg Shell Color

Further tests at Kansas State compared eggs from different areas of the U.S. Results of these tests indicate that there is some variation in eggs, but that the difference is not of practical value.

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/resource-room/general/poultry/araucana.htm

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. No difference at all.

Though, for some reason, I prefer the brown ones, even though I know that there is nothing different between them and white ones.

[trof]

9. They just look "friendlier".

Not as stark as "hospital white".

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. After I posted, I thought about it, and that's what I came up with -

they just look more natural.

Even though the white ones are perfectly natural as well.

it's funny how our minds work, isn't it?

And as a kid, I wigged out whenever mom wanted to give me one of those "freak" brown eggs. And of course, I also refused to eat crust on bread. What the fuck? Why are kids so goddamned stupid?

:shrug:

[trof]

14. My late mother-in-laws eggs were brown shelled. Damn, they were good.

OK, not HER eggs.
Her chickens' eggs.
They were what is now called "free range" chickens.
That means that they had a chicken house to sleep in at night, but during the day they just kinda roamed around the place, dining on whatever it is that looks tasty to a chicken.

Got drunk on some fermented blackberries once, and laid soft-shelled, lavender eggs for a couple of days.
We didn't eat 'em.

Normally, the shells were light brown.
And the yolks were a deep, deep orange.
Best tasting eggs I've ever had in my life.

You could be blindfolded, and somebody put a bite of her fried egg in your mouth and you'd say "BY GOD, THAT'S A AIG!"
They talk like that in Texas.

Grocery store eggs got pale pastel yellow yolks and taste like scrambled skim milk.
feh

[BikeWriter]

24. Yard eggs get that orange color from chlorophyll in vegetation...

They are usually fresher so the yolks stand up higher and they are a better grade.

[Arugula Latte]

34. For some reason the image of you enjoying your mother in law's eggs

as opposed to her chickens' eggs is making me giggle ... :rofl:

[Left Is Write]

16. Brown eggs are prettier.

[Bzzzz]

8. The only difference...

I've noticed is that the shell seems to be a tad bit thicker on the brown eggs...IMO

[supernova]

12. Yes, I've found that

the shells are a little bit tougher, but they cook and taste the same as white eggs.

[LostinVA]

11. There isn't, but I only eat brown eggs

Just because.

[henslee]

13. The brown ones jump higher.

[trof]

15. No shit?

I didn't know that.
;-)

[sarge43]

22. But they seldom ski.

[trof]

23. Downhill? Or cross-country?

Just asking.

[sarge43]

29. Both

:silly:

[XemaSab]

17. It's mostly the breed of the chicken

And egg pigmentation happens when the shell is being formed in the uterus.

Accoring to my book, when blood cells rupture, the hemoglobin is broken down into bile pigments and transported to the uterus, where it is incorporated into the shell of the egg, resulting in the brown color.

[sarge43]

21. Yes. n/t

[Burma Jones]

25. They're not so good for Easter Eggs........

Otherwise, they're the same

[Kali]

28. oh I disagree!

they make beautiful colored eggs. I love having enough to do brown eggs for easter, but alas I never seem to have enough hens.

[MissMillie]

26. the ad around here a few years back was

"Brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are fresh."

[Frank Cannon]

31. The brown is just fecal matter. Sounds gross, but it won't hurt you.

:)

[Midlodemocrat]

32. Brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are ....Fresh!

[Callalily]

33. I think the only

difference you'll experience is the taste - should be much better.