Trapper John wrote:When was the last time you bought eggs and had a white one in the box? (am talking chicken eggs for the obtuse)
When I was a kid all eggs were predomiantly white, a brown egg amongst them was a rarity and for some reason highly prized in our house, as if it was 'better' in some way to white ones.
I thought about this because I bought a dozen from the co-op the other day and when I went to use a couple, they were so fucking brown that they looked as if they'd been in a badly regulated fake tan spray booth. I mean they are insanely brown and shiny too, the complete opposite of 'eggshell' in it's common terminology.
Next time I went in, I had a look at some others, they all seem to have this outrageous colouring, it has to be artificial and my guess applied prior to packing, I can't see it being the result of feeding ..... I hope.
Has anyone else seen these eggs? or is it just the co-op, maybe they have a new supplier or asked an existing one to make them, in their eyes, more aesthetically pleasing?
Back in the day it appears people found brown eggs more appealing which is why we rarely see a white one now, but if this is the next step in that evolution I reckon they've gone too far.
Last weekend, true fact. Granny Gibbon's fresh Devon eggs from Mike the greengrocer.
He does double yolkers as well!
