Real free-range eggs

[Guest guest]

We were talking about eggs last week and I got on Craigs List to see if I

could find anybody selling fresh, free-range eggs. I just went and picked up

some last night, from a lady who gets them from her parents' farm. She gave

me a printed sheet of info on eggs in general and her parents' hens

specifically, which was really interesting. I didn't know that eggs are

usually good way beyond the " sell by " date, and that the trick of putting

them in water to see if they float (if they float they're going bad, if they

sink they're good) really does work. Apparently, grocery store eggs

are often recycled -- sent back to the packing facility to be tested to see

if they're still good, and if they are, they're re-stamped and sent back to

the store!

 

She warned me that these eggs would have even more flavor in them than

store-bought free-range eggs, because her family's 40 hens really do have

" free range " over 3 acres, outdoors, during daylight hours, and eat whatever

they can find. No antibiotics, hormones, etc, in their supplemental feed.

She said they especially enjoy her dad's tomatoes! This family also does not

kill their hens after they are too old to produce, but keeps them and lets

them scratch around and eat what they want, just like the layers -- which I

definitely approve of.

 

So I had fried eggs for supper last night (I leave the yolks runny) and they

were wonderful! I'm keeping this lady's email address so I can get eggs from

her again.

 

Audrey S.