Farmers market eggs

Jennyisbusy

I am thinking about purchasing fresh eggs from a farmers market tonight. I have never purchased eggs from any where but the grocery store, what questions should I ask, or what things should I look for?

any thing else I should know ahead of time?

melsinct

Make sure they are chicken eggs. Other than that, you're good to go! Farm fresh eggs are ridiculously delicious. The color of the yolk is so brilliant compared to dull grocery store eggs.

Vailara

Just curious - why make sure they are chicken eggs? Because duck eggs are higher in calories? I love duck eggs!

dawnrenee567

Ask how they're kept (cage, free roaming) and about the diet they eat.

You'll be hooked once you have them. No store bought egg beats a farm fresh egg.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

buy them, eat them, it's a waste to hard boil them.

wbgolden

Make sure they are chicken eggs. Other than that, you're good to go! Farm fresh eggs are ridiculously delicious. The color of the yolk is so brilliant compared to dull grocery store eggs.

Right. This.

JackLeaMason

I find the key to a good farm fresh egg is the shell is thicker and harder. The yolks have more color and are more firm. You will never go back to a factory farm chicken egg again. Save your egg shells for garden compost.

Allie_71

Make sure they are chicken eggs. Other than that, you're good to go! Farm fresh eggs are ridiculously delicious. The color of the yolk is so brilliant compared to dull grocery store eggs.

yup. the first time you use them you won't belive how firm the white is, and how yellow the yolk is.

Jennyisbusy

I would like one dozen turtle eggs please :laugh:

Thanks guys, I have had farm eggs before but it was from people I knew and trusted. I have never bought them and didn;t know if there was anything weird to look out for.

jofjltncb6

Don't do it!

Regular store bought eggs will never taste the same again.

Just remember, I told you so...

ttaylor68913

You'll be hooked once you have them. No store bought egg beats a farm fresh egg.

Just make sure they are clean and not cracked.

I love farm fresh eggs and glad my parents get 20ish eggs a day from their hens!

Polly758

buy them, eat them, it's a waste to hard boil them.

This is true, don't hard-boil fresh eggs.

KaciWood19

I raise my own egg laying chickens and eat their eggs! Differences that I noticed, color! Color depends on the breed, so if you have a pale green one, its not rotted! The egg is going to be thicker, not even close to as runny. The shells are a bit tougher to crack, especially if they feed their chickens oyster shells (very high in calcium). If you are hardboiling them, it might take a few tries to figure out the time, they cook a little different and if its too long or too short, they are hard to peel!

KaciWood19

buy them, eat them, it's a waste to hard boil them.

This is true, don't hard-boil fresh eggs.

I hard boil mine for 12 minutes on the "8" setting, perfect every time! it's all about timing and temp.

NovemberJune

buy them, eat them, it's a waste to hard boil them.

This is true, don't hard-boil fresh eggs.

I hard boil mine for 12 minutes on the "8" setting, perfect every time! it's all about timing and temp.

Yes I love my farmers market eggs hard boiled or poached

sapalee

I've been getting mine from a co-workers neighbor and they aren't as dark as others I've had in the past. This makes me sad. Apparently they aren't free range because of hawks... I have a neighbor that has them, been meaning to call her and switch.

vickie28

I drive the extra miles to get farm eggs free roaming, & corn fed was what my dad always said to ask --- they are so good-- the dark yolk-- nothing in the stores compares -- enjoy !

thelovelyLIZ

I keep seeing eggs at the local farmers market, but $4 a dozen is kind of pricy. My boyfriend and I go through 12-18 eggs a week (we eat them a lot) so it's not an expense I can afford all the time right now. Still, I really want to try them!

AlsDonkBoxSquat

buy them, eat them, it's a waste to hard boil them.

This is true, don't hard-boil fresh eggs.

I hard boil mine for 12 minutes on the "8" setting, perfect every time! it's all about timing and temp.

Yes I love my farmers market eggs hard boiled or poached

It's not about cooking, I know how to do that, it's about the peeling process. I find that the fresher the egg the less likely it is to release from the shell when peeling, I lose a good deal of egg while peeling. Now of course this can be fixed by cutting them in half and then scooping it out. We usually go through 2 - 3 dozen eggs a week. We get 1 or 2 dozen fresh at market and then buy older eggs at the store to hard boil. However, if we still have market eggs left over from the previous week, then we'll boil those and skip the grocery store eggs.

hellraisedfire

is that why my hardboiled eggs NEVER peel right?! AHHHHH. THE TIME I'VE WASTED.

posesed

Love my hens! For peeling any hard boiled eggs but especially fresh ones remove the shell while still slightly warm. The membrane sticks to the inside of the shell. We keep a supply of them in our fridge perfect quick snack. Yummy!