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Some good pictures there but I do have to say
I do think egg yolks are getting smaller as eggs are getting smaller to save money.
A full english with a a duck egg gives not only a bigger yolk but one more sunny in an orange/yellow sort of way.
Like this for instance
Proper sized yokes.
This was the 6-5-4-3-2-1 breakfast platter to encourage mental agility whilst your arteries fattened up..
I do think egg yolks are getting smaller as eggs are getting smaller to save money.
A full english with a a duck egg gives not only a bigger yolk but one more sunny in an orange/yellow sort of way.
Like this for instance
Proper sized yokes.
This was the 6-5-4-3-2-1 breakfast platter to encourage mental agility whilst your arteries fattened up..
Edited by Gandahar on Monday 9th December 22:31
Lemming Train said:
Because smaller eggs are cheaper, obviously?
scottydoesntknow said:
Dibble said:
I warmed the plate in the microwave
How does this work? Lemming Train said:
ZedLeg said:
Whit? How on earth do smaller eggs save money.
Because smaller eggs are cheaper, obviously?
Considering the yolk is the best bit you could actually be clever and get the 15 eggs and make 5 tri-yolkers with a bit of deft, rather than 6 "happy" eggs that are bigger but more expensive and only have one yolk per egg.
I haven't seen double yolk eggs being sold for a while as an aside.
Gandahar said:
Considering the yolk is the best bit you could actually be clever and get the 15 eggs and make 5 tri-yolkers with a bit of deft, rather than 6 "happy" eggs that are bigger but more expensive and only have one yolk per egg.
In the UK market there is little demand for small eggs. The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) have laid out their plans to get consumers to change their buying habits, as people tend to be prepared to shell out more for large eggs leaving an excess of smaller sizes."The main difference between a medium and a large egg is not the size of the yolk – where the bulk of the nutritional value is contained – but simply a greater quantity of white"
http://www.poultrynews.co.uk/production/egg-produc...
Gareth1974 said:
Gandahar said:
Considering the yolk is the best bit you could actually be clever and get the 15 eggs and make 5 tri-yolkers with a bit of deft, rather than 6 "happy" eggs that are bigger but more expensive and only have one yolk per egg.
In the UK market there is little demand for small eggs. The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) have laid out their plans to get consumers to change their buying habits, as people tend to be prepared to shell out more for large eggs leaving an excess of smaller sizes."The main difference between a medium and a large egg is not the size of the yolk – where the bulk of the nutritional value is contained – but simply a greater quantity of white"
http://www.poultrynews.co.uk/production/egg-produc...
Thinking about my own egg buying habits , I always buy the large size ones and just assumed I was getting a proportionately larger yolk than those found in smaller size eggs, but from the link posted above it would seem not! Maybe there is some merit in buying more smaller ones and using, say, 3 or 4 small ones instead of 2 large ones for a greater overall yolk content, but with the price per egg being roughly the same? A greater proportion of yolk per "egg volume" would definitely be better than the white.
condor said:
I thought it was younger chickens ( pullets) that laid small eggs. though their yolk to albumen ratio was better than a normal everyday egg,
Correct. 9 of our birds have over recent months have reached sexual maturity. Most if not all of them are now laying (they're 6.5 months old) All eggs started as Bantam Hen sized (Bantam eggs are also smaller) with some now reaching 'normal' sized. By 18 months old batteries are considered spent, as their laying slows down - we're off to collect a dozen this afternoon, god knows what state they'll be in (I'll post photos up on the 'chickens, now she done it' thread. Gandahar said:
6 big eggs from a "happy" chicken are £1.50
I haven't seen double yolk eggs being sold for a while as an aside.
They can't be that happy. We sell ours to a local organic greengrocer for £1.50 for 6, then she puts her mark up on them. OK, she hasn't the buying power of Tesco, but we can't supply her quick enough. At a £ more than Tesco they sell out same day, because they taste so much better. I haven't seen double yolk eggs being sold for a while as an aside.
Double yolks are probably discarded by the supermarkets, as they are visually bigger. In the same way a carrot will be discarded if it's not a perfect cone shape, or an apple if its not perfectly circular. It's all a bit pathetic.
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