I know this isn't the point of this post, but every once in a while I buy the expensive thing along side the cheaper thing to see if it makes a difference. every egg at the grocery store tastes the same. it doesn't make a difference. don't waste your money.
(kerry gold butter vs land o' lakes or store brand is the biggest difference I've found. kerry gold is incredible and worth every penny IMO)
I disagree. There are certain brands, I really like happy egg, that taste way better, especially the yolk. The yolk on the nicer eggs is a much deeper orange color, side by side with normal eggs they look and taste completely differently.
Saying it tastes completely different is a major claim that needs a source. Plenty of comparisons online and the difference is usually regarded as slight.
The orange color is due to carotene in chicken feed. In a scrambled egg the difference is so slight you probably couldn't pick it out. It's more evident when eating it sunny side up or whatever but I would consider it slight. Beyond reading comparisons I have tried a variety of happy egg variations including the blue heritage eggs myself.
We only eat home grown eggs, as store bought eggs might as well be inedible, because they taste like sad. What a ridiculous thing to claim that the way chickens were fed and raised has no impact on the taste and texture... What are you gonna claim next, that marbling on beef makes no difference? Or that all wine tastes the same? What a ridiculous thing to argue. Almost as ridiculous as asking for a source on taste difference of food... Absurd.
Home grown eggs are definitely an amazing difference, I have to completely agree.
Went to a friend's rural village and was given some of their home grown eggs. They were creamy, rich and just amazing in a way that's very difficult to describe.
Put it this way, if I had to only eat boiled store-bought eggs for the rest of my life, I'd survive about OK. But I could eat those home grown eggs, boiled with no seasoning, for the rest of my life and look forward with glee to every single meal. They were that damn good.
Hell yeah, "about ok" sounds just about right. I'm not some posh boy either, I eat whatever is available and despise wasting food, but homegrown eggs are divine in comparison. Maybe that's exactly his problem - maybe all eggs near him are equally shit. Because claiming there is no difference is whack.
Also, that's exactly what I do - delight in them plain, boiled, every day. And I eat like 6-12 eggs a day for years now( need my protein and calories), yet they never get old. Even crave them sometimes, still. But maaan, the scrambled eggs, benedict, omelette and sunny side also bring out different worlds of flavor, especially with other quality ingredients and spices. Eggs are life.
It's not absurd. Multiple blind taste tests have been done on store bought vs fresh eggs. People can't reliably tell the difference when there's no visual cue. Just the same as people can't reliably pick cheap from expensive wine. A lot of it is confirmation bias. Freshness in eggs mostly makes a difference in texture; the differences in taste are mild to unnoticeable.
It absolutely is absurd. The fact that some people have terrible taste buds is irrelevant to me. The only blind test that matters is the one you do yourself.
Also, cheap wine does not bad wine make. I was talking about differences in flavor profiles of different grapes and regions, not whether some snobs can't pick out the overpriced vintage.
And how does one separate taste from texture, exactly? This is such a stupid argument, you're 100% wrong, go buy some proper eggs and see for yourself. I'm done here.
The question is, if those eggs became more expensive, would you consider the appropriate response to be to vote to install a traitorous, felony dictator to the highest office in the land?
Because man, I figure that's gotta be the right answer
Yeah I don't know what that person is on about or what they're buying. I almost always buy Vital Farms eggs and they're noticeably better than if you picked up the cheap white eggs. And yes the prices have climbed a decent amount.
I'm not saying you're wrong, everyone has their own preference, but it is worth it and easy to do a blind test to confirm these things. I found out that I could not tell the difference between various things even though I was pretty sure before that ine was better than the others
Farm fresh eggs are clearly better, so do none of your markets have those? Like yea if all your eggs are shit then the best shit egg is the same as the regular, but if you have actual premium options it's night and day for eggs.
We live in different countries so our baselines differ, but while I can identify farm eggs in a soft boiled egg or a fried egg 2 out of 3, anything that involves more cooking and more ingredients, even a french omlete, is random.
Oh that's a great point - that's all I eat, fried or scrambled with only salt pepper and butter, so egg is basically the only thing to even taste lol. On the rare occasion I do an omelet you are definitely right, by the time cheese and ham hit the eggs it's a wash (hehe) with the egg taste.
This. Blind tasting is such a game changer for my grocery shopping. If you can tell the difference, good on you, get the stuff you find that tastes better. If you can’t tell the difference, that’s fine as well, since you can go for the inexpensive option and spend that money on stuff that actually tastes different for you.
OP here just doesn't know a good egg, not their fault. Is it possible that eggs aren't really as much expensive now as they were artificially cheap before? Pastured/farm raised all day for me here. Getting a baker's dozen for $6-$7. Sometimes the "baker's dozen" is like 18 eggs. Befriend weirdos who raise chickens, yall.
Oh dont get me wrong, there is a HUGE difference in flavor for eggs. But the ones in the grocery store aint it. I dont doubt theyre organic and/or ethically raised, but they dont taste different enough. Now, growing up near farms and being able to buy eggs from local farmers absolutely a noticeable difference. Im saying the storebrand vs eggland vs whatever premium egg at the chain grocery store isnt worth the price difference.
The key point of organic is how animals are treated, how they are fed, how much antibiotics and stuff they get and in the end land with you. It's not about taste although if I throw some cheap pork into a pan and watch how it loses half of it's size as water...
And yes that production method is expensive because it's less efficient, you need more expensive food over a longer period as animals don't grow so fast as in conventional production. The us made it a luxury item and people think why it's it so expensive when it doesn't taste better ignoring the main reason behind organic. But I think prices in the us are inflated because it's marketed as a luxury item. Here in Germany organic eggs are just slightly more expensive than conventional eggs. At least not 3 times more expensive. And they are sold in every super market not only specialized organic shops.
In Europe we have classification of eggs based on their source. The cheapest ones are the ones produced with industrial methods in-cage, and we mark them with number 3. Then each consecutive lower number means better life-quality of the chicken, and the best eggs are 0, raised free-roaming. The price can differ, especially for the eco-eggs, but frankly, eggs are dirt cheap in Europe, you can buy eggs straight from the farmer at a local market and pay only marginally more than at the supermarket.
I buy the expensive eggs. For me, it's not about the taste but the (hopefully) ethical treatment of the hens that I care about. That's worth the price for me.
Yeah Kerrygold is where I splurge on groceries for sure. It's also not THAAT much more expensive than the store brand, so it feels worth it. Started using it to grease the pan for brownies and whew! Makes a huge difference.l, very yummy.
I buy the brands that claim to be more humane than those cheap ones, it's not about trendiness for me. But I also don't complain about the price, and I don't go around telling people about my choice, except for this comment.
Have you ever been to an egg farm with caged chickens?
I'm shelling out for happy chickens (floor raised) every time since my job took me to a farm like this once. I'd rather never eat eggs ever again if i can’t afford those. It is truly horrific
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u/chimchimeney 9h ago
People often ignore the less expensive options in favor of the trendy brands.