I've been able to get more of those eggs [see Dec 16th post]. Sue took a picture of one of them next to one of the pricey eggs from the store, free range or whatever it is they claim about them. Since blogger dot com sucks to the nth degree anymore and won't insert this, I will just post the URL:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6709507427_25926d94e5_m.jpg
3 comments:
The big deep yellow egg yolk is the farm fresh egg. The small pale yellow yolk is the grocery store "large brown egg." The flavor is just as distinctive.
The Photographer
Wow! Talk about prima facie evidence.
-F
According to the literature, the color of a yolk depends upon what the chicken is eating and does not affect nutrition.
In doing a google search I also found a study that looked at how to make eggs appear more yellow or orange by feeding chickens marigold and other colorful produce. A fresh egg farm said that their yolk color depends on what the chicken has eaten and if they are eating persimmons and melons, the yolks get bright orange.
What they eat probably affects taste in the same way that a cow wandering into the wild garlic or clover will affect the taste of milk or the flower nectar affects the flavor of honey. (We once bought organic milk at Whole Foods that tasted like garlic. Oops!)
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