This is the topic du jour. Egg prices are mind boggling. and really there’s no good substitute for eggs. Yes, you can use flax eggs for the vegans in your life, but I doubt you could make a pound cake anyone would want to eat. And meringues made with aquafaba (chickpea liquid) don’t sound very appetizing. I use most of my eggs in baked goods and don’t cook egg dishes that often. The Japanese have perfected my favorite egg prep: the jammy egg. It’s an egg that’s about three-quarters of the way to hard-boiled with a yolk that’s as described—a bit jammy. They’re sold at the Japanese 7-Elevens and are miraculous, delicious—and cheap. Hopefully they’ll stay that way.
Thanks for checking in as you are so apt to do. So I have an egg maker which is the greatest kitchen contraption ever. I have been able to make the perfect poached soft boiled and even jammy eggs by just ever so slightly adjusting. It is also perfect for steaming frozen dumplings. Great ramen is a joy and the egg is mandatory :)
I looked it up, and I still don't understand why the US does not allow the vaccination of chickens against avian flu. I've mentioned before that I have pet chickens who happen to lay eggs (but not since late November - too cold and not enough light!). I don't really eat them at all, but my father-in-law's doctor allows him to have two whole eggs per week (he likes them scrambled) and my hubby uses them in baking. I use up a bunch around Christmas time for the gift cookies.
I think the problem with egg substitutes is that we're dealing with chemistry when we bake and ground flax seeds stirred into water to form a goopy substance really can't do the same job in a batch of cookies as the real thing. I have tried, and while the results are perfectly edible, they're something different from what I usually end up with. But we'll probably have to get used to them.
Chick sexing seems to be getting kind of slap dash. I ordered four auracauna pullet chicks last spring (the kind that lay blue eggs) - I ended up with two roosters and two hens (the place that sold them to me swore that there was a 1% chance of ending up with a cockerel)... and one of the hens is most definitely NOT an auracauna. Of course none of this became clear until they'd grown up and we were all attached to them, but luckily the two boys seem to be relative gentlemen. My old hen, Ms. Buttercup, is about TWELVE years old now, but I fear her time is getting short... we won't hurry her along, but she is a truely ancient hen. They can be productive for YEARS, not as productive as the youngsters, but for home use one to two eggs per week per hen is ample.
Apparently it is perfectly safe to eat eggs or meat from a bird with avian flu, by the way, as long as they are cooked... not sure where I was going with this. 😂
Well I learned an awful lot about chickens here. You have real experience and seem to enjoy the birds. That is very nice. When you explained egg substitutes I didn't know there was such a thing. When I typed substitutions for eggs I got a list of bad choices like apple sauce or quinoa or cottage cheese -- kinda like I was at a restaurant or something :)
The US is an amazing AND curious country at the same time. If you want to invent vaccines to save lives -- this is the place. It is also the place where people will resist taking them in large numbers and even end up with people near the top of the decision making process who either don't understand then and/or don't respect the process of making them. All under one roof.
The movie Rocky was the only time I remember people pounding raw eggs.
I've bought duck eggs a couple of times on impulse at the farmer's market. Similar but darker yolks.
I'm trying to talk my hubby onto getting quail. They're cute as heck and don't need (or want) as much space as a chicken - the literature claims that a good sized rabbit hutch can house five or six of them. Their eggs are teeny tiny and cute, too, but each hen lays 300 per year, so I could live with that.
We had ducks for a while, but they were beating up on the chickens, so I ended up giving them away. I gave a dozen per week to the "retired" professionsl baker who lived next door at the time - he swore that cakes made of duck eggs were lighter and fluffier.
I think commerical raised ducks are a bigger and bigger thing, at least in Minnesota. Duck eggs are served in restaurants. I suppose if they tend to be territorial, they cannot be packed as tight as chickens and maybe get treated more humanely.
MS KADET:: I doubt there will be ANYONE who checks in above that number unless there is someone subscribed who is training for the UFC. Thank YOU for setting the bar high Anne. My son, the economist would be very proud of you for practicing economic substitution. Your comment inspired me to look for egg substitutions. I did not love any of them :( Thus far, China, Egypt, France, Indonesia and Mexico are vaccinating birds to good success. I expect more to do this soon enough. Go to Acapulco and eat eggs every day :)
Your article gave me some new insight. It changed my traditional thinking. My favorite way to enjoy eggs now is in a cookie!
Paul >> Thank you for commenting. My fun answer to "how do you like your eggs?" is baked in a cake :)
This is the topic du jour. Egg prices are mind boggling. and really there’s no good substitute for eggs. Yes, you can use flax eggs for the vegans in your life, but I doubt you could make a pound cake anyone would want to eat. And meringues made with aquafaba (chickpea liquid) don’t sound very appetizing. I use most of my eggs in baked goods and don’t cook egg dishes that often. The Japanese have perfected my favorite egg prep: the jammy egg. It’s an egg that’s about three-quarters of the way to hard-boiled with a yolk that’s as described—a bit jammy. They’re sold at the Japanese 7-Elevens and are miraculous, delicious—and cheap. Hopefully they’ll stay that way.
Thanks for checking in as you are so apt to do. So I have an egg maker which is the greatest kitchen contraption ever. I have been able to make the perfect poached soft boiled and even jammy eggs by just ever so slightly adjusting. It is also perfect for steaming frozen dumplings. Great ramen is a joy and the egg is mandatory :)
I looked it up, and I still don't understand why the US does not allow the vaccination of chickens against avian flu. I've mentioned before that I have pet chickens who happen to lay eggs (but not since late November - too cold and not enough light!). I don't really eat them at all, but my father-in-law's doctor allows him to have two whole eggs per week (he likes them scrambled) and my hubby uses them in baking. I use up a bunch around Christmas time for the gift cookies.
I think the problem with egg substitutes is that we're dealing with chemistry when we bake and ground flax seeds stirred into water to form a goopy substance really can't do the same job in a batch of cookies as the real thing. I have tried, and while the results are perfectly edible, they're something different from what I usually end up with. But we'll probably have to get used to them.
Chick sexing seems to be getting kind of slap dash. I ordered four auracauna pullet chicks last spring (the kind that lay blue eggs) - I ended up with two roosters and two hens (the place that sold them to me swore that there was a 1% chance of ending up with a cockerel)... and one of the hens is most definitely NOT an auracauna. Of course none of this became clear until they'd grown up and we were all attached to them, but luckily the two boys seem to be relative gentlemen. My old hen, Ms. Buttercup, is about TWELVE years old now, but I fear her time is getting short... we won't hurry her along, but she is a truely ancient hen. They can be productive for YEARS, not as productive as the youngsters, but for home use one to two eggs per week per hen is ample.
Apparently it is perfectly safe to eat eggs or meat from a bird with avian flu, by the way, as long as they are cooked... not sure where I was going with this. 😂
Thanks Jeannine!
Well I learned an awful lot about chickens here. You have real experience and seem to enjoy the birds. That is very nice. When you explained egg substitutes I didn't know there was such a thing. When I typed substitutions for eggs I got a list of bad choices like apple sauce or quinoa or cottage cheese -- kinda like I was at a restaurant or something :)
The US is an amazing AND curious country at the same time. If you want to invent vaccines to save lives -- this is the place. It is also the place where people will resist taking them in large numbers and even end up with people near the top of the decision making process who either don't understand then and/or don't respect the process of making them. All under one roof.
The movie Rocky was the only time I remember people pounding raw eggs.
I've bought duck eggs a couple of times on impulse at the farmer's market. Similar but darker yolks.
I'm trying to talk my hubby onto getting quail. They're cute as heck and don't need (or want) as much space as a chicken - the literature claims that a good sized rabbit hutch can house five or six of them. Their eggs are teeny tiny and cute, too, but each hen lays 300 per year, so I could live with that.
Quail and squab are pretty small birds! That's about all I know. While I am not a bird hunter it is quite popular here.
I don't think quails are natural inhabitants around here. We have lots of wild turkeys, though.
We had ducks for a while, but they were beating up on the chickens, so I ended up giving them away. I gave a dozen per week to the "retired" professionsl baker who lived next door at the time - he swore that cakes made of duck eggs were lighter and fluffier.
I think commerical raised ducks are a bigger and bigger thing, at least in Minnesota. Duck eggs are served in restaurants. I suppose if they tend to be territorial, they cannot be packed as tight as chickens and maybe get treated more humanely.
I eat about 1,000 eggs a year but lately it’s been zero eggs. Sad!
MS KADET:: I doubt there will be ANYONE who checks in above that number unless there is someone subscribed who is training for the UFC. Thank YOU for setting the bar high Anne. My son, the economist would be very proud of you for practicing economic substitution. Your comment inspired me to look for egg substitutions. I did not love any of them :( Thus far, China, Egypt, France, Indonesia and Mexico are vaccinating birds to good success. I expect more to do this soon enough. Go to Acapulco and eat eggs every day :)