What Are the Best Type of Eggs to Get?

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ngrabow1 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:05:16 GMT

Has anyone ever heard of Davidson's Safest Choice Pasteurized Eggs?

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MoneyReikiHealer — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:38:11 GMT

What is the MOST CURRENT and LATEST recommendation about eating raw eggs?

There are way too many contradictory articles on Mercola.com. Old articles should be purged so only current data and info remains. Too misleading otherwise.

So is the latest, that it is best to eat the whole egg Rocky Style? Yolk and white together?

Or is it to separate yolk and white, eat the yolk raw and cook the white.?

Is it to never eat the whites raw at all, but always the yolks raw?

Is it to eat the yolks raw on one day and whites raw on another day?

I'm so confused by Mercola's contradictory recommendations Plus in each article he links to other articles on raw eggs and eggs that contradict the article he linked from!

I really wish I had the confused smiley right now! ;-)

So who can help?

Thanks much!

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MicheR — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:52:36 GMT

www.localharvest.com is incorrect!!

www.localharvest.org is correct

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Pete amp Herman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:44:37 GMT

I was raised on a large farm back in the 50's. My parents usually kept around 5000 chickens at all times.

Today I live on a VERY small farm and we raise range free chickens that produce the most wonderful eggs. Right now my husband sells them at school to the other teachers for $2.00 a dozen. But with the price of feed we are soon going to have to raise the price. It's true, you can't peel a new egg. I will however have to try your suggested method. When I do boil an egg I start with cold water.

Everyone raves about how golden yellow the yolk is and how it stand high in the skillet. For myself I can't hardly eat a store bought egg. Since we have about five different kinds of chickens we have various colors of brown. It amazes me at the grocery that the brown eggs cost more.

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runninginthedark — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:02:05 GMT

"Eggs are often one of your most allergenic foods, but I believe this is because they are cooked. If you consume your eggs in their raw state, the incidence of egg allergy virtually disappears"

Ever since I was a little kid I threw up after eating eggs. 2 months ago my boyfriend convinced me to try eating an egg, it probably had been 10 years! I was surprised I didn't throw up but a few hours later my tongue was very swollen.It took more than 24 hours to get back to normal.

Is there really a chance I won't get a reaction eating raw eggs?

I had an allergy *** test done with raw egg yolk and it caused some swelling.

The white showed some redness.

I might have to try raw eggs (small amount)... but I hope I don't have to use my brand new epipen.

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Linda24 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:14:09 GMT

For those of us that are not comfortable with eating raw eggs....how ARE we supposed to cook eggs if scrambling isn't healthy?!! I eat eggs every morning for breakfast...and yes, I scramble them because I have to take them to work!

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Trevor2522 — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:35:44 GMT

In British and Thai supermarkets all eggs are sold unrefrigerated but with the advice on the packaging to refrigerate. This is a major warning they haven't a clue what they are talking about and that eggs should be stored at ambient temperature as nature intended.

I favour duck eggs over chicken as the birds are likely kept in a more-natural environment and the product is not yet really mass-market. Hint: the more duck-*** that covers the shell the better!

Eggs should be eaten raw with unheated honey. Warning: 99.9% of commercial honeys have been heated to maximise comb extraction. Follow the money trail and pay for quality. Organic N.Z. Manuka and African forest honeys are good.

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YARDBIRD — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:44:13 GMT

Just on a funny note, I thought I was unable to conceive for years and got pregnant this year eating at least one free range egg every morning. I have finches that hatched babies and one of the best things you can feed them is a cooked egg. I was putting a dish in the cage every morning and eating what I did not want to put on their plate. May have been a coincidence, but we still blame my current condition on those darn fresh eggs...

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Freedom — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:06:41 GMT

I always poach my eggs in water, frying is out for me, not healthy and too fattening.

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MRL — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:37:29 GMT

Does anyone feed their chickens layer mash or crumble? Is it necessary if they're free range?

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YARDBIRD — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:12:48 GMT

We have free-range eggs. There is no comparison in the color of yolk. Ours are almost orange. The girls take a couple of months off for winter and I was craving some over easy-s. I broke down and bought supermarket organics. Yuck! They break apart way too easily and the yolks are yellow.

Eggs are ok to not refrigerate if you are going to use them quickly. I can keep them around 70 degrees f for about a week and they wil still incubate with a great hatch rate.

Eggs that are not fertile will keep longer for eating than fertile ones so if you have hens without a rooster you are in good shape. I am not sure how long I would keep an un-refrigerated egg before eating it. There is a sanitary layer produced by the hen around the egg which keeps it clean. If the egg is washed, it removes this layer. A good clean dry egg fresh out of the chicken is wonderful!

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EQ — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:29:46 GMT

I am a Mother Earth News addict. I'm so excited that the library of the town I just moved to carries it. It's a very inspiring and informative publication. If I were on a deserted island and could choose only one magazine subscription...

Of course it would be this one because it teaches you how to grow your own food.

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JamesRizzuti — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:05:42 GMT

Seems quite unreasonable for Dr. Mercola to roundly demonize ALL Omega 3 eggs... as many companies are plainly making an attempt to create a more healthy egg. A fair analysis of each brand, yes, the roundhouse condemnation, no.

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ls_night — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:28:12 GMT

I see a many of you have fun raising your own chickens. For those of us living in more urban areas who want to find a source for these eggs go to the Weston Price foundation website. www.westonaprice.org. They have local groups you can join to get eggs, raw dairy and pastured meats. The eggs we get come from an Amish community in Indiana (I live in Illinois). These are the best eggs I have ever had. They have deep dark yellow or orange yolks and taste much better than commercial eggs.

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dempoolguy — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:22:43 GMT

Note about the cost - I see more restaurants advertise the "we use only free-range organic eggs" yet most of their menu is conventional, or mixed. So if restaurants are switching to these eggs, it must not be that big of a cost factor. To those who want to eat organic food but are stunted by the expense, a dozen eggs bought at a grocery store - about 1.50 depending on many factors. At the same time, organic free-range eggs at a natural foods store - about 3.50. A $2 difference seems like a big hike, but that's $2 per dozen - 17 cents per egg is cheap, very cheap for the benefits and the improvement in taste.