Eggs

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Originally Posted By: greenaccord02
Let's PLEASE not turn this into some kind of health food-a-thon. I'm sick of that. We understand already, so take it elsewhere.



Thanks for the scientific egg tests. I only eat 3 or 4 eggs a week, I should be going for the tastiest.
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Originally Posted By: greenaccord02
Let's PLEASE not turn this into some kind of health food-a-thon. I'm sick of that. We understand already, so take it elsewhere.



Calm down - I was just posting about what I've read. I didn't try to hijack your thread with a gigantic article about health benefits!
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My point was, if you like to eat eggs and are afraid of all the talk out there about the fact they are high in cholesterol, there might not be anything to worry about. Research it for yourself!

Here's a great egg recipe I've been making lately - little mini breakfast ciches. You need a small little casserole dish. Preheat oven to 350. Beat 2 eggs or 1 egg and some egg beaters/egg substitute (makes it nice and fluffy) and a little milk. Spray your casserole. Season eggs with whatever you like. Pour into dish (this is down right redneck cooking!). Add whatever you like in terms of toppings/fillings. I've done cooked spinach, asparagus, ham onion tomato and bell pepper etc. Take a fork and make sure the filling material is good and submerged. Top off with Monterrey jack cheese (I've found it works best). Bake for 30 minutes uncovered. If you whip up the eggs with an egg beater, you might end up with a leaning egg tower of pizza. It's awesome. Easy to for a quick breakfast - while it's baking, you can get ready for work or the day.
 
Here's an AWESOME recipe, especially if you can get fresh roasted green chillies, especially hatch chilies (most large cities out west and even in the midwest will have people take the chili crop out to grocery store parking lots in the fall where they roast them and put them in ziplock bags - stock up if you see them!).

2 7 oz cans of green chillies or several (10) roasted seeded/rinsed chillies.

6 cups of Monterrey jack cheese

4 eggs

1/2 cup of whole milk

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp of dry mustard powder

dash of pepper

Line bottom of greased/sprayed 11/7/2 casserole dish with half of the chillies then sprinkle half the cheese on top. Do the same thing - rest of chillies topped with rest of cheese.

In a bowl, beat the eggs, milk and seasonings. Pour over the chili cheese layers. Bake for 30-35 minutes at between 350 and 375 until it's all set.

Good stuff, and leaves great leftovers for the rest of the week.
 
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Originally Posted By: greenaccord02
Let's PLEASE not turn this into some kind of health food-a-thon. I'm sick of that. We understand already, so take it elsewhere.



Calm down - I was just posting about what I've read. I didn't try to hijack your thread with a gigantic article about health benefits!
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That wasn't actually directed to you. It was about the gigantic article... I could see we were about to be on the road to Wellville.
 
Had eggs and toast for b'fast this morning. Tried some of the Land O'Lakes branded eggs that are high in omega 3's. 330 mg or so per egg. I could definately tell the difference between these and the regular cheap ones. The yolks were a dark yellow and the shells were definately thicker and stronger.

I can't say I've tried a lot of the other varieties yet to compare, like free range, organic, brown etc. but these were pretty good. A lot better flavor.
 
Eggland's best are pretty decent, we've bought a couple dozen of those. I'll keep a lookout for Land O' Lakes, but I don't think I've seen them around.
 
Hijacking the thread a little, my FIL was diagnosed with type II diabetes back in November. This on top of DVT, Rampant high BP, and Cholesterol.

(OT, Type 2 shouldn't even share the name with type 1).

Doctor gave him a year to clean his act up, put him in touch with a PT type guy (who majors in female body building).

FIL now eats 3-5 eggs per day, 2-3 at breakfast, and the rest 1/4-1/2 at a time, spaced a couple hours apart, with multigrain toast/crispbread.

Heaps of salads and veges, and 100-200g meat/nuts depending on the day, with vitamins and minerals as prescribed by the PT guy.

Started at 10k steps per day, and is up to 17k steps per day.

First check-up after NY, and sugars were back to normal, BP meds cut in half.

Mid Jan bloods today, and all is normal.

and he's NEVER eaten so many eggs.
 
Eggs are a great food, high in minerals and proteins. BUT they need to be high quality eggs. Chickens that live in cages and get fed rendered corn do not make healthy eggs. Best eggs I've ever had were chickens my parents raised, they were not only fed chicken feed but also lots of garden scraps and were free to wander about the yard pecking at bugs during the day. (Fenced in at night so they didn't get eaten by foxes, weasels, etc. Not truly free range, but much more so than the commercial standards)

Traditional Chinese medicine says that females shouldn't eat too many eggs since they are a product of the chickens reproductive system and can mess with women's hormone levels. Men are OK with a couple of eggs daily, as long as they are of high quality.

Eggs are a good filling protein alternative to the excessive amounts of meat that Americans eat. Glad to see the renewed interest in good eggs at the grocery, omega-3 and cage free eggs now take up almost as much space as traditional eggs.

I like mine hard boiled or in an omelet, thank you very much!
 
BTW, those interested in composting, chickens are one of the most ecological ways to get rid of vegetable scraps and leftovers. Pretty much anything you would find in the produce section of a grocery store, chickens will eat. With the exception of pungent foods like onion and garlic. Those make the eggs taste funny.

So not only are you getting rid of all the potato peels and leftover apples in the fridge efficiently, you also get high quality eggs!
 
My hens don't eat potato peels but they at least peck corncobs clean! Our pen is uphill of the yard so the old food rinds etc "composts" in their outside-yet-fenced-in zone then the effluent all oozes out downwards, making the grass grow like crazy.
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In summer when I'm swimming in eggs I give some to a coworker. They remind him of eggs from Ukraine, deep yellow yolks.

And if you can find some, duck eggs are like supersize chicken eggs and a tad spicier. Worth a try.
 
I should make a chicken pen! I'm guessing my neighbors would call the police or something and get me on a zoning violation. There has to be a no chicken law on the city books.
 
Originally Posted By: Drew99GT
I should make a chicken pen! I'm guessing my neighbors would call the police or something and get me on a zoning violation. There has to be a no chicken law on the city books.


I was reading an article about people who raise chickens in urban areas, often keeping chicken coops in the backyard. Roosters are the biggest issue, crowing at obscene hours. One lady rigged up a sort of doggy door and kept them in the basement overnight, so the crowing wouldn't disturb the neighbors.
 
Free range eggs raised on a farm. $5 per dozen, Duck eggs $10 per dozen. A 10 minute drive to purchase not sold at a supermarket.

Chicken eggs are acidic. Duck eggs the opposite alkaline. Cancer patients picks up the duck eggs from my understanding you want alkaline food not acidic.
 
I just cannot see paying $5 a dozen for eggs when I get them for $0.88 - $1.14 a dozen. To me, that's like throwing away $4.

I'm so tight I squeak when it comes to things like that, but I'm a very good giver to church & charity.
 
Eggs are large. Supermarket price shipped price range $4.50/4 eggs or $7.59/6 for another brand. These are organic of course so I won't be paying those prices.

If that's your price ship some over.
 
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