How fresh are the eggs?
Jul 6th 2007, 5:36 am
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How fresh are the eggs?
In UK, you could work out how fresh eggs were by the best before date, 21 days after being laid.
The dates on eggs here are usually over a month away when they are displayed in store/market. So can you tell when an egg was laid by the best before date?
The dates on eggs here are usually over a month away when they are displayed in store/market. So can you tell when an egg was laid by the best before date?
Jul 6th 2007, 5:50 am
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Re: How fresh are the eggs?
Best Before The Crows Get To It.
Jul 6th 2007, 6:32 am
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Re: How fresh are the eggs?
Not an eggspert in this but.
A friend who has a small poultry farm says that the average UK supermarket egg is 4 month's old when it hits the shelf!
This is why you should get friendly with a local chicken keeper or find a farmers market the taste difference is incredible.
And you get yellow yolks! not a washed out lemon colour.
Supermarket eggs yuk.
A friend who has a small poultry farm says that the average UK supermarket egg is 4 month's old when it hits the shelf!
This is why you should get friendly with a local chicken keeper or find a farmers market the taste difference is incredible.
And you get yellow yolks! not a washed out lemon colour.
Supermarket eggs yuk.
Jul 6th 2007, 7:05 am
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Re: How fresh are the eggs?
Best bought at produce markets me thinks.
Jul 6th 2007, 7:09 am
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Re: How fresh are the eggs?
I have another egg question. Why are eggs in Aus usually a lot smaller than the ones in UK?
Do Australian chickens have smaller punanis than British ones?
Do Australian chickens have smaller punanis than British ones?
Jul 6th 2007, 7:14 am
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Jul 9th 2007, 4:24 pm
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Re: How fresh are the eggs?
i really want my own chickens when we get to Aus... how practical is that? Does anyone own chicks?
Jul 9th 2007, 4:51 pm
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Re: How fresh are the eggs?
Our eggs were as fresh as............. were it not for the fox. Mr fox has beaten us; he's killed 12 chooks overall........ so it's back to buying eggs from Coles.
Jul 9th 2007, 7:19 pm
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Re: How fresh are the eggs?
I just love the random questions and reply's that come up on this forum, brilliant. 
Jul 9th 2007, 9:32 pm
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Jul 9th 2007, 10:37 pm
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Re: How fresh are the eggs?
Haha! I prefer my ham salad panini's..yum yum