If you aren’t able to raise your own chickens like Paula, then get the eggs you want from your local market. What’s the difference between a Conventional egg and Cage Free egg? We consulted the U. S. Department of Agriculture to clarify egg carton labels.
Conventional: Hens live in stacked cages, usually four to eight chickens to a cage with at least 67 square inches of floor space per chicken.
Cage Free: Hens live on the floor of a barn rather than the outdoors or in a cage.
Free Range: Hens live outdoors or have limited access to the outdoors.
Organic: Hens are fed vegetables grown without any antibiotics, growth hormones or commercial fertilizers.
Omega 3: Hens are fed a diet containing ground flaxseed, which produces eggs containing slightly more polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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My family just loves your family shows etc. I had left a message hope you get it but 2 bus loads of us from So. Baldwin Regioial Medical Center, at Foley, Ala (Senior Citizens,) not the mental patients! are pulling into Sav. Ga. Feb. 20, and please , please see if you can be there or one of your sons! That would be some good tv commercial, ! We already have one bus full and started the 2nd. and It is half full before Christmas. We will be in Saw. 21, Beauford22, 23 Paris Island: By the way the last time I was there my daughter of 46 was 2 years old; Her Father was there for a typing course! Leave 24! So , Hope to see you there; God Bless you and yours. Never let anyone or any thing change you!
By Mary LaCoste on January 08, 2012
I have a question about refridgerating your eggs. I always do, thinking we are supposed to, but a friend of mine doesn't. She just leaves them on her counter. Is this safe? Thank you, (from a Texan) Love you and your show!
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By pamela stratz on January 08, 2012
I was seriously considering raising a few of my own chickens for the eggs. Now that I've read your article I have no doubt. This spring we will have Lucy and Ethel as new family members "chics" !!!
By Cheryl Huddleston on January 08, 2012
Ok so how so you hard boil the eggs if you have chickens at home? I can't peel my hard boiled eggs from my personal chickens. I end up destroying most of the egg while trying to peel it.
By Abbey on January 08, 2012
Which egg is the best?
By bobbie on January 08, 2012
If an egg has a double yolk in it do I consider it as one or two eggs in my baking?
By Beverly Lastinger on January 08, 2012
Brandy, Fresh eggs' shells are rough and chalky; old eggs are smooth and shiny.
By Lisa the Admin on December 28, 2011
I love your show. I love cooking with butter too. I once saw a show where you talked about measuring eggs as liquid. I want to know if I can use jumbo eggs in baking by measuring instead of always using large eggs.
By Joyce Sharpe on December 17, 2011
I was reading your FB page one day and you had a little note on how to tell if eggs were fresh or not...could you repost it somewhere...PLEASE thank you Merry Christmas to you and your family..
By Brandy on December 14, 2011
I enjoy nosing around your web site. While looking around your articles I checked out "Know your eggs". I was surprised you didn't note how to know when to throw out the eggs in the fridge and when it is ok to use them. I have always been told to put them in water and if they float - throw them out! If the egg stands on end at the bottom of the pan, they are getting old so use up quickly.
By TERRI MAHLER on October 18, 2011
We used to raise chickens but when we moved we sold them. We weren't sure we could have them at our new house. Fortunately, we found out that we can have them and plan on getting some soon. I miss my chickens, I miss them following me around everywhere and I miss the eggs. We fed our chickens grain, corn and scraps. We have cats and they'd come up to the house and eat cat food along with the cats. They ate good and they laid the best eggs! I can't wait to have chickens again.
By KarenR47 on September 09, 2011
Hey Michael Turner! Paula likes to bake in the middle of the oven as she most always bakes in a convection oven and she wants the heat to circulate evenly around the dish.
By Libbie Summers on July 24, 2011
DEAR PAULA; EVERY EGG I BUY AT THE STORE THESE DAYS ARE TERRIBLE. THEY HAVE THESE LITTLE LONG WHITE TAGS ON ONE SIDE AND A BIG WHITE GLOB ON THE OTHER. IT PUTS ME IN MIND OF AN UMBILICAL CORD AND THE GLOB IS LIKE THE AFTER BIRTH. LIKE HAVING A BABY. I PULL THEM OFF IF I CAN AND THEN THERE'S NOT MUCH YOLK LEFT. THEY DON'T LOOK VERY APPETIZING AT ALL. IT'S LIKE THEIR READY TO PUT IN AN INCUBATOR. ARE THEY REALLY SAFE TO EAT. VERY CONCERNED. I'M DISABLED AND LIVE ON VERY LITTLE MONEY, SO I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY THE MORE EXPENSIVE KIND.DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO RAISES CHICKEN'S TO GET FRESH EGGS. WISH I DID. I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE THEM.ANY ADVICE ON WHAT I SHOULD DO. SHOULD I TALK TO THE STORE ABOUT THIS?
By NELLIE HAUSER on July 18, 2011
Love your show, and i love your recipes. I enjoy making them and sharing the food with friends, then getting credit for it. lol I only reveal the truth to a select few close friends lol. Keep the recipes coming. Thanks.
By Debbie on July 18, 2011
I've been buying fresh eggs from a neighbor for about a year or so. I would like to know how to tell if one of these eggs is a bad egg? I have heard that if there is a hint of red in the egg-white, then not to use that egg? I would also like to know why the eggs you buy at the grocery store appear to be cloudy compared to the fresh eggs I buy from my neighbor? Thanks Sandy
By Sandy on July 18, 2011
My chickens just started producing eggs, and to our delight, is giving us double yolked eggs!
By Mary on July 18, 2011
We buy organic, free range eggs whenever we can, but sometimes due to a tight budget, get the cheaper varieties. You can tell SUCH a difference in the taste and color. Even the shells are harder on the organic variety. Well, Our neighbors raise chickens and quail and asked us to care for them while they were on vacation. We get all the eggs while they are away. The chicken eggs are even brighter orange than the store bought organic eggs. The quail eggs are just divine. I can't wait to be able to raise our own as well. There's nothing like it.
By Amber on July 18, 2011
One thing to remember about free range is that to be labeled as such, the chickens only need have access to the smallest bit of outdoors. It doesn't even have to be grass or dirt. Also, organic raised chickens can't be fed any animal products, only plants. This is a shame because by nature chickens are omnivores. If I'm ever no longer able to raise my own chickens I will only buy straight from the farm eggs where I can see that the chickens are being raised in a way I approve of.
By Heidi on July 18, 2011
I have noticed that Paula and others on the network bake on the 3rd and even 4th rack level . I always thought that the 2nd level from the bottom was for baking . Am I wrong ? Thanks , Michael
By michael Turner on June 06, 2011
I get most of my eggs from a friend who raises chickens. But sometimes just get some at the store. The other day, I was baking a cake with my 5 yr old granddaughter. While I was getting the dry ingredients she was cracking the eggs. She yells out look at these eggs. 1 was from my friend the other 2 from the store. She points my friends eggs and says look at that. (it was larger with a deep yellow yolk)Then she says "that egg came from a chicken" Wise gram said all eggs come from chickens. She replied"Yes, I know but that one came from a real chicken not a store chicken".
By Di on May 16, 2011
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