[procombo]

The article confirmed my knowledge. Around here if the eggs are washed and sanitized then you refrigerate them out of caution.

Last year we got a flock of chickens. They are happy, free-range, and "expensive". But we have loads of eggs and constantly give them away. We've seen everyone immediately wash and refrigerate them, regardless. It's just what people are used to.

We give away the "pretty" eggs. Mine, I pick off the hay and scrub off dried poop before cracking. Even so there really is no comparison between the bland, bleach-white eggs at the supermarket and organic ones grown from happy chickens with a balanced diet.

[jjeaff]

The color of the eggs has nothing to do with flavor. It is a product of the breed of hen. And I grew up around all types of heritage breed organic chickens with white, brown, and even green eggs and can tell no difference between the flavor of their eggs and store bought eggs. And I consider myself a bit of a foodie.

There was a good writeup in serious eats and they found that in blind taste tests, no one could tell the difference. But when people could see what they were eating, they preferred the fresh eggs because they tended to have brighter orange yolks.

Putting a bit of orange food coloring in the store bought eggs effectively squashed the difference.

[RavingGoat]

Pasteurized eggs and milk suck compared to non-pasteurized