Fresh yolk.. healthy yolk.. more yolk.. it does take a minute to get use to.. it IS thicker, creamier...
If you look back at some very old cookbooks, most time the eggs were seperated, the yolks whisked, the whites beat light and fluffy and folded back in the batter..
It does take a little more (work) but it is SOOOO worth it!
edited to clarify more work, not more eggs.. and also the words "fresh eggs" always brings back images of grandma in the kitchen and great smells tease you nose.. you really can't smell them.. but they are in you head... go ahead think about it.. nanna's cake??? wiping her hands on her damp apron and telling ya'll to set things down anywhere and scoot outside whilest she finishes up!!!
yummm, I am so there... and thats why your hungry, even if you don't like eggs..
the increadible edible egg
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I can't believe the poultry forum beat us.
Now I'm getting hungry and I really don't like eggs.
hey I'm from jersey.. I can visit
I was going to post a few times, but................................I chickened out.
Victor, you quack me up!
Hi frans. I'm an alumni too. Maybe a 'We Welcome All NE Alumni' thread would bring in new chatter. (ps How come I never made the rally squad in high school? snort)
And of course, Jersey cows are from...
I tried.. too short.. jumped and jumped.. noone saw me.. so I sank to..yup you guessed it.. chickens.. I feel tall around them!
Jersey cows are easy victor.. just look at the map on their sides.. there should be a black outline of the state their from and a little white dot clarifying the city.
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Hey, thanks for jumpin in.. As we say...everybody is northeast of somewhere.
Thanks for the info about using eggs when baking. Maybe, I'll try separating etc. then again, maybe not. I'm one of those that changes things around anyway. lol.
I like brownies dense.
One suggestion to you good folks over there on the P&L forum - please refrain from thread titles such as 'Check out this cute chick!', or 'Rooster in the henhouse?' I find them very misleading and, after clicking at warp speed, I'm left a little, well, disappointed.
They were eggcited to chat with us?
I like the 'cute little chick' threads but I think all the chicken stories should end with ' they lived happily ever after'. I get too sad when the little one dies. Perhaps a good thing I can't have chickens after all.
Hey Harmony and Fran - we're just scratching around in other people's posts, like good chickens oughtta do...
We are always eggcited to talk about our chickens.
I wish all the stories did end with "and they lived happily ever after"
Please do come post on the poultry forum, even if you just have a mild, passing interest in chickens but don't have any. We love to infect people with our chicken madness. :-)
Oh, and do I count as a Northeaster? I'm originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, which is north and east of Maine. I figure that's pretty darn northeast!!
Claire
That works!
How wonderful! You're a Canuck like me Claire ^_^ Happy belated Thanksgiving! oops maybe some chicken folks don't do Thanksgiving cuz of the bird-eating thing?
You bet I am, eh! Happy belated TG to you also! And yes, we still eat chicken, especially the roosters. :-)
Me too Schickenlady - I was born in Montreal but grew up in Halifax mostly. Also lived in Guelph, Ontario for 6 years.
Uh hate to interrupt but Claire your thread and incu are getting cold over on the poultry forum.
Don't shoot the messenger (please)
I grew up in Burlington Ontario so we were practically neighbours CMoxon. cool. There seems to be a trend with chicken folks re: eating roosters. Is it a fad? They seem scrawnier so I would think the chickens would be better to eat. I've never eaten a rooster. I wonder if my butcher knows about this. LOL this thread should be called 'Everything You Wanted to Know about Chickens but Were Afraid to Ask'.
:O :O Maybe the chicken folks are being held hostage in their forum and that's why they chatter so much :O :O
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Wild turkeys scratch dustbaths too which digs up our plants. we chase them off.
Well the thing with a lot of chicken keepers is that they are keeping chickens primarily for egg production. Roosters don't lay eggs. Roosters fertilize eggs, which means you can hatch chicks, but if you are selling farm fresh eggs, you don't really want them fertilized. Plus, if you live in a city or at least a more populated area, roosters tend to be not that welcome. So, many people just keep their laying hens and maybe 1 or 2 roosters for breeding new layers. When the layers hatch a clutch of eggs, you get about 50% roosters. So, you usually raise the roosters up to a decent size and then they go to freezer camp.
There are what are called "meat breeds" and "layer breeds" and dual-purpose breeds" and generally you find that the hens of the meat breeds are better eating hens and don't lay as many eggs, or not as regularly, or smaller eggs. The layer breeds lay lots of nice eggs but may be thinner and not as meaty. The dual purpose breeds blend these characteristics.
Roosters are best as stewing birds - they are a little tougher than the chicken you will get in the store, but stewing makes them nice and moist, and they have better flavor if they are free range. :-)
I always enjoy seeing wild turkey, and saw a few over the weekend. Of course they weren't in my garden.
Maybe we can start a new thread - chicken chat - to revive our old water cooler threads. I was going to ask a question earlier, and didn't know what thread to ask on. Now I don't remember what it was, but I miss the general chat threads.
Hey FlowerJen. If you've been following the new life forms arriving over in the poultry forum you would know why they aced out the Northeast!
Im on my way back over there to see how the new chicks are doing.
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Thanks CMoxon. I don't know why but I thought there were more chickens in a clutch (look at me I'm using chicken-speak) than roosters. Interesting that there are just as many boys as girls. I still wonder why you can't buy rooster at the store. It would be no different that buying a tougher cut of beef so I would think there would be a market for them.
Deb, feel free to revive the Water Cooler thread!
It's just like humans, 50/50 chance either way. I think you probably can buy rooster at the store. Chicken is either hen or rooster. I suspect rooster meat is probably used in more of the processed foods, like nuggets and stuff.
Wild Turkeys
Take a gander at my goose?
Whoa! Now those poultry people will be over here!
The turkeys are beautiful.
Nice to see you Gloria!
Very cool turkeys. They look mighty big. Is that Essssssmirelda WNYwillieB? Heh maybe I can have a goose. I shall check out the chicken law to see if includes gooses. Do they rototill like chickens?
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