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What kind of eggs do you buy?
Do you buy battery, barn, free range or organic and does the price affect your choice?
I've just bought 18 free range eggs for £2. That's 11.1p each, compared to about 6.6p each for battery eggs. Do you/would you spend an extra 4.5p per egg, to improve the lives of the hens who supply your eggs? |
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If I have my mum staying for a few days, then I will by the more expensive eggs as she won't eat the non free range 1's.
I will buy whatever eggs I have money for at the time. There was a minimarket I knew of that got shutdown after it was found branding battery eggs as free range, since then I don't trust any of the sipermarkets for trying the same kind of stunt & therefore will often buy the cheapest possible. |
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Creme Eggs.
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I always buy free range eggs from a known source. They are delicious. Cost 70p for 6.
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I have always bought free range, because that's what I grew up with. We had chickens when I was a kid, and only ate their eggs, never bought ones. After the chickens, my mum only ever bought free range, and since I got my own place and did my own shopping, it honestly never occurred to me to buy battery eggs. I don't buy huge quantities of eggs - 11p or whatever it is is NOT expensive at all for an egg, when you consider how far an egg goes, so I'll always buy the best I can find. The chicken cruelty issue is an aside for me (although I really don't want to support cruel practices), my motivation is that free range organic eggs just taste so much better, AND aren't from hens that are stuffed full of chemicals.
I'd have my own chickens if I could... |
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my dad keeps chickens, i buy from him at 60p per half dozen ( he only charges to cover feed costs)
if he doesn't have enough i buy local free range ( my butcher yet again bless him) from several local checkable sources, one of the advantages of living in a semi-rural area. |
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Bought only free-range for as long as I can remember.
Can't afford organic. Though I have had some and not been able to taste any difference. |
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This is a double yolk ha ha.
In my market there is an old guy who we buy our free range double yolks from. They are superb, 80pence 6.
I can never understand how the chicken lays them as they are huge. YOU havent lived until you have tried a double yolker. |
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But how do you know an egg is a double yolker before you crack it?
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Bought only free-range for as long as I can remember.
Can't afford organic. Though I have had some and not been able to taste any difference. I saw Rick Stein taste test Free-range & supermarket turkey - despite the free-range one costing 4 times as much - and 12 other people choosing free-range turkey - he chose supermarket one - bit suprised he put his career under public scrutiny - i used to be a fan but not sure how he can call himself a cook when he obviously can't )anyhoo back to the plot - i though people bought free-range just because the welfare of the bird/animal . |
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But how do you know an egg is a double yolker before you crack it?
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Only free range, and occasionally organic as well. Would NEVER buy battery eggs.
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But how do you know an egg is a double yolker before you crack it?
Everyone has been a double its weird its something to do with what they feed them I think, not sure, but they are LOVELY and make the best cakes too. |
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Only free range, and occasionally organic as well. Would NEVER buy battery eggs.
Sorry its my stupid sense of humour, i am off need food ha ha, getting weak. |
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Do people buy free range because they taste better?
I saw Rick Stein taste test Free-range & supermarket turkey - despite the free-range one costing 4 times as much - and 12 other people choosing free-range turkey - he chose supermarket one - bit suprised he put his career under public scrutiny - i used to be a fan but not sure how he can call himself a cook when he obviously can't )anyhoo back to the plot - i though people bought free-range just because the welfare of the bird/animal . I saw that episode where Rick Stein chose the supermarket bird. Was he embarrased! He said he'd seen it looking good after it had come out of the oven and decided it must be the organic one.
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I bought barn eggs today, purely because they didn't have any large free range ones. I am now going to run for cover.
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Yeah you better hide, cos the food police will be after you.
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I only buy free range eggs. I'm not ruled by cost either; I wouldn't consider anything less than free range regardless of the saving.
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I bought barn eggs today, purely because they didn't have any large free range ones. I am now going to run for cover.
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Barn eggs are at least better than battery.
![]() I'm getting really pissed off with the likes of Oliver and Fearly whatsisname preaching about what we should be buying and that the public doesn't eat healthily. Open one of Jamie's recipe books and you'll see that he doesn't practice what he preaches. |
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Not that you're judging me JLP
![]() I'm just curious. |
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I'm not judging anyone.
I'm just curious. I know you're not. Was just having a general rant about millionaire chefs preaching at the public.
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I buy free range eggs and chicken when i eat chicken.I think if you buy free range eggs but buy battery chickens it sort of defeats the purpose of buying free range eggs.But i am aware that some people would buy both if they could afford to,some people are on tighter budgets than myself.
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6 large free-range eggs from Tesco, £1.45.
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In my market there is an old guy who we buy our free range double yolks from. They are superb, 80pence 6.
I can never understand how the chicken lays them as they are huge. YOU havent lived until you have tried a double yolker. |
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He said he'd seen it looking good after it had come out of the oven and decided it must be the organic one.