Trader Joe’s Rants & Raves (mostly raves, a few rants)

I was surprised to see these at Trader Joe’s. Frankly they looked more to me like like eggs you might find at Whole Foods or your local Farmer’s Market. But I bet those would charge somewhere between 8 and 10 dollars for these, not six bucks.

They say: “Laid by heirloom chickens living in a free range, open air environment. Especially excellent for omelettes”. I didn’t try them yet as these are Medium sized and I tend towards buying Extra Large eggs but these do look really interesting and quite gourmet. Said to have a very deep colored rich amber yolk.

By the way, my limited city-boy understanding of why eggs are white, brown or a color like these is that its related to the breed of the chicken who made them. In simple terms white chickens lay white eggs, while brown chickens lay brown eggs, etc. Besides brown and white, some breeds also lay blue or green eggs, like Araucanas, due to other pigments.

https://www.getstronganimals.com/post/which-chicken-breeds-lay-blue-eggs

Trader Joe’s Free Range Heirloom Fresh Blue and Brown eggs (medium) $5.99/dozen

Brown or white, all eggs are equal nutritionally if the chickens are fed the same diet. My wife says brown eggs are “better” than white ones but thats not quite the case.