/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.6774025]

are the eggs that restaurants serve of a better quality than the ones you buy in a grocery store?

i bought a tray like pic related from a cash n carry that sells a lot of restaurant supplies and these eggs were different. they had very robust and thick shells but they were easier to crack open without a bunch of shell pieces falling in.

[Anonymous No.6774037]

>>6774025
No

[Anonymous No.6774105]

>>6774025
The difference is one of breed, fodder and livkng conditions of the animals.

Eggs are the one food item where I always buy "top shelf" items, always organic free range, the difference is immense, from pale yolks and papery shells to bold orange yolks and shells you can practically drop your other groceries on.

[Anonymous No.6774141]

>>6774105
>breed, fodder and livkng conditions of the animals.
Especially fodder. Free range hens lay very different eggs when what they eat changes due to season, relocation etc. Though the difference isn't nearly as big as when changing species. I sometimes get duck and goose eggs and have come to prefer those by far.

[Anonymous No.6774144]

>>6774025
The eggs I buy are from the same farmer used by a local three star michelin restaurant, so I guess it depends on which restaurant. But you can't get them at a grocery store.

In during all food is the same my unappetizing slop is just as good as your pretentious anti-american placebo, something something penn & teller. Sorry you ruined your taste buds with too much funyuns and arizona iced tea :(

[Anonymous No.6774147]

>>6774141
Also the hens rest periods do alot, battery farmed hens are kept in constant light so thry stay awake and keep laying nearly 24/7, that really ruins quality too, neither ducks nor geese are farmed that hard leading to much higher quality.

[Anonymous No.6774155]

>>6774147
I don't think duck and geese farming even works similarly. Ducks stay in water and hunt/scavenge/whatever they do underwater, and geese only lay a few eggs a year, and only during summer.

[Anonymous No.6774159]

>>6774105
>organic free range
retard
>>6774155
no domesticated ducks live on land but like to chill out in water chicken and duck farms are pretty much the same not sure off the top of my head about eggs tho

[Anonymous No.6774160]

>>6774105
>other groceries
>implying your "extra fancy" grocery store eggs with reassuring words all over the packaging are in any way good

[Anonymous No.6774161]

>>6774159
I'm aware you cant control what a free range animals consume, but you can avoid feeding them growth engancers, powerfeed and pre-empetive medication.

[Anonymous No.6774162]

>>6774160
Better taste, texture and colour.

Big enough difference.

[Anonymous No.6774165]

I work in a restaurant and they're not noticeably different from the eggs I buy at the market aside from being slightly smaller. You're probably just getting eggs from a different breed, that's the only substantial change I've noticed from when we've changed distributors.

[Anonymous No.6774166]

>>6774161
you might want to look what is legally defined as free range and etc
>>6774165
nah breeds the same unless the eggs are red/blue

[Anonymous No.6774180]

>>6774166
Round here free range chickens need stable with at most 9 hens per 3sq feet, rest cycles in lighting, acess to outside area of natural ground with foraging possibilities with at least 12 sq feet of space per hen, no growth hormone additives.

True organic hens are even more stringent with requirements for all of the above plus sunlit stables with 3 hens per 3 sq feet, stables with no nore that 3000 hens total, no beak trimming, no antibiotics.

[Anonymous No.6775319]

>>6774165
>they're not noticeably different from the eggs I buy at the market aside from being slightly smaller
OP here... I also noticed that these eggs are a hint smaller than the store ones...

[Anonymous No.6775605]

My parents used to raise their own free-range chickens on a pretty varied diet. The biggest difference was very hard shells and very bright yolks.

I also used to work in a restaurant where we got those flats of eggs from a supplier. They were easy to crack which came in helpful when you're cracking one or two dozen of them to make an batch of spatzle. We also used bought local free-range eggs that we used in occasions where the egg was more the spotlight than just another ingredient, like a poached egg or potato pancake or something. Then it was to crack with much brighter yolks.

But to be honest, I'm still not sure if I could ever tell the difference in taste.

[Anonymous No.6775892]

[Anonymous No.6775920]

it depends on the restaurant obviously but for the most part, no

[Anonymous No.6776142]

>>6774162
true, the difference its noticeable in the yolk.
usually a top grade egg its more orange in the yolk a low grade egg its more yellow