Good Egg/Better Egg

 

These pictures show two ways that we can buy eggs in our area. 

One is from the grocery store. I am sure that it is a good enough egg. The carton of one dozen cost about $1.80 and was graded as "large Grade A" Amish from Holmes County, Ohio (about 2 hours from my town).

The other egg was purchased at 'Lil Farmers Market in Bucyrus, Ohio. The carton of eggs cost $2.00 and was not graded, but the lid to the carton (made for extra large eggs) would not completely shut. The vendor is from Crawford County and lives about half an hour from my place.

One is brown. One is white. One has a deep golden yolk. One has a pale yellow yolk. One kept its yolk and white intact when I broke it open. One had a watery part to the white that spread out over the dish when I broke it.

The market vendor's eggs are only a few days old. I don't have any way of knowing how old the Holmes County eggs are, but since the facility is rather close to home compared to where other food comes from, I'd say I am safe in thinking that the eggs are fairly fresh.

I don't have access to scientific measuring tools to compare nutritional value, but I don't need to because I know which egg I'd rather eat just from the facts listed above.

**POP QUIZ**

Can you guess which egg came from the farmer's market and which on came from the grocery store?

Good for you! 

Marcheta *and good for me, too :)