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[Cobra]

Isn't it?

Before the great famine of 2020 arrived, I used to buy the "values eggs" at around £1.20 for 15.
They suited my needs and tasted OK.

But then the plague of locusts arrived and eggs were more rare than Unicorn do do.
I do like eggs and eat quite a few, if I was lucky to find any, it was the over priced "farm fresh" type eggs.
I had no option but to pay the top of the range price for a meal in a shell.

Now, back to present time, I have started to see the "value eggs" back on the shelf.
Of course I bought some,

Now comes the rub, having started on these, I know realised what I was missing by buying them.
The others are more tasty and more substantial.
There seems to be very little content in the value eggs, even when compared size for size.

Has anyone else made any earth shattering discoveries, food wise over the last few months?

 

[cambsno]

I have been buying 'better' eggs for years - the best I find are the Burford Browns which are sold in Waitrose and Tesco - there is a blue type as well which are good, Deep yolks with far more flavour and substance.

We had a local Lidl open in March which meant I could go on a regular basis and the steaks in there are very well priced, as is most meat.

The other was easy bake yeast - I had always uses the normal dried yeast but this stuff gets better and fluffier loaves!

 

[Cobra]

Deep yolks

Yes that's it!
I wonder why there is more yolk in some? there must be a reason.
"older" chickens perhaps?

 

[Marc]

We made this discovery a few years ago. Mrs F was sharing some stables with a friend who had some chickens. She started bring some eggs home. that had been laid the same day. The difference was night and day. Not only did the yolks look and taste much better but, because they were so fresh, the whites didn't spread out when you cracked them so you could just drop them in boiling water for excellent poached eggs.

Supermarket eggs are already passed their best before they even get to the shelve IMO.

 

[Cartus]

The only supermarket eggs worth buying I find are the Clarence Court 'Burford Brown' or their blue 'Cotswold legbar' eggs. They’re the most expensive but worth it I think.

I had a very brief holiday job on a chicken farm in Devon when I was about 16. I was horrified at the conditions the chickens were kept in and have always bought free range eggs at least ever since. I dread to think how they’re kept in the US where food standards are much lower.

Nothing beats fresh eggs though.

 

[nilagin]

Nothing beats fresh eggs though.

A whisk or a fork should do an eggsellent job.

 

[viv1969]

I was born and raised on a chicken farm.
What passes as "free range" for eggs for sale in supermarkets is laughable.

I'm lucky. Even through lockdown I've been able to enjoy eggs from real, free ranging, barnyard raised chickens, guinea fowl and ducks.

I'd rather go eggless than eat supermarket eggs.

 

[Cobra]

the whites didn't spread out when you cracked them so you could just drop them in boiling water for excellent poached eggs.

I have a a "proper" egg poacher for that very reason ( The albumen spreading and breaking up in water)
I'll have to try proper eggs in water next time

A whisk or a fork should do an eggsellent job.

I'm glad you are back

I'd missed you and your sparkling repartee

 

[nilagin]

I have a a "proper" egg poacher for that very reason ( The albumen spreading and breaking up in water)
I'll have to try proper eggs in water next time



I'm glad you are back

I'd missed you and your sparkling repartee

I wasn't aware I had been given a holiday until a couple of days ago. Been busy at work and working on the wife's car.

 

[Cobra]

I wasn't aware I had been given a holiday until a couple of days ago.

Oh yeah so you had, that was on the 24th of May for 24 hours ..
I

 

[Jelster]

Chap a few doors down has a smallholding with around 30 chickens, plus duck, geese, & guinea fowl.

I get my eggs from him, fresh that morning... Yum yum.....

 

[joxby]

Since the lock down I have discovered, all brands of bbeans are virtually the same except for those branston things which are nasty.
That corned beef is more suited to breakfast than anything else and that 20 pints of milk a week for 2 people is somehow not quite enough...

 

[Cobra]

all brands of bbeans are virtually the same

NOoooo!!!
That's heresy, Heinz all the way.

That corned beef is more suited to breakfast than anything else

I'm curious, breakfast?
I love a corned beef and Tomato sarnie, but not for breakfast, its either lunch or supper

20 pints of milk a week for 2 people is somehow not quite enough...

a pint lasts me a week

 

[Tigger.ufo]

Eggs from my local butcher. Fresh, tasty and frequently with double yolks.

Corned beef with Heinz tomato ketchup in white bread (definately not for brekkie though!)

 

[joxby]

NOoooo!!!
That's heresy, Heinz all the way.



I'm curious, breakfast?
I love a corned beef and Tomato sarnie, but not for breakfast, its either lunch or supper


a pint lasts me a week

Even the Hubbards beans with old school tin opener tops are ok.
I could be tight and say Heinz are a bit "wet", but leave em in the pan for long enough and they sort themselves out.
Heresy is to.......microwave..
Corned beef is a bacon/sausage sub in my world of no bacon or sausages.
Dunno what the milk is all about, mebbe we are the milk bank for the street, I've stopped whinging about it.

 

[Tigger.ufo]

@joxby

I'm with you re. "wet" Heinz beans ... have to pour off some of the liquid before using (either hot or cold!)

 

[Box Brownie]

IMO you should shake tins of baked beans before opening them

It seems to help them come out of the tin in one pour.....and I wonder if the sauce is slightly thixotropic and needs that shaking?

 

[Deleted member 49549]

Since the lock down I have discovered, all brands of bbeans are virtually the same except for those branston things which are nasty.
That corned beef is more suited to breakfast than anything else and that 20 pints of milk a week for 2 people is somehow not quite enough...

Ive recently found Crosse & Blackwell Branston beans - much nicer than the others. A much thicker sauce in them than the watery stuff you get even with Heinz.

 

[Deleted member 49549]

And regarding peached eggs, the microwave is a good way of cooking them but needs a bit of testing first.
I use an old nutellajar with a pop off lid, measure out the water (75g), put in the egg and put the jar lid back on. I microwave for 60s, but you will need to experiment with the timing and amount of water dependent on the strength of your microwave and how you like your eggs. But once you have got the timing sorted it is a really quick way of getting a near restaurant quality poached egg.

 

[nilagin]

Apparently eggs aren't just for eating.

View: https://youtu.be/xrm_mIzbc4E

 

[Gremlin]

Eggs from my local butcher. Fresh, tasty and frequently with double yolks.

I get mine from a local farm shop and they often have double yolks too, not good for boiled eggs and soldiers though !
I also get RAW milk as they now call it from the same place, much tastier then the processed stuff

 

[jakeblu]

thixotropic

Thats my new word for the day, right there

 

[Cobra]

Corned beef is a bacon/sausage sub in my world of no bacon or sausages.

Fair enough

I could be tight and say Heinz are a bit "wet", but leave em in the pan for long enough and they sort themselves out.

Agreed they are a bit wet, cook em slowly and the liquid dissipates.
I have tried others and TBH find the taste a bit weird in most. Maybe Heinz add a little something for that effect?

And regarding peached eggs, the microwave is a good way of cooking them but needs a bit of testing first.

I'd not thought of that, it does sound like its worth a shot though

Apparently eggs aren't just for eating.

WTF? but
I think he's gonna need a bigger bucket

 

[Anthony.Ralph]

We store our tins of Heinz baked beans upside down in the cupboard, only turning them right-side up when opening them. The beans all come out smoothly.

Anthony

 

[sirch]

I wonder if the sauce is slightly thixotropic and needs that shaking

Possibly but I think it's more likely that the beans settle to the bottom and the sauce is on top, there is then not much lubrication around the beans to get them to flow out of the can. (or have I spent too much time thinking about beans )

Getting somewhat back to the topic, I've always wondered why, if people have the money, they buy the lowest priced options in the supermarket. I enjoy food and would rather have less of something better quality than have loads of cheap stuff. Up to a point IME you really do get more flavour from more expensive products.

 

[broc]

Corned beef & onion toasted sandwich, with a side order of Gaviscon for me......

Toast, topped with Branston baked beans and a microwaved poached egg on top is a quick & easy lunchtime favourite of mine.

 

[Suvv]

I get mine from a local farm shop and they often have double yolks too, not good for boiled eggs and soldiers though !
I also get RAW milk as they now call it from the same place, much tastier then the processed stuff

RAW is not an acronym it should be raw milk!!!!!!!

 

[Cobra]

We store our tins of Heinz baked beans upside down in the cupboard, only turning them right-side up when opening them.

Exactly the same here

I've always wondered why, if people have the money, they buy the lowest priced options in the supermarket

Fair point Chris I guess with me looking back some years it became a habit that I never really thought about or attempted to break.
Although probably the eggs are the only "Value item" that I tended to buy these days ..
But that habit is now also broken

RAW is not an acronym

But it ( and the milk) remains un-processed

 

[Box Brownie]

RAW is not an acronym it should be raw milk!!!!!!!

I thought it used to be called "green milk"?

 

[Cobra]

I thought it used to be called "green milk"?

I'm sure it did too.
But yes all the ( roadside ) adverts I see now call it raw.

 

[Box Brownie]

Possibly but I think it's more likely that the beans settle to the bottom and the sauce is on top, there is then not much lubrication around the beans to get them to flow out of the can. (or have I spent too much time thinking about beans )

Getting somewhat back to the topic........

For sure, a lot of threads should now go into OOF ~ the the lockdown era

 

[jakeblu]

Agreed they are a bit wet, cook em slowly and the liquid dissipates.

Fry them in a little butter, the only way to cook beans, end of.

 

[Deleted member 49549]

I'd not thought of that, it does sound like its worth a shot though

It will take a few goes to get the timing right, but once you know the right timing it is my preferred way of poaching an egg. Also key is measuring the amount of water exactly as the cooking duration is so short.

 

[Yardbent]

chicken eggs are so yesterday -- try fresh duck eggs - you'll never go back.!

 

[Gremlin]

I thought it used to be called "green milk"?

I'm sure it used to called MILK nothing else, appears farms/shops have to registered to sell it theses days

 

[Box Brownie]

I'm sure it used to called MILK nothing else, appears farms/shops have to registered to sell it theses days

The only time(s) I recall having such fresh milk was when we used to stay on a welsh farm when climbing in Snowdonia in the late 60's to early 70's
It was so fresh it was warm from the cow the first time..................not too great on the cereal. The next day I think when we went to the farm door about an hour later and it was chilled. I can't recall anything of the taste or 'texture' but we all used it on that trip.

PS I surmise the registration is more to do with their milking and diary protocols & herd health checks to mitigate for Listeria bacteria. A bit like nut allergies, who is to say that (A) folk know a Listeria infection can impact on pregnancy and (B) those that do know about this are cautious enough in their 'risk assessment' before buying & drinking it?

 

[woof woof]

My sister has been doing our shopping and I think she does it without having her glasses on as we do get some random items. She also seems to avoid the shop brand things we tend to buy and instead gets us high end names. So the cost of a shop has definitely risen.

Anyway. I make bread and I usually use shop brand extra strong flour but sis got some granary flour which I initially thought was a bit of a failure as the bread didn't rise as much and I didn't like the texture. But. For one mix I was running out of the granary flour and had to mix it with the usual strong flour and I was very pleased with the result. I made some fruit bread, just the usual bread mix but with added fruit (the sort you put in cakes,) goji berries and cinnamon and nutneg and it was superb, probably the best I've made.

 

[broc]

My sister has been doing our shopping and I think she does it without having her glasses on as we do get some random items. She also seems to avoid the shop brand things we tend to buy and instead gets us high end names. So the cost of a shop has definitely risen.

Anyway. I make bread and I usually use shop brand extra strong flour but sis got some granary flour which I initially thought was a bit of a failure as the bread didn't rise as much and I didn't like the texture. But. For one mix I was running out of the granary flour and had to mix it with the usual strong flour and I was very pleased with the result. I made some fruit bread, just the usual bread mix but with added fruit (the sort you put in cakes,) goji berries and cinnamon and nutneg and it was superb, probably the best I've made.

My wife always uses 1/3 strong white flour to any wholemeal, malted or granary bread she is making, not only does it make a 'better' loaf but it makes the speciality flour go further. She adds eggs & milk to her fruit loaf recipe too.

 

[Jelster]

The ONLY way to cook beans is with a good dash or two or Lea & Perrins sauce before heating them up...

 

[Cobra]

Fry them in a little butter, the only way to cook beans, end of.

Errr I'm not convinced that will help BB of any type TBH

chicken eggs are so yesterday -- try fresh duck eggs - you'll never go back.!

Err no, horrible things

My sister has been doing our shopping and I think she does it without having her glasses on as we do get some random items.

That sound like a good game, I think I'll give it a shot

The ONLY way to cook beans is with a good dash or two or Lea & Perrins sauce before heating them up...

Now that I agree with