Eggs

[bentaxle]

The wife lived in the southern part of the usa 60 years ago and she seem to remember they only had white eggs no brown is this true

[Pooka1950]

I think (and I might well be wrong) that the Americans "bleach" their eggs which is why on TV/movies the shells always look startlingly white.

[EDDIE51]

Americans in general do not like Brown eggs ! They seem to think they are not as good for you as White eggs ! They associate 'Brown' with 'dirty' and White with 'Clean' . Stupid but true ! So your wife is almost certainly correct ! I have worked with a lot of US citizens and they all seem to think that only White eggs are 'Good ' ! USA farmers only keep breeds of chickens that lay White eggs !

[bentaxle]

Thank you Pooka that could be the answer

[pastafreak]

As an American, I've no idea if what Eddie is shouting about is true. I do know that I grew up with only white eggs. I've always assumed it was due to the breed.

[pastafreak]

Ps...I've never thought only white eggs are good.

[bentaxle]

Thanks for that Eddie I'll show her these answers and that will please her as whenever we have eggs she trots out this tail about eggs in the USA many years ago
Thank you both

[Rockrose]

The eggs are not bleached bit sanitised
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaarumugam/2012/10/25/why-american-eggs-would-be-illegal-in-a-british-supermarket-and-vice-versa/amp/

[Mamyalynne]

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-difference-between-brown-and-white-eggs-2017-4?r=US&;IR=T

Large scale egg producers in the USA have White Leghorns hence white eggs, smaller outlets and farm may have other breeds and also produce brown eggs.

[bentaxle]

Thanks again , the wife really enjoyed reading your replies and links
she is now the family expert on eggs
All the best

[theprof]

EDDIE51 is absolutely correct. I spend a total of a few weeks every year in various USA ivy-league universities and I can safely safe that brown eggs are a rarity in US grocery stores. Most Americans still regard brown eggs as being unclean and unfit for human consumption - most of them are used in food processing.
They have the same prejudice against breeds that produce coloured eggs such as the Arkansas Blue and Araucana, which only tend to be available in specialist stores and are frowned upon in some states.

[ummmm]

**thud**

[theprof]

Incidentally, one of the oddest chicken breeds in respect of egg colour is the American Easter Egger. Individual chickens can lay green, blue, pink and shades of colour inbetween eggs. However, if the bird lays green eggs for example, it will only lay that colour egg for the rest of its life with the same rule applying to the other colours. The chickens are often sold on the basis of the colour of their eggs!
(For my American readers, read "color" for "colour"!)

[Mamyalynne]

Surely they must consider eggs unclean altogether as they was their white ones in warm water with a cleaning agent.

They aren't that hot keen on other issues, wonder why they are on this one.

Lots of Americans online say they can buy both white and brown, maybe they are buying from local farms.

[Mamyalynne]

* wash

[royfromaus]

For a brief moment, I thought I had logged on to Quora.

[Mamyalynne]

Is that a buttery type of spread?;-)

[theprof]

Mamyalynne, yes they do tend to wash the eggs prior to packaging with some packers proudly pointing out this fact on the egg boxes.

I've never been able to get to the bottom of this prejudice against brown eggs although I've heard some fantastic and strange stories about it over the years over there. I once foolishly asked for a soft boiled brown egg in a cafetaria at Princeton Uni and almost got turfed out without breakfast!

It is indeed true that if a consumer want brown eggs in the USA, they usually go the farm gate. The production of brown eggs is miniscule compared to white eggs over there simply because of this prejudice.

[douglas9401]

I've asked my wife, 'chelle, she says it's just a big yolk.

[Mamyalynne]

For years it was thought that brown eggs were healthier but the truth is, if the hen has a good diet and is itself healthy there's nothing much in the difference.

[pastafreak]

I've just emailed my brother to see if he eats non white eggs...
Watch this space...I'll be back tomorrow ;)