Fresh Eggs Daily®: Coop to Kitchen - 5 Tips to Ensure Clean Eggs from...

Fresh Eggs Daily®: Coop to Kitchen - 5 Tips to Ensure Clean Eggs from...: The last step in a chicken's egg laying process involves the application of a thin, nearly invisible film on the surface of the eg...

Fresh Eggs Daily®: Handling and Storing Eggs

 Wonderful from Lisa at Fresh Eggs Daily on how to handle, clean and store fresh from the coop eggs.

Fresh Eggs Daily®: Handling and Storing Eggs: One of the nice things about raising your own chickens is knowing what they are eating and what is going into the eggs they lay.  Another...

Analytical Mom: Can You Guess...

I came across this informative blog post. I hope you find it as interesting as I did.


Analytical Mom: Can You Guess...: Which eggs came from the store, and which came from our backyard chickens? Hint: the ones from the store are huge and pale... Did you...

Mustard Eggs

Mustard Eggs...


These tart pickled eggs are great for summer-time get togethers.







1 1/2 cups cider vinegar
2 T mustard powder
1/2 tsp ground tumeric
1 T garlic powder
1 T onion powder

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c water
yellow food coloring optional


Whisk ingredients together and bring to a boil.  Pour over 
12 hard cooked eggs (peeled) that have been placed in a jar.  Place lid on the jar and chill in fridge for 72 hours before taste testing.  The longer they sit in the brine, the more flavor they will have.  They can be sliced onto a salad, made into deviled eggs, or like the picture above, topped with mayo, salt and pepper.

Nyack Backyard: A More Humane Egg

Nyack Backyard: A More Humane Egg

Carlisle Cooks: Hard Boiled Eggs Part 2- Macaroni Salad

Carlisle Cooks: Hard Boiled Eggs Part 2- Macaroni Salad: "I thought I'd share another favorite around here using some of those hard boiled eggs. While I don't exactly use a recipe, I'll do my best t..."

Hard Boiled Eggs

I have found the secret to hard boiling eggs perfectly-every time.  Many folks tend to overcook their eggs creating that nasty green layer on the outside of the yolk.  But one simple tip can fix that.  I can't believe something so simple is not so well-known.  But here it is.............

Are You Ready..................

STEAMING!  

Yep, that's right.  Steaming your eggs is the secret to great hard boiled eggs-EVERY TIME!

You just need one of these...

OR THESE

OR THESE

I used an electric steamer like the one pictured above.  Just place a small amount of water in your pan with the eggs.  (I had to use a bit more than 1 cup in the electric steamer.)  

Steam for 20 minutes.  

Cool immediately.  I usually add my eggs to ice and water.

When eggs are cooled,   (It only takes 5 or 10 minutes to cool)  you are ready to Peel.

Even our fresh from the nest eggs peel fairly well, 'cause you know...fresh eggs are a bugger to peel.

I turned these eggs into pickled eggs.  Yum!

Enjoy!

I made pickled eggs with the beets I pickled this summer.

Happy Steaming!