The elderly hens that my daughter is caring for have given us 4 eggs so far. I used all 4 eggs in a Denver frittata, basically a Denver omelette baked in the oven.
The yolks were darker colored and more mounded once cracked into a bowl, as compared to grocery store eggs. My husband thought the eggs tasted richer. We all noticed how yellow the egg part of the frittata was.
The hen with the issue appears to be improving slightly, without any extra care from my daughter. Between my daughter and I we know exactly zilch about hens. Thank goodness for the computers, both for finding information and for the ability to email the hens' owner while they're traveling.
Last night's dinner was also exciting, but for a completely different reason. Yesterday was my husband's birthday. In our house, the birthday person gets to choose what we're doing to celebrate, including what's for dinner and dessert on the birthday. My husband chose Mexican food and a Rice Crispy Treat cake for dessert. Yesterday wasn't the big celebration. It was just the four of us. Our big joint birthday celebration will be this weekend, with our son and daughter-in-law joining the four at home to celebrate both my husband's and my birthday. My husband took time off work for part of the day yesterday. What he really wanted to do was go to Value Village, then play a board game in the afternoon/evening. We are so easy to please in our household.
I've been getting the vegetable garden planted this week. Monday I seeded the carrots. Yesterday I planted the kale seedlings that I started indoors. And today I planted the cabbage and Brussel sprout seedlings (also started indoors). I will need to keep an eye on the garden this year. I saw 3 rabbits on our property this morning. Although some of the garden beds have wire fencing, a couple of them do not.
Have you had the opportunity to eat very fresh eggs before? What's been your impression of fresh eggs compared to grocery store eggs?
