August 10, 2009 2 comments

Simple Fried Farm Fresh Eggs

As a perpetual city dweller, my eggs generally come from a styrofoam crate that will take a million years to break down. The eggs are perfectly white, uniform in size and predictably tasty. I had seen farm fresh eggs sold at farmer’s markets but never understood the appeal. My grocery store eggs were just fine.

Then I tried farm fresh eggs. While visiting my boyfriend’s family in Michigan, I made a trip to their family farm. We drove fifteen minutes down the road, visited the chickens, cows, horses and corn fields and came home with breakfast. Talk about eating locally!  These eggs were incredible and I’m already contemplating ways to install a chicken coop on my rooftop back home in New York.

These chickens are fed with all-natural feed that contains no animal proteins. Vegetarian chickens!! There are a couple different varieties of chicken and each type produces a different looking egg.  The more experienced chickens lay larger eggs and the younger chickens lay smaller eggs.

Have you ever seen blue eggs before? Neither had I!  There were brown speckled eggs, tiny purple eggs, big ‘ol brown eggs and light blue eggs. Unbelievable! I thought eggs only came in white and brown!  It was something out of a Dr. Seuss book!  I was slightly nervous that I would end up with blue scrambled eggs, but the insides are exactly the same, regardless of the shell color.

The real beauty of these eggs is how they taste. The membrane between the egg and the shell is much thicker than store-bought eggs. I had to exercise a certain amount of force to get them to crack all the way through. Once cracked, the yolks stand up much higher and thicker than store-bought eggs.

We whipped a couple eggs into a country omelet with cheese, bacon and broccoli, but I found the simple fried egg to be the best display of the eggs natural qualities. The fried egg was thick and springy. It actually tasted as if it had been laid that very morning. Talk about fresh! If you find yourself lucky enough to have a dozen fresh eggs, play around with different options, make some omelets and some fried eggs!

Farm Fresh Eggs on Toast

Cook Time: 3-5 minutes

Ingredients-

2-4 farm fresh eggs (medium or large, if possible)
Butter or cooking spray for the pan
2-4 slices whole wheat bread

Directions-

- Heat a small skillet over medium heat. Butter the pan or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Crack your fresh egg into the pan. Continue to cook until your desired consistency, around 3-5 minutes for a runny yolk. Be sure that the whites are completely solid.
- Toast the whole wheat bread, one slice per egg. Butter, if desired.
- Serve warm with fried egg on top of the toast. Serve with hash browns, country potatoes or sliced tomatoes, if desired.

Breakfasts

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