# Brown eggs vs white eggs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [March 12, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350 "2020-03-12T18:08:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/61 "2020-03-29T00:53:42Z")
Great passage from the EB White essay! “I suspect there is a more plausible explanation for the popularity of the white egg in America. I ascribe the whole business to a busy little female —the White Leghorn hen. She is nervous, she is flighty, she is the greatest egg‐machine on two legs, and it just happens that she lays a white egg. She’s never too distracted to do her job. A Leghorn hen, if she were on her way to a fire, would pause long enough to lay an egg. This endears her to the poultrymen of America, who are out to produce the greatest number of eggs for the least money paid out for feed. Result: much of America, apart from New England, is. flooded with white eggs.” His article was written in 1971 but I found a 2018 website saying “The white Leghorn hen is a firm favorite of the industrial poultry concerns.” And here’s a breed that lays green eggs: > **[About Easter Egger Chickens: Friendly, Colorful Egg Layers](https://morningchores.com/easter-egger-chickens/)** > > Easter Egger chickens are very popular as they are comical, hardy, extremely friendly and lay pink, blue, and green eggs. Read more about them here. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/62 "2020-03-31T14:06:47Z")
When I was a kid, back in the 50s, we got all our eggs from a local farmer. All his chickens were free-range with identical diet, and we always got a mix of brown and white eggs. There was no difference in taste. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/63 "2020-03-31T16:09:35Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > You gentlemen don’t know your eggs. \*\>ahem\< \* Gentlemen? We do know our eggs. Given the same diet, there’s no difference. If the eggs from your in-laws hens tasted better it’s because they probably fed them a decent diet and no question they were fresh. In a blind taste test you can’t tell the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/64 "2020-05-26T11:17:54Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > While signing in today someone had posed this very question. Their bottom line answer was there is no difference other than shell color. This is complete bullshit . The research department must have spent about 5 minutes researching this subject. Since I wrote the original column, I take issue with this. It was six minutes. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/65 "2020-05-26T11:58:53Z")
I recall, when I was a kid, reading somewhere, possibly a Reader’s Digest, about a wealthy man who complimented his cook for going to the trouble of always obtaining perfect brown eggs for his breakfast. In reality her lifelong efficiency trick had been to boil the eggs in the pot she used to make the coffee. I’m sure she was African American but perhaps not. It seems it may be a [Lebanese recipe.](https://casaveneracion.com/have-you-ever-cooked-eggs-in-coffee/) ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/66 "2020-05-26T12:07:22Z")
Chicken hobbyists have developed breeds that lay eggs that are all different colors, from chocolate brown to pure white and everything in between. Bringing in Auracana genetics, a South American breed which lays blue eggs, we now have olive, green, and blue-green egg layers readily available from hatcheries and feed stores for home flocks. They all taste the same if fed the same. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/67 "2020-05-26T16:51:04Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Since I wrote the original column, I take issue with this. > > It was six minutes. Welcome back, friend. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/68 "2020-05-27T16:29:19Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Since I wrote the original column, I take issue with this. > > It was six minutes. Well done. I think this debate is ova. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/69 "2020-05-27T17:20:58Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Well done. I think this debate is ova. Like shell it is! ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/70 "2020-05-27T17:34:03Z")
Stop cracking yolks! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/71 "2020-05-27T18:14:00Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Stop cracking yolks! Don’t think omelette you get in the last word. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/72 "2020-05-27T18:52:30Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Don’t think omelette you get in the last word. And let this be the eggs benediction. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/73 "2020-05-27T21:02:22Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > And let this be the eggs benediction. Egg-zactly! (I just crack myself up!) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/74 "2020-05-27T21:14:36Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Egg-zactly! Preceded by (post #49): > [@Musicat](#): > > Egg-zactly. I learned at the feet of the master, the [EggMan.](https://www.eggmanart.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/75 "2020-05-28T03:28:51Z")
Well, this is _over-easy_. ---
**Author:** ![artemis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/77 "2020-07-15T23:12:55Z")
> They’re pre-colored, as long as you’re OK with pastel shades of beige and taupe. Some chicken breeds lay pale green and pale blue eggs, too. Who needs artificial dyes when you can have that? ---
**Author:** ![Rob54](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rob54/32/4665_2.png) [@Rob54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rob54)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/78 "2020-09-14T11:55:27Z")
artificial colors … that’s weird. some kind of egg racism. where is your tolerance? 😄 ---
**Author:** ![brilliantnerd2050](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@brilliantnerd2050](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brilliantnerd2050)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350/79 "2020-11-15T22:42:30Z")
good question, in the [howto](https://howto.org/) blog always recommended white Here a yummy recipe 😋 😋 😋: [https://howto.org/how-to-boil-eggs/](https://howto.org/how-to-boil-eggs/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-eggs-vs-white-eggs/849350.md?page=3)