# Egg Preferences: Small, Medium, Large, XLarge or Brown **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-preferences-small-medium-large-xlarge-or-brown/528921 "2010-02-14T03:04:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-preferences-small-medium-large-xlarge-or-brown/528921/41 "2010-02-20T18:04:57Z")
I prefer the large size. Whether it’s brown or white, I don’t care. Also, I can find no difference in taste between the more expensive cage free eggs and the regular supermarket brand. I can tell the difference between a true free-range farm egg and either of the above two. It’s huge, and I’ll pay whatever premium to get really fresh farmers eggs. My understanding is that it’s the diet, with battery and cage free chickens being fed a vegetarian grain-based diet, while true free-range chickens eat worms and bugs and other stuff along the way, making the eggs more eggy. Whatever it is, true free range eggs taste a lot different than regular or cage free eggs. ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-preferences-small-medium-large-xlarge-or-brown/528921/42 "2010-02-20T19:45:58Z")
> [@hellpaso](#): > > I always heard that too–but here in deep south Texas, brown eggs are more common. Does anyone know if brown eggs are preferred in Mexico?? White are most common. ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-preferences-small-medium-large-xlarge-or-brown/528921/43 "2010-02-20T20:14:56Z")
I normally pony up for the pasteurized eggs so that when I make cakes or cookies I don’t worry about the safety of eating the raw dough or batter on the beaters. The exception is at Easter, when I buy whatever white ones are available. Not only are they cheaper, they aren’t pre-marked with a “P” on them. Given a choice, I’ll buy the ones in a fiberboard carton rather than styrofoam or plastic because it will biodegrade. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-preferences-small-medium-large-xlarge-or-brown/528921/44 "2010-02-20T20:42:11Z")
Personally, I usually buy large or extra-large, but that doesn’t cover the possibilities by a long shot. My mom recently got some chickens (organic, semi-free-range), and they’re laying eggs about three sizes larger than XL. One of them actually weighed in at four ounces. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-preferences-small-medium-large-xlarge-or-brown/528921/45 "2010-02-20T21:49:56Z")
> [@Cowgirl\_Jules](#): > > Homegrown. Kayaker, where did you get your aracaunas? I’d like to add some of those to our upcoming flock (we’re roofing the coop later today) but I’m having a hard time finding fertile eggs locally. > > Oh, I see that site you linked to sells them. Should have looked at it first! Actually, we get chicks from the local feed store. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-preferences-small-medium-large-xlarge-or-brown/528921/46 "2010-02-21T12:51:08Z")
> [@butler1850](#): > > Brown eggs, are local eggs, and local eggs are fresh! (It was a New England advert for years when I was a kid) Really? All brown eggs come from New England? :eek: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-preferences-small-medium-large-xlarge-or-brown/528921/47 "2010-02-21T16:29:30Z")
> [@RoniaBorkason](#): > > YES! As I was taught: the nutritional difference between brown eggs and white eggs is the same as the difference between brown people and white people, i.e., none. Some people think one or the other is prettier. > > Mmmmm, accidental cannibalism reference. Now I’m all hungry. Yeah, I think brown people taste a little “heartier” than white people, but you are right that nutritionally they are the same. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-preferences-small-medium-large-xlarge-or-brown/528921/48 "2010-02-21T19:06:53Z")
You forgot this option: The ones that grow up into chickens…I don’t care for eggs/have a very mild allergy that bothers my system if I eat them more than once per week, so I just don’t eat them. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-preferences-small-medium-large-xlarge-or-brown/528921/49 "2010-02-22T15:28:49Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Really? All brown eggs come from New England? :eek: 😉 According to the marketing folks, yes. The marketing folks would never lie to me would they? 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-preferences-small-medium-large-xlarge-or-brown/528921.md?page=2)