# What kind of eggs do you buy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308 "2012-11-27T20:53:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/21 "2012-11-27T23:11:11Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > I haven’t seen white eggs for sale in years. I’d say 90% of the eggs at our local Safeway our white. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/22 "2012-11-27T23:12:05Z")
Brown, because they taste better than white as long as I know what color the egg was. Large, Larger, Largerer, and up. Because why not? I don’t recall ever needing a tiny egg. The grocery once had 3 dozen extra small eggs for 99 cents once, so I bought them. Just more eggs to crack to make anything. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/23 "2012-11-27T23:15:18Z")
I walk to the farmer’s market on Saturday morning and buy large brown eggs. I know nothing else about them. But I do like that my $2.50 goes directly to the farmer. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/24 "2012-11-27T23:22:23Z")
Another one who hasn’t done the poll, buys free range eggs and doesn’t care about the colour. During the summer my eggs come from a city farm and taste gorgeous, in winter I get them from the supermarket. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/25 "2012-11-27T23:23:55Z")
I buy large eggs because I figured out thta three large makes a perfect sized omelet for me. Speaking of which i may have solved dinner tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/26 "2012-11-27T23:31:16Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > I haven’t seen white eggs for sale in years. White eggs are readily available year-round here (Maine). We buy eggs from a friend who keeps cage-free chickens. In a dozen eggs, the shell color ranges from dark to light brown to pale greenish blue to beautifully speckled. Most are large; some are medium, and a few are so jumbo I wince for the poor hen. They are delicious. $2.00 a dozen. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/27 "2012-11-27T23:38:34Z")
Liquid ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/28 "2012-11-27T23:45:09Z")
I didn’t vote because the options don’t really work for me. I buy bulk chicken eggs from my co-op. The are from organically-raised, free-range chickens. The eggs come in all colors and sizes. The really huge ones are often double-yolked and are too big for using in recipes. When I can, I get duck eggs. For fancy event cooking, I sometimes buy quail eggs. I love eggs! ---
**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:** [November 28, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/29 "2012-11-28T00:33:03Z")
Nowadays, I get my eggs from my mom’s chickens she keeps in the garage. They’re not exactly free-range, but they are cage-free, and eat pretty well. They’re usually brown, and often larger than any chicken eggs you can buy from the grocery store (she once got one that was over four ounces). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/30 "2012-11-28T00:59:03Z")
There are kinds of eggs? You don’t have an option there for “cheapest” or “first ones that I see” or “the ones with the colourful boxes.” Or, indeed, “free range” or “cage”. Not that I’d trust their assurances either way. BTW, there’s no difference between brown or white eggs. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/31 "2012-11-28T01:09:47Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > BTW, there’s no difference between brown or white eggs. They’re different colors. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/32 "2012-11-28T01:10:52Z")
Reservoir-tip, ribbed. … oh, sorry, wrong poll. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/33 "2012-11-28T01:12:17Z")
Older daughter works at a farm (she is assistant barn manager and riding instructor) which has several chickens wandering aimlessly around the grounds. We always get a dozen or so extremely varied, most excellent eggs when we visit with her. Rarely buy eggs otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/34 "2012-11-28T01:39:55Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > They’re different colors. That’s an illusion, caused by the fresnel effect. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/35 "2012-11-28T02:05:11Z")
I’m not an egg racist. Color doesn’t matter, but cage free and organic does. I normally buy large or extra large. I didn’t vote in the poll because I’m not consistent one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/36 "2012-11-28T02:35:28Z")
I get my eggs from my parents chickens as well. They’re a mixture of brown, white, blue, eggs. They’re just as varied in size as well. Though, when I was buying my own eggs, I usually just went for whatever was cheapest. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/37 "2012-11-28T03:28:24Z")
Large white eggs. When a baking recipe calls for an egg, it means a large egg, so that’s the size I buy. There’s a supermarket in the area that I don’t often go to which sells brown eggs at the same price as white ones. I buy them when I’m there… but it’s an inferior store in general so I don’t often go. I do like to use brown eggs, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/38 "2012-11-28T03:28:25Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Cage free. > > StG I thought you didn’t eat eggs? As for the poll questions, I didn’t click. I mostly buy white, but I’m willing to buy brown. And the size I get depends on what I plan to use them for. For most purposes, I’ll use anything from large to jumbo. If I’m making a recipe for the first time, I try to use extra large eggs, because that’s usually what the recipe was made for. If I’m making deviled eggs, then I go for the medium eggs. I’ve never seen eggs for sale that were smaller than medium. I think that that size gets powdered, or put into liquid eggs, or used in commercial bakeries. I think that large eggs are just a bit too large to make good deviled eggs, whereas medium eggs make a nicer size. Plus medium eggs are usually cheaper, so you don’t mind quite so much when your deadbeat brother-in-law scarfs up a dozen without blinking at the family gathering. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/39 "2012-11-28T03:56:55Z")
I picked brown, because that’s the colour most often in the cage free (SPCA approved) eggs that I always buy. If I ever forgot to check the SPCA approval, the kid would remind me. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308/40 "2012-11-28T04:00:57Z")
I don’t care about the size or color, cage free is what’s important to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eggs-do-you-buy/642308.md?page=3)