Which Eggs Taste the Best?

Where eggs are concerned, bigger isn’t better, at least according the egg guru Moses Wolfe of Petaluma Farms in Petaluma, California.  If you’re looking for eggs with the best taste and the lightest texture, those would be pullet eggs, laid by hens less than 1 year old.

The very best qualities are those laid before the young chick reaches the ripe old age of 31 weeks.  Because the bird is young, the eggs are smaller than those laid by the 1-2 year-olds.  They may be pee wee, small, medium, or large eggs, but not extra-large or jumbo.  These eggs not only taste great but make soufflés rise higher and omelets come out fluffier.  Jumbo eggs are from older hens. These eggs, Wolfe explains, “age more quickly, losing quality, taste, nutritional value and recipe performance."  By the time the bird is 2 years old, it’s considered “over-the-hill” as far as laying good-quality eggs is concerned.

Whether the hen is caged (and therefore celibate) or cage-free and sharing a rooster with about 9 other hens, the appearance and taste of her eggs is the same. 

Source(s):

Ditty’s Saturday Market “Petaluma Farms Eggs”
http://www.saturdaymarket.com/eggs1.htm

Link(s):

Ditty’s Saturday Market “Petaluma Farms Eggs”
http://www.saturdaymarket.com/eggs1.htm