Omega 3 Eggs

[Davwud]

Can anyone tell a difference in taste??

DT

[Davwud]

If I eat them plain, I swear I can taste the slightest hint of fish. If I add anything to them at all, I can't taste it.

Doesn't bother me. I'll take the health benefits.

DT

[sparrowgrass]

Phofiend, if the egg is fertilized and has not been incubated, you really can't tell. If it has been incubated for 24 hours or so, it has a small white donut shape on the yolk--about the size of a lentil, or a little smaller.

Longer than that, and blood veins appear--the yolk begins to look like a bloodshot eyeball.

If you are seeing a bloody spot or small fleshy colored blobs, those have nothing to do with fertilization--they are just signs of slight damage to the hen's reproductive tract.

All of these eggs are perfectly edible, but may be a little esthetically off-putting.

[phofiend]

Thanks, sparrowgrass. I spent much of my childhood on a farm, and am very familiar with fertilized eggs. They don't bother me until they get veiny, then the cat gets them.

[phofiend]

In savory dishes that have other strong-tasting ingredients such as onion, no. But I recently made a creme brulee that tasted weird. Then I got the same off flavor in a plain omelette, and I realized it was the high omega-3 eggs. I bought another dozen of a different brand to make sure they weren't just "off" and sure enough, the same taste. I now buy free range eggs from a local poultry farm. They taste great, but occasionally, I get a fertilized one. A bit yucky, but definitely preferable to funky.

[melly]

My husband swears he can. I just like it that they have omega 2 in em.