favorite purveyor of fresh eggs

[luckiestduck]

I recently had eggs fresh from the chicken coop for the first time. What a treat! The only problem is that now, all other eggs (one of my favorite foods) are kind of unappealing to me. Any thoughts on the best fresh eggs in Manhattan? A favorite farmer's market stand perhaps? And is there anything I should know about selecting fresh eggs? Thanks hounds!

[luckiestduck]

Thanks everyone! I started the taste test with Tello today. Got home from the farmer's market and immediately poached one and ate it with some asparagus that I got in Chinatown. It took shape in the water immediately, unlike most sore bought eggs, and the yolk was rich and sweet. Looking forward to trying all the others.

[jon]

i like the eggs from the guys at the greenmarket who have their stand pretty close to the subway entrance and also sell tomato soup. not sure what their name is cause i don't think they ever have a sign, but they are definitely there on mondays and a dozen eggs cost $4.

[ChefJune]

Quattro Farms @ the Union Square Greenmarket, but only on Saturdays. $3.50 for a dozen chicken eggs. You can buy half a dozen, but I don't know what that costs, and they almost always also have duck eggs, sometimes pheasant and turkey eggs.

I have compared, and these are by far the best and the best qpr, imho.

However, they are all better than ANY (including Egglands Best) that you can get at a supermarket. You really have no idea how fresh any of those are.

[polimorfos]

I like Norwich Farms eggs much better than Tello and Knoll Crest.

[hungrycomposer]

I like their flavor, but I've found that they're not always consistent with "high shoulders" - i.e. the whites are sometimes a little flatter than I would expect from a farm fresh egg. I'll buy some tomorrow at the Tuesday Saint Mark's greenmarket and try a poached egg for lunch... Maybe I've gotten blase and leave them in the fridge too long.

[hungrycomposer]

Got a dozen Norwich extra large eggs today at the Saint Mark's Green market. brought them straight home and poached them. They were delicious, fresh, fairly high-shouldered. Their flavor was rich and not too different from other eggs: gentle, no hint of the sulfuric flavor that can creep in.

The fish monger at the market was selling BIG whole albacore for $10 a pop. Too bad it was a little too large to handle in my puny East Village Kitchen.

[polimorfos]

Norwich Farms doesn't have a stand at the St. Marks market as far as I know. Maybe I have the name wrong (Norwich Meadows perhaps?) I buy them at the Tompkins Sq. market...

[hungrycomposer]

Good catch - you're right. I buy "Knoll Crest" at the Saint Mark's greenmarket. Sounds kind of like Norwich. Too late to edit the posts above, but I meant "Knoll Crest", who sells baked goods and eggs, not "Norwich". Maybe that's why they didn't knock my socks off!

[hungrycomposer]

I buy Knoll Crest eggs at the Tuesday market at Saint Mark's Church. I haven't yet compared them to Tello's or Flying Pigs, only because Knoll Crest wins for convenience in the East Village. They're good but they don't knock my socks off.

[Jack_]

Another vote for Tello's at the Grenmarket farmer's market

[bolletje]

I like flying pigs the best, then tello, then knoll crest. Sometimes I buy whatever random farmers' market eggs I can find and they are always far far superior to supermarket eggs. Supermarket eggs kinda skeeve me out.

[luckiestduck]

Thank you Kathryn!! Can't wait to get crackin'!

[kathryn]

Greenmarket Eggs - Has Anyone Done a Comparison?
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/529430

See also
http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/breakfast/47397/
http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2009/06/buying-eggs-from-the-greenmarket.html
http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/30005/
http://nymag.com/restaurants/features...