Today I had eggs and bacon for dinner. I love eggs and eat them for breakfast, lunch or dinner. These are store bought not as good as farm fresh. My friend Judy has chickens and some awesome eggs.
I think I've cooked thousands of eggs maybe hundreds of thousands. My first career was in food service. I first worked in Charlotte Harbor right on Peace River at the Fish n Steer. Later Martin's Restaurant in Port Charlotte. When I went into the Navy I chose food service again. I continued that career until I went to school for my present career in IT.
I think I've cooked thousands of eggs maybe hundreds of thousands. My first career was in food service. I first worked in Charlotte Harbor right on Peace River at the Fish n Steer. Later Martin's Restaurant in Port Charlotte. When I went into the Navy I chose food service again. I continued that career until I went to school for my present career in IT.
While in the Navy after we returned from overseas our ship went into dry dock in Long Beach Ca. while there I was assigned to work at the base mess hall. There we served thousands of servicemen both Navy and Marines. My first duty there was as a grill cook and in the mornings I noticed of the two lines mine always stretched all the way to the door where the other line was half as long. I looked back at the line Chief Petty Officer once and asked if I was going too slow, he smiled and said no my eggs were better.
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Judy ran out of eggs and had to buy store-bought ones today.
With all my on-line friends partaking in the Eat Local Challenge (http://www.eatlocal.net/), I thought to check each carton of eggs to see where they came from.
The brown eggs we usually buy were from Texas.
The white ones claiming to be farm fresh were from Pennsylvania. How fresh can they be? You suppose they overnight them via Federal Express?
I didn't see the cage-free eggs which cost the most. That's my choice when I can afford them. Who knows where they are from.
The only eggs from Florida were white eggs in large flats. So that's the ones we bought.
http://www.eatlocal.net/
I'm a fan of brown eggs, but don't ask me why. They're all eggs, right? But there's something that *seems* more healthy about brown eggs. I'm considering getting some hens just so I can have fresh eggs. There's nothing like fresh eggs. We used to buy fresh eggs from our neighbor in New Hampshire for $1.25/dozen. He left them in a cooler at the top of his driveway, with a little cigar box for money, all on the honor system. We have neighbors here who sell eggs for $3/dozen.
I think I'll get my own hens.
Years ago, my grandmother regularly purchased eggs from a local egg store (that's all they sold) in Brooklyn, NY. Every Saturday they sold eggs that were cracked at a greatly reduced price. She'd walk 10 blocks to buy a flat of cracked eggs, but they sometimes ran out early in the day. And on those daysm when they'd run out of cracked eggs, she'd ask if they would please crack her a dozen.
Come on Mike, this is an old old post. Time for something new here like perhaps a visit from your daughter and grandkids?
Fish n Steer! I grew up in Port Charlotte and remember it well. Sadly, it was blown away by Hurricane Charley.
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