Tastiest grocery store eggs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a brand I get at Whole Foods, but I can't remember what it is. It has a little newsletter in it and the box is cardboard. They're really good and I quit buying anything else.

Sounds like Vital farms

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a brand I get at Whole Foods, but I can't remember what it is. It has a little newsletter in it and the box is cardboard. They're really good and I quit buying anything else.

Sounds like Vital farms

I think those are The Country Hen, if you've been buying them for a long time. At least, our WFM hasn't had Vital Farms for all that long.

Safeway has started carrying Country Hen.

http://www.countryhen.com/

[Anonymous]

I read somewhere (Cooks Illustrated? The Kitchn?) that the vast majority of people in a blind taste test cannot tell the difference between egg brands, despite the fact that they will swear up and down that their brand tastes better than others. But, the color of the yolk between brands may vary significantly, so go by that more than "taste."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read somewhere (Cooks Illustrated? The Kitchn?) that the vast majority of people in a blind taste test cannot tell the difference between egg brands, despite the fact that they will swear up and down that their brand tastes better than others. But, the color of the yolk between brands may vary significantly, so go by that more than "taste."

I would say that's definitely true if you're comparing say, Eggland's Best and Kroger. But even my organic-hating, "more chemicals and convenience please" parents now buy Gerry's or Vital Farms eggs because they think there is a vast taste difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read somewhere (Cooks Illustrated? The Kitchn?) that the vast majority of people in a blind taste test cannot tell the difference between egg brands, despite the fact that they will swear up and down that their brand tastes better than others. But, the color of the yolk between brands may vary significantly, so go by that more than "taste."

I would say that's definitely true if you're comparing say, Eggland's Best and Kroger. But even my organic-hating, "more chemicals and convenience please" parents now buy Gerry's or Vital Farms eggs because they think there is a vast taste difference.

Agree with this. It's also about the texture - fresh farm eggs (or Gerry's, I haven't tried Vital Farms but will look for them!) have a larger, thicker yolk. It makes for a smoother, less chalky center in hard-boiled eggs, and richer creamier scrambled eggs.