Eggs

[Hope]

Hey Shelley,

I'm trying to work up the nerve to try your protein shake recipe (with the raw eggs). A lot of the organic eggs that I've gotten in the past have blood spots and/or little brown globs floating around in the whites. Is this just normal for all organic eggs? It grosses me out a little.... Do I just need to suck it up, close my eyes and down them, anyway?

Thanks

[shelley]

It's normal! Yeah, it gives me the willies too. I just blend it right up (if using a blender put the eggs in last and don't keep blending them - shaker cup is better for the egg proteins) and make them disappear as fast as possible LOL! I saw one just last night when I baked a cake. Yeesh!

I get my eggs from an actual local egg farmer (one of the bonuses of living in California I guess) and I rarely see the blood spots. Don't know why some farmers have more and others less. Will have to ask my supplier if they know.

[jules]

i bought those Omega3 enhanced eggs one time. About half the dozen had DOUBLE YOLKS!!!!!!! while some consider this good luck, or a better deal, i consider it downright strange. i'll just take the normal organic free range ones from now on, thank you!

[spo1977]

If I am going to eat Raw Eggs must they be organic? Or can I just use the kind I would get at Ralphs or Vons?

[shelley]

if you want to be really healthy, get the FREE RANGE eggs. Otherwise the eggs come from miserable chickens and have very low low amounts of nutrients.