Don’t Hate Me Because I’m White

Can't we all just get along?

I have to admit - up until recently, I shared the unreasonable prejudice of many other people, in preferring brown eggs to white eggs.  In spite of information from presumably reliable scientists to the contrary, it just seemed to me that if more people preferred brown eggs to white, maybe there was a Good Reason, like some subtle nutritional superiority or something.

Well … then I actually started paying attention to the eggs I eat every day, the ones my husband and I get from my in-laws.  We get a mix of brown and white eggs from free-range hens (also of many colors).  To my surprise, the yolks from the white eggs are consistently a very dark, rich orange color, as you can see below.  All three eggs below came out of white shells.  I even found that often the yolks of white eggs were richer in color than yolks from brown eggs.

Three gorgeous dark orange egg yolks from white eggs

Same eggs - look at how high those yolks are standing up!

This is not to say, of course, that all white egg yolks are better than all brown egg yolks.  Obviously, there are a number of variables, feed quality and lifestyle quality of the chickens being the most influential.

And I still want to get some Marans and Welsummers, which in addition to being beautiful chickens, lay some absolutely gorgeous dark brown eggs!

But now I know the truth, and I wish to share this information with all of my readers - yes, all 10 or so of you - don’t judge an egg by its shell.  There is no Good Reason for you, the individual consumer, to prefer pretty brown eggs to plain Jane white eggs, except aesthetics.  White eggs really are just as good as brown.  And I hope that by providing this testimonial I’ve helped make your breakfast just a little more delicious, satisfying, and - well -  eggalitarian.