What's Wrong With Organic Food? (stores, cook, CostCo, prices)
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That "stringy part" is called the chalaza and is most noticeable in a fresh egg. As the egg ages, the chalaza dissolves. The chalaza holds the yolk in the center of the egg.
So, that "stringy part" is what you want to see in a fresh egg.
You got it.
I wonder where people got the idea that this is undesireable or indicative of eggs that aren't fresh, etc.
Also, IRT orange yolks, grain fed-hens will produce them if marigolds, among other tinted additives, are added to their feed. Orange yolks in no way guarantee that the hens laying your eggs were prohibited from eating vile grains.
Organic is overpriced and no healthier than any other food. Your body doesn't know the difference.
This, it's too expensive, and as trends go, it will likely "cause cancer" or some other awful or even "new" disease, and be slammed in 20 years or fewer. I've never gone out of my way to eat healthfully, in particular, and our forebears largely didn't, and we're all going to die of disease, homicide, suicide, or accident anyway.
You can be as fit and healthy and organic and vegan as you like, but you may still drop dead of a heart attack. One never knows. I would hate to think that my last meal was something like organic corn when what I really wanted wasn't "healthy enough." If one can feel "deprived" or regretful in the afterlife, if there is one, wouldn't that be awful?
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You got it.
I wonder where people got the idea that this is undesireable or indicative of eggs that aren't fresh, etc.
Also, IRT orange yolks, grain fed-hens will produce them if marigolds, among other tinted additives, are added to their feed. Orange yolks in no way guarantee that the hens laying your eggs were prohibited from eating vile grains.
The orange color doesn't have anything to do with grains or organic feed, it's about free-range chickens - ones that have actually been wandering around outside like the Geico chicken.
The color comes from caratenoids, such as the ones that are precursors to vitamin A.
Yes, my grand parents were farmers and I recall the egg yolks were red/red-orange. When my father retired he returned to farming and again the chickens were free range and the yolks were red-orange. Taste is different than store bought eggs via industrial hatching process.
The orange color doesn't have anything to do with grains or organic feed, it's about free-range chickens - ones that have actually been wandering around outside like the Geico chicken.
The color comes from caratenoids, such as the ones that are precursors to vitamin A.
free range chickens..... they peck the hell out of each other and eat there own feces
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free range chickens..... they peck the hell out of each other and eat there own feces
Well, you're supposed to feed them.
If you want them to get more protein so they don't eat nasty stuff and peck each other to death, string a small light across a kiddie pool, and skim out the bugs in the morning. They love 'em.
I buy a lot of organic fruits for two reasons. I prefer the no chemical approach if I am eating the skin of the fruit, and more importantly, organic fruit is often smaller than non organic fruit, so in organic you get one real serving, instead of this huge thing that's nearly three servings.
If you want them to get more protein so they don't eat nasty stuff and peck each other to death, string a small light across a kiddie pool, and skim out the bugs in the morning. They love 'em.
I used to feed the dried mealworms. Every time I shook the canister, they'd all come runny and squawking
I buy as much organic in the US as I can - and I am hardly impressed with the actual quality of the produce (fragrance, ability to leave juices in, etc).
I spend many summers overseas and the organic produce here is a joke compared to any basic produce at local farmers' markets over there.
Organic clearly doesn't result in better-tasting meals. Whether it protects from pesticide effects...maybe.
In the meantime, it would be nice if I could find one truly nice-tasting vegetable - organic or not.
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