Trader Joe's Large Brown Cage Free Eggs (12 eggs)

Item Purchased: Trader Joe's Large Brown Cage Free Eggs (12 eggs)
Location Purchased: Trader Joe's / 1840 N. Clybourn Ave. / Chicago, IL
Price: $1.99 + tax

Review: Trader Joe's carries eggs from cage-free, vegetarian fed chickens at half the price of any other store in Chicago.

The bizarre thing about cage-free eggs here in America, is that they all tend to be brown. Most people think that this is because the chickens or eggs haven't been treated with chemicals or fed certain foods. Actually egg color is simply a result of chicken breed and heredity. Here in America, we tend to think of white eggshells as being the norm, while brown eggshells are the natural norm. The very fact that these cage-free eggs are all brown in color simply tells me that the chickens at the farm from which Trader Joe's gets these eggs may not be caged, but they are segregated. Or, perhaps it is someone's thrilling job to sort chicken eggs by their shell color all day long. A true carton of free-range eggs would be various colors ranging from brown to pink to white. Of course, that would probably destroy the Easter industry here in America, so let's not mess with a good thing, right?

Trader Joe's Cage Free Eggs cook faster than the Omega 3 Brown Eggs I sometimes purchase at Jewel and taste better. I made a delicious 3-egg omelette with Tomato, Basil and Parmesan cheese, using butter as the cooking base. Though these eggs aren't as deeply yellow in the yolk as some other eggs, the flavor of the yolk is strong and can even be distinguished apart from the whites in a scramble. All in all, a damn fine carton of eggs at a damn fine price.

Rating: 4.25 / 5