Buying Eggs

photos by Paul Ferney

Remember when I wondered if we could buy eggs from our neighbor? Well it turns out that yes, we most certainly can. And it’s an errand my kids are always delighted to volunteer for.

We start with an empty basket.

Then, any of the kids interested in this little field trip head next door…

…passing grazing cows on their way.

Madame Lucienne helps them pick out the eggs. Two euros per dozen.

In this case, we were buying 4 dozen eggs for the Easter Party.

Then, we head home.

The eggs are so delicious that we look for recipes that require lots of them — things like omelettes and egg salad sandwiches.

Have you ever bought eggs from a neighbor? Did you feel like they tasted better than store-bought ones? What other sorts of egg-y recipes should I try?

129 thoughts on “Buying Eggs”

  1. Meringues!
    12 Egg Sponge Cake!
    Scrambled eggs with a little cream and a smattering of chives!
    Egg Custard!

    Is it rude to ask how much it costs $US for a dozen eggs? I just want to feel ripped off :-)

  2. I get all my eggs from friends if I can, or buy them from the local farm if they are all ou. My favourite thing to do with a glut of eggs is to make lemon curd. I am happy to share my method if you wish, the result is stunning. The left over whites either go into meringues ( to be sandwiched by curd and cream, or crushed into lemon meringue ice-cream ), or made into macaron. Usually chocolate macaron, and very easy to make.

  3. We scrambled fresh eggs every day that we were in Fance. My oldest was only 4 1/2 at the time, but she still talks about going to the hen house to gather fresh eggs. :)

    Dreaming of chickens here n Houston….
    Linsey

  4. Fresh eggs from a local farmer/neighbor taste so much better than what you can buy at a grocery store. You can tell by the color of the yolks – the deeper the better. We live in an urban area, but we meet up weekly with a woman who has a farm outside of town. The eggs we get from her are so delicious, we end up eating at least two dozen a week (and there are only two of us). They are an affordable source of protein, versatile and satisfying.

    My favorite egg dish is a classic egg omelette. I also enjoy fried eggs over toast.

  5. Next best thing to getting eggs from your neighbour is getting your own chickens. They are the ideal pet…low maintenace and they GIVE you something every day. We have 4 chickens which are different races and lay different coloured eggs (white, brown, red, blue). Lovely pets for the kids as well…especially our chicken Delphinium who loves to be picked up. Greetings from hot Italy…

  6. I know a lot of folks who don’t eat eggs (they’re allergic, for health reasons, or concerns about animal cruelty). Here’s an awesome site that gives tips on cooking and baking without eggs: http://EggFreeLiving.com

  7. We have 8 chickens. They lay brown, blue, green, and pink eggs. I sure think they are better, and I know their living conditions. I recently made Lemon curd that uses several egg yolks. Delicious! I was thinking of making pound cake as well. We always have too many eggs, luckily my 8 year old son has taken a liking to omlettes and since I was left me grandmothers French Omlette pan, I have it easy.

  8. Ooo, this reminds me of the German village where my grandmother used to live! At the end of her street, in between the four storey post war apartment houses, was a small working farm with pigs, cows and chicken (plus some cats and dogs) where we would buy fresh milk and eggs. I remember that I loved taking the milk can (an old, red 1-litre milk can) and the egg basket and walking over “Frau Bertschie” to get milk and eggs. If I was there just after milking, she would give me a tin cup with frothy, still warm milk to drink on the spot, and it was the best milk ever (I was never much of a milk drinker)! Then I would play with the kittens, feed the calves and the chicken, jump in the hay, help muck the stables, milling about, dip my feet in the small dam by the mill behind the farm, look at the fish in the dam, play some more with the kittens until someone had to come and pick me up before the milk got bad. Oh, those were glorious days! I haven’t been back there since my grandmother moved 20 years ago, but I guess it’s all gone now. Thank you for this trip down memory lane!

  9. I wonder if they kill the newborn male chicks there like they do here in the states. Male chicks are useless to the egg industry, so they are typically ground up alive, gassed or crushed to death. I never eat eggs anymore, having learned this. I thought it was just large operations that “destroyed” chicks, but I spoke with a man who ran an egg farm out of his backyard for decades and he confirmed that he killed the male chicks. He said it really got to him and was one of the main reasons he got out of the business. Very sad. If people only knew the truth…

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