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There's no difference between eggs with white, brown, yellow, blue, or green shells except for, well, the color. Different hen breeds produce different colored eggs, but they taste the same. When thereThe USDA's size classifications refer not to how big an egg appears but to the total weight of a dozen eggs. Large eggs—the size most commonly sold in grocery stores and at farmers’ markets andThe USDA groups eggs into three grades—A, AA, and B—based on how the shell and interiors look.
The code corresponds to the day of the year. "001" means the eggs were packed in the carton on Jan. 1; "364" means they were packed on Dec. 30, the 364th day of the year. "Sell by," "use by" or "best by" dates aren't required by law, but they're common nonetheless. The "sell by" date is one month from when the eggs were packed, while the "use by" or "best by" date is no more than 45 days from the pack date.
For author Simmons, buying from a reputable store where she knows there's constant turnover trumps any date stamped on the carton.Eggs from the farmers' market are as fresh as you can get, generally laid within a week of purchase, said Lindsey Morris Carpenter, whose Grassroots Farm in Green County, Wisconsin offers egg CSA shares to customers in Illinois and Wisconsin. Though state requirements vary, most farmers’ market eggs are date-marked as well.
"Ideally, if you can buy your eggs directly from the farm, you really will be getting the freshest eggs," Carpenter said. "You'll wonder if there's seasoning on the egg just because there's so much flavor."Eggs can carry all sorts of labels, but for a few exceptions, there's little oversight of such terms and thus not much weight to them.
"Certified Organic" is the only label regulated by the USDA. It means eggs are from uncaged hens with access to the outdoors and an organic diet free of antibiotics and pesticides. If you're in doubt or feeling label overload, look for this label, advises Bill Muldoon, an egg producer at Organic Valley Co-Op in Lancaster, Wisconsin.
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