It is not uncommon that people buy eggs at the store, keep them refrigerated and consume them before a couple of weeks have passed. Yesterday, I learned something that really surprised me. I learned that farm fresh eggs, that is, a recently laid egg, an egg one has 'plucked' from directly under the chicken who laid it can be safely stored without refrigeration for up to nine months. This seemed preposterous to me.
I visited a customer in Kankakee, Illinois, way out in the country who maintains both a quilt shop, a pumpkin farm and chickens. During my visit we discussed, fabrics, politics and her eggs (more precisely her chickens' eggs) She explained to me that chicken eggs will spoil if air gets through the porous shell. A freshly laid egg already has a natural protection that prevents this. Most farmers will wash eggs once they are collected and this removes this natural protection. An egg that has been covered in mineral oil will once again protect the porous shell from allowing air inside and will keep UNrefrigerated fresh and ready to eat for up to nine months. I learned that the eggs my customer collects each day will not be uniform in size or even color, as each chicken is from a so-called heritage line of real chickens not bred and cross bred as 'factory' chickens are. I was sent home with a few fabric orders and with a dozen eggs. My wife made me a delicious omelette today with three of these eggs, and although I will admit I could not taste the difference, I am told that these are truly more protein enriched than the eggs one would purchase at the local Kroger's.
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Your Food Diary For:
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| Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon | 300 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 1,313 | 0 | |
| Protein Plus Protein Bar - MET-Rx | 310 | 29 | 10 | 32 | 95 | 1 | |
| Creamy Wheat - Enriched Farina | 700 | 146 | 0 | 23 | 496 | 6 | |
| 1,310 | 175 | 33 | 78 | 1,904 | 7 | ||
| L U N C H | |||||||
| Subway - Sun Chips- Harvest Cheddar | 210 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 320 | 3 | |
| Subway - Turkey Sub Sandwich | 560 | 92 | 7 | 36 | 1,620 | 14 | |
| 770 | 119 | 16 | 40 | 1,940 | 17 | ||
| D I N N E R | |||||||
| Classic Grilled Cheese Sandwich | 900 | 77 | 45 | 42 | 1,166 | 3 | |
| DARK COCOA MELTING WAFERS | 400 | 44 | 24 | 5 | 82 | 38 | |
| 1,300 | 121 | 69 | 47 | 1,248 | 41 | ||
| S N A C K S | |||||||
| Chewy Chocolated Chip Granola | 400 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 129 | 37 | |
| 400 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 129 | 37 | ||
| Totals | 3,780 | 478 | 132 | 168 | 5,221 | 102 | |
| Your Daily Goal | 2,961 | 370 | 98 | 149 | 2,300 | 111 | |
| Remaining | -819 | -108 | -34 | -19 | -2,921 | 9 | |
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| *You've earned 1,031 extra calories from exercise today | |||||||
Your Exercise Diary for:
| Cardiovascular | Minutes | Calories Burned | |
| 99 | 1,031 | ||
| Daily Total / Goal | 99 / 30 | 1,031 / 590 | |
| Weekly Total / Goal | 349 / 210 | 3,307 / 4,130 | |
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