The Price of Eggs

polly · 10-08-2008, 11:13

Just been to our ' local caring' Co-op to buy eggs. 3.24 a dozen !!

Now ok I dont mind paying a bit more for Free Range but 3.24?

Out in the Ribble Valley earlier this week and I saw a farm advertising them for just 1.80 a dozen.

Anyone know where there is a uk list of local shopping prices? All I can find are American

Polly_45 · 10-08-2008, 12:05

Wow thats pricey,i pay £1.00 a dozen from the corn mill at rising bridge

lancsdave · 10-08-2008, 12:14

You can compare the prices of the major retailers at

mySupermarket - Compare Supermarket Prices â€“ MySupermarket the supermarket comparison site

flashy · 10-08-2008, 12:17

i tend to get my eggs from a farm in Ribchester, last time we went they where £2.50 for 36, which is damn good going compared to the supermarkets, the price may well have gone up now though, it is about 8 months since we last went for them

MargaretR · 10-08-2008, 12:45

I get mine from an allotment next door - £2 a dozen -free range and very big, and often still warm from the hen.

jambutty · 10-08-2008, 13:06

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

I get mine from an allotment next door - £2 a dozen -free range and very big, and often still warm from the hen.

Now there’s a thought.

If we could heat up the hens to about 65 degrees Celsius they would lay soft boiled eggs.

Did you know that science has determined that the temperature required to cook the white of an egg is about 5 degrees lower than that required to cook the yolk. You can prove it for yourself by observing an egg frying. The yolk is always the last to harden.

I can’t quite remember the actual temperatures but it is somewhere around 65 degree C for the white and 70 degrees C for the yolk. What science didn’t determine was how long it would take for a medium sized egg and of course the egg had to be a room temperature before being boiled.

Benipete · 10-08-2008, 13:12

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Originally Posted by jambutty

Now there’s a thought.

If we could heat up the hens to about 65 degrees Celsius they would lay soft boiled eggs.

Did you know that science has determined that the temperature required to cook the white of an egg is about 5 degrees lower than that required to cook the yolk. You can prove it for yourself by observing an egg frying. The yolk is always the last to harden.

I can’t quite remember the actual temperatures but it is somewhere around 65 degree C for the white and 70 degrees C for the yolk. What science didn’t determine was how long it would take for a medium sized egg and of course the egg had to be a room temperature before being boiled.

Get back in the watter

pipinfort · 10-08-2008, 13:16

The farm shop at Shuttleworth Hall (Hapton) sells them at £1.80 a dozen, we got some free last night from a friends mother on the condition that we put them in for her last night........not the easiest thing after a couple of large reds.....!!!

Tin Monkey · 10-08-2008, 13:21

A friend of mine bought some ex-battery hens and only paid around £2 for each hen. She's had loads of eggs from them.

emamum · 10-08-2008, 13:23

my auntie did that,poor things were bald!

Less · 10-08-2008, 13:30

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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

A friend of mine bought some ex-battery hens and only paid around £2 for each hen. She's had loads of eggs from them.

Entwisi's already started a thread about £2.00 Chickens.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ens-36793.html

pipinfort · 10-08-2008, 13:32

[quote=Tin Monkey;617319]A friend of mine bought some ex-battery hens and only paid around £2 for each hen. She's had loads of eggs from them.

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My friends mums hens are ex battery........compared to what they looked like when they arrived they are looking really well now......and the eggs are gorgeous.

Benipete · 10-08-2008, 13:52

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Originally Posted by pipinfort

The farm shop at Shuttleworth Hall (Hapton) sells them at £1.80 a dozen, we got some free last night from a friends mother on the condition that we put them in for her last night........not the easiest thing after a couple of large reds.....!!!

Where they Rhode Island Reds

emamum · 10-08-2008, 13:54

this isnt helping me stop thinking about soft boiled eggs

jambutty · 10-08-2008, 14:19

Years ago after the war when eggs started to become plentiful again (during the war eggs were rationed to one egg per person, per week and sometime perhaps) and Cadbury’s Red Label Drinking Chocolate appeared, my mum would separate the yolk from the white and beat it up with a couple of spoonfuls of Cadbury’s Red Label Drinking Chocolate and a little sugar for us to eat.

Absolutely deliscious!