Cartons of colorful eggs are showing up at farmer’s markets and in grocery stores nation wide. The stunning paint palette-like mix of colors is so alluring! But how do different colored eggs perform? Does egg color affect flavor? Let me share pictures of scrambled eggs & baked goods you know how blue and green chicken eggs taste and bake:
How Do Blue and Green Chicken Eggs Taste?
The short answer is that the outside egg shell color does NOT affect the flavor of the egg! Blue & green eggs taste like brown or white eggs. The shell color is caused by the hen’s body producing pigments: biliverdin for blue, protoporphyrin for brown, and both pigments are present in all shades of green. These egg shell pigments do not penetrate into the egg’s liquid nor flavor the yolk or whites in any way.
Blue & Green Eggs Scramble the Same
Farm fresh eggs scramble up beautifully butter-golden! You won’t be able to tell whether the scrambled eggs came from white, brown, blue, or green shells because they all look and taste the same. (Green Eggs & Ham fans may be a bit disappointed!)
Blue & Green Eggs Bake the Same
Egg shell color makes no difference in how the egg performs in baking. Your box mixes, baked goods, and cookies will all come out the same, no matter how blue or green the egg shell is!
Good Quality Eggs Taste Better
You are probably aware that pasture fed hens, who are allowed to range over acres of land to consume a natural diet of grass, weeds, bugs, and seeds are the best eggs you can buy. They tend to have dark yellow to orange toned yolks which have a subtle buttery flavor to them. You may even notice that you don’t need to eat as many to feel full because they’re so packed with vitamins and minerals from extremely pure, wild-growing sources.
Outside Shell Color Might Mean a Better Egg
If you’re purchasing free range or pasture raised eggs directly from a local farm or at a farmer’s market, you may notice the eggs are all different colors. This is because they are laid by different breeds of hens. The blue and green ones are often laid by Easter Eggers or a purebred blue layer. Darker green, olive, and some medium-dark brown eggs come from Olive Eggers, which are bred by crossing blue and dark brown egg layers together. Some purebred chickens lay darker brown eggs, which may also be included in your carton of eggs. The physical shell color is not contributing to the flavor, taste, or nutrition of the egg. How the hen is fed is the only factor contributing to flavor. But it is no secret that small farms enjoy having a highly varied flock of hens who lay pretty egg colors, which is why you often find small farms selling such beautiful colored eggs!
Baking with Blue & Green Eggs
The majority of my flock lays colored eggs so my baked goods are almost always made with blue and green eggs! They bake just like grocery store eggs but pasture raised eggs have a more buttery-tasting golden orange yolk. This darker yolk can make your baked goods have a slightly richer yellow color, depending on the number of eggs used. With most box mixes you won’t notice a difference, except for white cake, which will turn a charming farmhouse cream color if you use whole eggs when it calls for whites only.
Blue and Green Chicken Eggs Taste Just Like Other Eggs!
If you have been wanting to try blue eggs (or have wondered if green eggs taste different), let me assure you they scramble, bake and taste just like brown and white grocery store eggs! Now that you know egg shell pigments don’t flavor the yolks, you may enjoy trying all the rainbow colors available at your farmer’s market!
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