AmberGretchen
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Date: 2/15/2009 9:25:34 AM
Author: Pandora II
Date: 2/15/2009 1:34:58 AM
Author: FrekeChild
I believe on the other side of the pond, their chickens are treated much better than ours in the States are. I''ve heard that you can actually cook chicken to a doneness (like steak) without having to worry about salmonella. Unfortunately, we don''t seem to be as lucky because our chickens live in tiny quarters with no room to move around, and live in their our feces, and eat ground up chicken parts for food. Sorry for the images, but that''s just how it is.
And IMHO, the key to great eggs, is all in the pan.
All our chickens are tested for salmonella I believe.
You can still buy ''battery'' eggs, but I and most people I know only buy free-range eggs from happy hens that run around outside.
I''m a huge supporter of compassionate farming methods and will pay the extra to know that the creatures I eat have had happy lives before becoming my lunch.
Do you not have big campaigns in the USA to stop inhumane treatment of chickens/pigs etc?
This is such an interesting thread - my DH and I were just talking about this very subject (and specifically omelettes) the other day - neither of us has ever been able to get an omelet we are happy with.
I knew about eggs needing to be room temperature for baking, but had no idea it would help for cooked egg dishes.
Pandora and Freke - do you guys think that if we bought truly free-range, organically farmed, humanely treated eggs we could really store them at room temperature? I''ve always been really worried about salmonella in eggs, especially as an immunologist/microbiologist, I''m a bit paranoid
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My problem (besides not knowing about RT eggs) is that I actually don''t eat them myself - can''t stand the taste or texture - but I make them for DH, and since I''m normally a "tasting" cook (taste as I go along to see how things are going, or get used to which inputs equal which tastes and textures), that''s always been tough for me too.
I''m definitely going to try some of the tips here though - you guys are so awesome, I love what a wealth of knowledge we have on PS about virtually any subject
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