This is No Yolk
August 30, 2023
This was the start of this morning’s french toast… two eggs — one yolk yellow and one a very dark orange. We (Maria and I) googled dark orange egg yolk and learned that it was not harmful to eat. In fact, the dark one was likely to be far denser in nutritional value. It may mean that this egg “came from a hen whose diet is high in carotenoids, which is common in free range environments, especially during the summer months,” said another source. Yet another said the hen ate “plenty of feed with a yellowish-orange pigment called xanthophylls.”
Nobody seemed to suggest it was not a good idea to eat it… so we did. And the french toast was yummy!
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