A golden box with no lid or key...

There is nothing better than fresh eggs. For years we have lived off of the Supermarket variety which spend weeks in transit and sitting on the shelves before finally being purchased and making it into our meals. Now, after having chickens for the last five months and access to fresh eggs that are laid daily, I can't imagine ever going back to our old ways of buying them.



The difference between fresh eggs and the Supermarket eggs is evident immediately after cracking open an egg laid that morning; the yolks are a stunning yellow with which Supermarket eggs simply cannot compare. When a fresh egg is cracked into a pan, the white seems to cling together and almost stand up in the pan, unlike bought eggs whose whites are often murky in colour and watery in substance.

All of our egg dishes have improved immensely since having access to daily laid eggs, whether they be used in omelets, baking, poaching or simply for frying.