We are having a great time collecting eggs around our home from our four laying hens. It is a great thing about living in Urbana- household chicken flocks are allowed and we have had hens in our backyard for four years now. With the return of daylength and spring in the air, our hens are in egg laying mode, each one laying about 5 a week!!! Unfortunately eggs right from the coop are not good for hardboiled, better for sunny side up, scrambled, omelets and bread pudding. So the eggs in the chefs salad were actually from the Moore's family farm probably layed a few weeks prior (BTW-eggs keep for a really long time- your super market egg is probably at least 3 months old if not older)So fresh eggs are not good for hard boiled eggs because they are impossible to peel- there is a gas exchange that happens as an egg ages which creates air space between the shell and the hard boiled egg, making it easier to peel.
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