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You Choose! Fresh Eggs? Or 30 – 60 Days Old?

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Farm Fresh Eggs

Eggs! Chickens Lay Them, People Eat Them, Farmers Find Them, and Stores Sell Them! Nothing real surprising about that right!? 

Now, the real question here, “Would You eat an Egg that is 30 Days Old? What about 60 Days Old? 

I bet You Answered … No! Right? 

Truth is if You’re buying Eggs in the Stores, You’ve probably already been eating eggs that are 30-60 days old!

According to the Farmer’s Almanac, and information they obtained from Fresh Eggs Daily, “By law, an egg can be sold for up to 30 days after the date it was put in the carton. And farmers have up to 30 days to go from when the egg is laid to the carton.” 

So, how do You know when an egg is fresh? 

One way to tell the age of an egg is to rely on Sell By, Best Expiration Dates, and Use Before dates! After all they range from just 30 – 45 Days after Package Date! 

Another way is to break it in your pan, does the yolk run all over? Or does it stay together? If it runs all over, I bet it’s an Egg purchased from a Store! Right? 

Another way to see if an egg is fresh is to put it in a glass of water! If it floats throw it out! For more tips on how to tell if you’re eggs are fresh read the Article, “Can I Still Eat That”, by FreshMag.

Or, in my opinion, either get your own chickens, or seek out a local farmer! Then You’ll go from eating 30-60 day old eggs to eating fresh, nutritious, eggs with a wonderful taste experience! Plus Farm Eggs are usually Larger and there is nothing like Fresh Eggs!

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Double Lucky, Double Yolker Eggs at Briden Farm

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Double Lucky Double Yolkers

It’s no secret that Double Yolk Eggs exist, but did You know that they may bring good luck! I doubt the later, unless it’s for the Hen that laid it, and then it’s a long shot! 

According to bonappetit.com, Gail Damerow, author of, Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens, says, “It takes 25 hours to make one egg”. Which is the same amount of time it takes to create a Double Yolker!


So, while it doesn’t take twice as long, it does take a special process within the Hen! SauderEggs.com states, “A double yolk occurs when a hen’s body releases more than one egg during her daily ovulation cycle. And, just like humans, it’s possible for two — or more — eggs to make their way from the ovary and through the reproductive tract.” Obviously, those two Yolks are contained in One Shell. The odds of that happening are about 1 in 1000. So, You have to be pretty lucky to find one! 

Two here in one pan, is Double Lucky, Double Yolkers, at Briden Farm!!

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Making Acadien Rappie Pie at Briden Farm

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Making Acadien Rappie Pie

This has been a hectic week, three days ago we processed some of our Roosters. Then took the meat from two birds and cooked it in a pot on the Kitchen Wood Stove. Once that was done we separated the meat from the bones. For Making Acadien Rappie Pie at Briden Farm. 

Now, You may be wondering how to make Rappie Pie, or even what Acadian (Acadien) Rappie Pie is? For those of us from South West Nova Scotia we grew up knowing, and even making, Rappie Pie! It’s a traditional Acadian (or in French, Acadien) Dish.

If You are from here, you are probably aware that there at least two different ways to make it! One is very labour intensive, the other still requires a lot of work! No real shot cuts, unless you buy a finished one!

So, I know someone is asking, “What the Heck is it?” 

To best answer that question we defer to A Canadian Foodie’s Demystify Rappie Pie!

While A Canadian Foodie talks about the method used at D’Eon’s Rappie Pie, a 3rd generation family owned business, I dare say that the traditional, by hand, way is even more labour intensive!

Traditionally Rappie Pie is made by grating locally grown potatoes, removing the starch liquid from the potatoes, cooking and separating the meat from the bones, measuring and replacing the starch liquid with water, and baking it! The hardest part of the process, when doing it by hand is wringing the liquid starch from the grated potatoes! Often done ith a pillow case, or in some cases, especially in times past, employing a Spin Washing Machine! The Spin Dryer was used to spin the pillow case full of grated potatoes to remove the liquid starch!

Yarmouth and Acadian Shores: Rappie Pie Recipe

You might say, “We Cheated”, but really we did it the smart way and got a Rappie Pie Potato Mix from D’Eon’s Rappie Pie. It saves hours of grating potatoes and maybe even a few finger tips! With the final product being nearly as good as the traditional method! Less the Finger Tips! 😉 

 

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