In article <ac50e268-9ba6-401a-ad10-c8bd208553d1
@pr7g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>, says...
>
> On May 24, 6:25*am, Kalmia > wrote:
> > For some reason, I bought cage free eggs (feeling sorry for caged,
> > crammed hens, maybe). I scrambled one , and then a regular cheapo egg
> > in another pan. *Same timing, same heat level.
> > I could not tell a difference in taste. *They may be nutritionally
> > superior, but other than that.........
> >
> > Do you buy cage free? *Why?
>
> I not only buy "cage free"....which sometimes is not much better than
> caged birds depending on the producer...I try to buy 'pastured'
> eggs. Those are eggs from chickens that are allowed to be out on the
> grass, not just in a huge poultry house which is usually crowded and
> dusty and filthy.
>
> "Cage free" is more an advertising gimmick than actual humane
> treatment in the case of very large producers.
>
> Pastured eggs and pastured beef are my preference, both from the
> nutrition standpoint and from the comfort and health of the animals.

.... and the flavour.

Janet