On Thu, 24 May 2012 06:25:52 -0700 (PDT), 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?

Chicken physiology does not permit nutritional change to occur in eggs
regardless of free range or caged, nor flavor, only yolk color changes
with feed... Mother Nature saw to that eons ago for maintaining
reproduction. Chicken eggs do vary however with the age of the
chicken, as do mammal eggs. Free range chicken is purely a marketing
device, hype for extracting more dollars from those with fewer brain
cells. If anything caged chickens are much more likely to be disease
free as will their eggs. And naturally folks who spend double for
eggs will swear they taste better... same as the ignorant peons said
about The Emperor's New Clothes