tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post1471439677496199156..comments2024-03-28T23:30:19.366-07:00Comments on Being Me: Reasons why Fran might do more of the shopping herselfFran Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-49874247103730622942018-05-20T19:41:40.888-07:002018-05-20T19:41:40.888-07:00You know I would be so interested to find out what...You know I would be so interested to find out what breed of chicken laid those eggs. With free range eggs I never seem to find white shells only brown. Now you can see why I shop online for food, questions like these add hours to shopping in an actual shop.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-77063932682905342092018-05-17T04:15:06.053-07:002018-05-17T04:15:06.053-07:00I don't know but they just didn't look rig...I don't know but they just didn't look right in my egg cups even if they were a pretty duck egg blue, confused now ! BadPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889591351222591488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-83999402726476270022018-05-11T14:39:54.729-07:002018-05-11T14:39:54.729-07:00Ha ha! Indeed! I used to love the stuff, but stran...Ha ha! Indeed! I used to love the stuff, but strangely it's not on the Slimming World list of okay foods ... Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-19164485993277383522018-05-11T14:38:28.705-07:002018-05-11T14:38:28.705-07:00Blue eggs are just wrong. Who laid them? Blue eggs are just wrong. Who laid them? Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-64169043941425278822018-05-11T14:37:33.846-07:002018-05-11T14:37:33.846-07:00Eyes on LOBsters? Oh yuk. That would freak me out....Eyes on LOBsters? Oh yuk. That would freak me out. Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-47495767157306219612018-05-11T14:36:39.980-07:002018-05-11T14:36:39.980-07:00Too strong for me :( Too strong for me :( Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-17977968827522782212018-05-11T03:33:14.019-07:002018-05-11T03:33:14.019-07:00Battenberg! My kind of square meal.Battenberg! My kind of square meal.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-66037294045710534562018-05-09T08:19:23.000-07:002018-05-09T08:19:23.000-07:00My husband picked the same eggs off the shelf on o...My husband picked the same eggs off the shelf on one big supermarket shop one week because they were on offer. They did indeed have very orange yolks. The next week we had blue eggs, pale blue shells which was very strangeBadPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889591351222591488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-46845067354711588442018-05-05T04:54:10.796-07:002018-05-05T04:54:10.796-07:00Funny, the things that can turn you off food..colo...Funny, the things that can turn you off food..colour, smell, shape, the name, those eyes on the lobsters...ick.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-25111127652538939052018-05-04T04:43:24.596-07:002018-05-04T04:43:24.596-07:00That would be called rainbow cake if the layers we...That would be called rainbow cake if the layers were all different colours like I've seen at cake wrecks dot com. I believe a lot of colourings now are vegetable dyes. I make a tan/orange coloured cake which is someone's grandma's ginger cake recipe, the colour comes from golden syrup and ginger powder, (ground ginger)Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-74279828522521419442018-05-03T15:51:39.460-07:002018-05-03T15:51:39.460-07:00Those deep yellow yolks just taste so much better!...Those deep yellow yolks just taste so much better! SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-49224217551961670802018-05-03T13:02:18.003-07:002018-05-03T13:02:18.003-07:00River, ther's white cake, and yellow cake, and...River, ther's white cake, and yellow cake, and spice cake, and chocolate cake, and those are fine - now green cake or blue cake or purple cake would be just wrong :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-11952769174388684072018-05-03T11:25:25.558-07:002018-05-03T11:25:25.558-07:00But the chocolate cake thing ... isn't chocola...But the chocolate cake thing ... isn't chocolate naturally brown, and therefore chocolate cake is brown. That's how I think of it. It's not a dye or anything. Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-22060242487018022962018-05-03T11:18:37.179-07:002018-05-03T11:18:37.179-07:00I love your tellings-off, River. You are quite rig...I love your tellings-off, River. You are quite right and we do try to buy truly free-range eggs, but the ones we've had so far have been less ... er ... starkly-orange ... so these ones were a shock. And I found the taste too strong for me (maybe I'm a wuss about eggs) And I know you're right about the heritage varieties. Forgive me my fussiness xxFran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-75367240624324340792018-05-03T10:58:19.774-07:002018-05-03T10:58:19.774-07:00Yes, I think if I had been brought up with eggs th...Yes, I think if I had been brought up with eggs that colour, I may have thought it more normal. I will have a strong word with my foster parents who clearly neglected their duty ;) Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-44622094562980140002018-05-03T10:55:26.827-07:002018-05-03T10:55:26.827-07:00But we do normally buy free range, run-around-the-...But we do normally buy free range, run-around-the-yard eggs and they've not been orange so far. It's just this last lot. Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-52059314701981558792018-05-03T10:54:03.259-07:002018-05-03T10:54:03.259-07:00Maybe it helps if you actually know the chickens. ...Maybe it helps if you actually know the chickens. A personal relationship with them might make me think again, I guess! Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-67198171502831669352018-05-03T10:52:54.475-07:002018-05-03T10:52:54.475-07:00Honestly, though, I don't need any more encour...Honestly, though, I don't need any more encouragement to eat more widely than I already do .... Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-24385318275331762052018-05-03T10:51:50.631-07:002018-05-03T10:51:50.631-07:00Now, I like beetroot, but I don't really like ...Now, I like beetroot, but I don't really like it on a plate with other food. If it leaks into my mashed potato, it's like having Tarantino on your plate, and it puts me off. Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-84308469632336755662018-05-03T02:07:19.048-07:002018-05-03T02:07:19.048-07:00So where do you stand on chocolate cake? Do you ne...So where do you stand on chocolate cake? Do you never eat any because cake isn't meant to be brown? <br />I'd be a little suspicious of "deep brown" eggshells, depending on what you call deep brown. We get brown eggs here, usually from free-range farmers and they can be quite brown and the yolks are almost always orange, because those free ranging chickens have had access to plenty of green growing foods. They are delicious, SO MUCH better than the pale, insipid offerings of most supermarkets, whose "free-range" eggs come from chicken farms with 15,000 hens per hectare. I'm happy to pay the extra cost for truly free-range eggs, just like the ones my daughter used to bring me when she kept a few chickens, just like the ones I remember from my mum's chickens.<br />Purple potatoes and differently coloured carrots are heritage varieties and just as edible as the ones you are used to. Long before farming became big business, many vegetables had different colours and varieties, fruits too. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-34219628102165153722018-05-02T18:41:02.865-07:002018-05-02T18:41:02.865-07:00I was surprised how much more orange-y the free ra...I was surprised how much more orange-y the free range eggs were when I started buying them. I'm okay with darker eggs because I had them when I was younger, but I'm with you on everything else: don't mess with the look of my food :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-89838143992615525592018-05-02T14:51:42.376-07:002018-05-02T14:51:42.376-07:00but full of vitimultimins
as opposed to the sad an...but full of vitimultimins<br />as opposed to the sad and anaemic (call that yellow?!) battery eggs.<br /><br />But, I haven't seen, your yellow.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-39996844397577554072018-05-02T14:10:19.203-07:002018-05-02T14:10:19.203-07:00Rich, golden yolks! Yum! When I had chooks (you...Rich, golden yolks! Yum! When I had chooks (you'd say chickens) there eggs were rather ordinary during droughts.But after good rainfall and a daily scratch through the weeds and dandelions we had the most wonderful deep yellow yolks.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-41397141974560573872018-05-02T11:59:49.679-07:002018-05-02T11:59:49.679-07:00You should be more of an adventurous eater--it'...You should be more of an adventurous eater--it's fun!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-64222360535437707952018-05-02T07:43:44.545-07:002018-05-02T07:43:44.545-07:00I don't like those very orange yolks either. T...I don't like those very orange yolks either. They're altogether too off-putting. My husband thinks I'm daft - and this from a man who won't eat beetroot... .Jeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553005051612551946noreply@blogger.com