Eggs in pink shells

[David_Loves_Ubonwan]

The 7-Eleven just down the road from here has amongst the eggs some in pink shells, both chicken sized and smaller ones. Just wondering are these the preserved "100 year old" eggs? I think that is what the picture on the boxes seems to suggest.

I have only seen "100 year old" eggs being sold by old ladies from baskets before and there were (as I recall) in shells that were normal coloured.

David

[yy]

The century eggs sold in Singapore are covered with brown pieces of what I supposed to be hay, but turned out to be mud and rice husk (scroll to middle of webpage), from what the Wikipedia said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg

And here's what you may have meant by the pink eggs... Yes, I remembered seeing them in 7-11s in Land of Smiles too...

http://www.veggiebelly.com/2010/06/t...nd-part-3.html

[David_Loves_Ubonwan]

And here's what you may have meant by the pink eggs... Yes, I remembered seeing them in 7-11s in Land of Smiles too...

http://www.veggiebelly.com/2010/06/t...nd-part-3.html

Yes those are what I saw in 7-Eleven, they were in packs of six. I will have to get some next time I'm in there. They also have very small ones about the size of my thumb to the joint, don't know what sort of bird they would be from?

David

Edit: From the wiki link it appears the small eggs are likely Quails eggs

[yy]

They also have very small ones about the size of my thumb to the joint, don't know what sort of bird they would be from?

That's pretty interesting. The smallest I had seen are the quail's.

[yy]

Hi David, after I had looked at the Wiki picture again, I think those were normal chicken or duck eggs, probably slightly smaller than the ones in supermarkets cos they might be kampong eggs (from free range village chickens so they were that bit smaller). The ones you mentioned about being thumb sized are likely to be quail's cos quail's are usually that size.

http://www.shopwiki.com/quail+eggs

There's one pic in the middle that shows some quail eggs in a hand, which are around the size of a thumb

[Susana]

There are chickens which lay 'Easter egg' color eggs ~ lavender, pale green, pink, blue, pink and yellow. Aracauna is the name of one kind of hen. One of my cousins have them.

By the way, have any of you ever spent time around chickens? A friend has some free range chickens and when I go visit they come running from the woods on the other side of the road, across the creek, and out of trees. They make me feel kind of special!

I'm thinking that some day I will have some of my own.

The 100 year old eggs I remember seeing were also the ones covered in what looked like hay.

[yy]

A friend has some free range chickens and when I go visit they come running from the woods on the other side of the road, across the creek, and out of trees.

How lucky you are... The only time when we can see chickens in Singapore now are only either in chicken battery farms or the children's corner of the Singapore Mandai Zoo. I remembered when my sister and I were children, the neighbourhood's periodic bazaar used to sell coloured(dyed I think) chicks and we used to really beg so hard for our mother to allow us to adopt one home, but she never agreed as she felt it was so difficult to raise chickens in high rise building. Moreover, she felt they would all die within days or weeks as the colours appeared to be artificially applied to the chicks.

It must be so fortunate to be in touch with nature and also to get to know naturally coloured eggs.

[Susana]

Although I began life as a country girl, I have actually spent most of my years in a town or city. Now I have, if you'll please pardon the expression, come home to roost!

I remember those dyed chicks. They used to sell them around Easter time. People eventually realized that, like your mom said, they would not live long. However, they were so cute and cuddly looking, that every little child wanted one.

Oh, by the way, those chickens who ran to greet me? It wasn't my appealing personality they were responding to. They were hoping I had treats for them!

[Nu]

When I was growing up there were duck eggs dyed pink for Chinese New Year. These were hard boiled and we could buy them at the market. It is supposed to be the symbol of good luck and prosperity ( the pink/red dyed eggs ).

Susanna, are there really hens that lay Easter color eggs besides brown ones?

[Susana]

As unbelievable as it sounds, the answer is yes!

The Ameraucana is one, and the Aracauna is another. I believe they are native to South America. The Bantum lays brown eggs. I know some older folks who won't eat anything but brown eggs. Personally, I can't tell the difference.