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I tend to get as much of my meat and fish...eggs and some cheese from the LGS by work..usually more expensive than the chains or Target...but the meat & fish quality are great and the Amish eggs...come from just just south of the cities. Depending on other things..I may get fruit or veggies there..if I don;t need much..or it is for tonights dinner...Somethings they just do better than this big chains...

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3 hours ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said:

My wife says she gets good deals, yet she always pays 50% more for eggz and bread - cage free, antibiotic and hormone free egss, and Sara Lee Bread that is 45 calories per slice vs 60 for the cheap stuff I think.  Marketing genius, both of those! 

Your wife is smarter than you are.

Heirloom strains of wheat are a lot better for you than the modern stuff.

https://www.bobsredmill.com/organic-kamut-flour.html

https://www.edenfoods.com/store/kamutr-spaghetti-100-whole-grain-organic.html

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You pay a premium for foods that are higher quality.  If you have eaten eggs from happy pasture chickens, the quality is much higher.  The yolks are darker orange and have tested much higher in healthy fats.  Battery house chicken eggs are lower quality.  You pay for quality.

Our conventional food industry is a toxic one.  Eating pesticides and herbicides like we do is destroying the environment and our bodies.  

Last time I went shopping, I noticed a how much more prices have risen.  I wonder how the lower income people are getting by.  Like, those people that make too much for services, but not enough to be getting ahead at all.  

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16 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said:

You pay a premium for foods that are higher quality.  If you have eaten eggs from happy pasture chickens, the quality is much higher.  The yolks are darker orange and have tested much higher in healthy fats.  Battery house chicken eggs are lower quality.  You pay for quality.

Our conventional food industry is a toxic one.  Eating pesticides and herbicides like we do is destroying the environment and our bodies.  

Last time I went shopping, I noticed a how much more prices have risen.  I wonder how the lower income people are getting by.  Like, those people that make too much for services, but not enough to be getting ahead at all.  

The tests that I have read on this do show slight increases in fat for free range, but the differences were slight at best.  Color of yolk has no bearing on quailty of egg.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21673178

 

https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/55099/does-the-color-of-an-egg-yolk-indicate-how-nutritious-it-is/

 

https://hoke.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/08/nutritional-value-is-the-same-for-free-range-or-cage-eggs-5/

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1 minute ago, jsharr said:

The tests that I have read on this do show slight increases in fat for free range, but the differences were slight at best.  Color of yolk has no bearing on quailty of egg.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21673178

I have baked with fresh eggs and store bought battery house eggs.  The backyard eggs were way better in taste and texture.

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1 minute ago, Dirtyhip said:

I have baked with fresh eggs and store bought battery house eggs.  The backyard eggs were way better in taste and texture.

They may taste better due to age, what they were fed, etc, but real, academic testing shows virtually no difference in nutritional value.   Store bought eggs are about the same as cage free in most cases.

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Finally, the most important factor in egg nutrtiontion, fat content, vitamin content seems to be dietary above all else.  This study speaks to that.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/renewable-agriculture-and-food-systems/article/vitamins-a-e-and-fatty-acid-composition-of-the-eggs-of-caged-hens-and-pastured-hens/552BA04E5A9E3CD7E49E405B339ECA32

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42 minutes ago, jsharr said:

They may taste better due to age, what they were fed, etc, but real, academic testing shows virtually no difference in nutritional value.   Store bought eggs are about the same as cage free in most cases.

...there is a great deal of bad science masquerading as academic, nutritional research in today's world.  Not making this up. :) No, I did not read your linked studies, and no, I'm not sure whether the eggs I buy at the farmers market here are from caged or uncaged hens.  But I do know for a fact  that pastured chickens are much better eating, and when I briefly lost my supplier, I just got so discouraged we stopped eating chicken.. :(

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38 minutes ago, Page Turner said:

...there is a great deal of bad science masquerading as academic, nutritional research in today's world.  Not making this up. :) No, I did not read your linked studies, and no, I'm not sure whether the eggs I buy at the farmers market here are from caged or uncaged hens.  But I do know for a fact  that pastured chickens are much better eating, and when I briefly lost my supplier, I just got so discouraged we stopped eating chicken.. :(

That is why I tried to find testing from government agencies or universities, not some food critic or someone with an agenda.    And I believe science works.  
 

As to the taste thing, you will really love this one, so will DH....

https://www.seriouseats.com/2010/08/what-are-the-best-eggs-cage-free-organic-omega-3s-grocery-store-brand-the-food-lab.html

Let me know if you need my address for Hip and Page's Eggscellent Adventure.

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11 minutes ago, Dottles said:

Being vegan these days... you carnivores battle it out.

Hope your thyroid is holding up!  Have you had tyrosine withdrawals yet?

A shame @Square Wheels doesn't bother answering questions about veganism these days :(

Tom

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7 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

Hope your thyroid is holding up!  Have you had tyrosine withdrawals yet?

A shame @Square Wheels doesn't bother answering questions about veganism these days :(

Tom

Oh I had some poultry yesterday and a little bit of cheese the day before. Other than that, I am falling apart.

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1 hour ago, Page Turner said:

...there is a great deal of bad science masquerading as academic, nutritional research in today's world.  Not making this up. :) No, I did not read your linked studies, and no, I'm not sure whether the eggs I buy at the farmers market here are from caged or uncaged hens.  But I do know for a fact  that pastured chickens are much better eating, and when I briefly lost my supplier, I just got so discouraged we stopped eating chicken.. :(

Yeah, and that's why you end up with a lawsuit like the roundup one going through.  People ignored the science in favor of pseudo science.

Then you have all the "Organic" crap now which is basically going completely backwards as it forces you to use the worst farming practices in order to accomplish it.  So you are going max tillage to control weeds and such, leading to higher ground erosion, more pollution to waterways due to run off and extreme long term damage to the field do the loss of top soil.  The entire world is fucked because to many people believe in nonsensical crap and ignore what real science says.  And for the GMO crowd, almost all the food you eat, even nonGMO would not exists if not for GMO.  We've just gotten to the point where we don't have to rely on cross pollination to do it which takes decades, but cross pollination is still GMO.  The world is full of a bunch of fucking idiots, and I'm about done and ready to check out of it.

 

Peace, I'm out.

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7 minutes ago, Indy said:

Then you have all the "Organic" crap now which is basically going completely backwards as it forces you to use the worst farming practices in order to accomplish it.  So you are going max tillage to control weeds and such, leading to higher ground erosion, more pollution to waterways due to run off and extreme long term damage to the field do the loss of top soil. 

Sweet!  This explains the nonsense going on near Florida!  And it ties great into the food bank thread too!  Looking at the food being given out, luckily none of it is that mamby-pamby organic food and just good old 'Merican stuff!

Tomi

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4 hours ago, Indy Out said:

Yeah, and that's why you end up with a lawsuit like the roundup one going through.  People ignored the science in favor of pseudo science.

Then you have all the "Organic" crap now which is basically going completely backwards as it forces you to use the worst farming practices in order to accomplish it.  So you are going max tillage to control weeds and such, leading to higher ground erosion, more pollution to waterways due to run off and extreme long term damage to the field do the loss of top soil.  The entire world is fucked because to many people believe in nonsensical crap and ignore what real science says.  And for the GMO crowd, almost all the food you eat, even nonGMO would not exists if not for GMO.  We've just gotten to the point where we don't have to rely on cross pollination to do it which takes decades, but cross pollination is still GMO.  The world is full of a bunch of fucking idiots, and I'm about done and ready to check out of it.

 

Peace, I'm out.

....why is this thread not yet in teh P+R ?  Do I need to say something about socialism, or what ?:huh:

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4 hours ago, Indy Out said:

Then you have all the "Organic" crap now which is basically going completely backwards as it forces you to use the worst farming practices in order to accomplish it.  So you are going max tillage to control weeds and such, leading to higher ground erosion, more pollution to waterways due to run off and extreme long term damage to the field do the loss of top soil.  The entire world is fucked because to many people believe in nonsensical crap and ignore what real science says. 

Tests Show Monsanto Weed Killer in Cheerios, Other Popular Foods

...that's a direct result of ideas like the ones in this article from Grainews.

Oats not affected by pre-harvest glyphosate

 

So please do not berate me about agricultural practices and science, because I follow the literature some.  Cheerios, man.:( You should be ashamed of yourself. :( :(

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15 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

There is no way to tell if a chicken that has shat out eggs has been mistreated or not.  Cruelty-free my ass!

...interestingly, if you've ever raised chickens, they are very mean to each other. Pecking order is a real thing, and the hen out in the yard at the bottom of the order leads a miserable life indeed.  :(

I think maybe the answer is to put all the laying hens in those Amazon cages on top of robots, so they can go outside when they want, but are still protected from the other hens.

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1 hour ago, Page Turner said:

...interestingly, if you've ever raised chickens, they are very mean to each other. Pecking order is a real thing, and the hen out in the yard at the bottom of the order leads a miserable life indeed.  :(

I think maybe the answer is to put all the laying hens in those Amazon cages on top of robots, so they can go outside when they want, but are still protected from the other hens.

I have raised hens, and they didn't have a "bottom of the order hen" with a miserable life.  We must have been treating them humanely enough so that they didn't attack each other?  Or maybe there is a magic number for hens per square foot that triggers misery?

We do have names for people who think animal cruelty is "fun".

Tom

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1 hour ago, Razors Edge said:

I have raised hens, and they didn't have a "bottom of the order hen" with a miserable life.  We must have been treating them humanely enough so that they didn't attack each other?  Or maybe there is a magic number for hens per square foot that triggers misery?

We do have names for people who think animal cruelty is "fun".

Tom

...I'm not expert in chicken psychology, and can only say that in my experiences, having a hen at the bottom of the order who gets her ass kicked regularly is not at all unusual.

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The pecking order is established early in a chicken’s life when raised in a flock. Young chicks peck each other and bully one another when they are around food. The stronger chicks get to eat first, or eat the best foods and treats. Pullets and cockerels that grow up together will run and bump into each other, with the stronger one often chasing the other.

After slight pecks, chasing and minor disputes on the roosts, order is established and is evident by the peaceful nature of the flock, because each bird knows where they rank and who they can and can not push around. Unless a member of the flock is removed or added, the pecking order may remain the same for a long time, although it is never permanent. One bird will always find another that it can push around, allowing that one to climb higher in the pecking order.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/a-guide-to-understanding-the-chicken-pecking-order.64752/

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Much to many a new chicken owner's surprise, chickens can be quite mean! Often aggression and minor incidents in the flock is due to them establishing or reminding other birds of the pecking order, or roosters fighting for the top spot. But sometimes you'd get a bully or two in the flock that is just unnecessarily mean, making life for their victims a misery. This week I'd like to hear you all's thoughts and practices when it comes to dealing with bullies in the flock. How do you handle them and what advice would you give to others dealing with that situation?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/topic-of-the-week-chicken-behaviour-and-flock-dynamics-part-2-bullying-behaviour.1208695/

 

...so maybe your chickens all grew up together at the same time, or you didn't have a rooster (they are notorious bullies, for the most part).

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...not sure 4 hens is a large enough control group to get a good feeling for chicken behavior.  I think we used to average about 16-20, depending on whether any one had been eaten recently.   They had plenty of room in a barn, and a fenced yard to run around in. If someone was willing to watch them, they got let out sometimes from the fenced yard.

 

The rooster went pretty much wherever he wanted. They usually proved impossible to contain.  These were "annual' chickens, who were layers and then got killed and eaten in the Fall.

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8 hours ago, Page Turner said:

.not sure 4 hens is a large enough control group to get a good feeling for chicken behavior.

Apparently, it is a GREAT sized control group.  We had 8 chickens and a rooster (and turkeys and guinea hens and ducks).  We didn't need to cut the beaks off any of our chickens, but we did trim their wing feathers to keep them from flying out of the coop.  They were purely egg laying chickens and not for consumption, and all pretty much the same age.

Tom

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23 hours ago, JerrySTL said:

Peds is British. Of course they are boiled - like most everything else.

Recently a friend has shown me the secret to nice poaching of eggs, she also has cheap free range and organic duck eggs available, these gently poached to perfection, the yolks barely warmed, are truly scrumptious. But why people hipsters want to also put avocado on the muffin or toast as well as the egg is beyond me: literally over egging the pudding, IMO.

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2 hours ago, Razors Edge said:

Apparently, it is a GREAT sized control group.  We had 8 chickens and a rooster (and turkeys and guinea hens and ducks).  We didn't need to cut the beaks off any of our chickens, but we did trim their wing feathers to keep them from flying out of the coop.  They were purely egg laying chickens and not for consumption, and all pretty much the same age.

Tom

...if you want to further experiment with domestic fowl and their behaviours, get yourself a pair of geese.  Highly recommended. They are meaner than a snake..

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