{"id":402,"date":"2011-06-24T23:45:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T17:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realfoodhouston.com\/?p=402"},"modified":"2011-08-18T21:32:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T02:32:25","slug":"why-eat-local-eggs-from-pastured-hens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/2011\/06\/24\/why-eat-local-eggs-from-pastured-hens\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Eat Local Eggs From Pastured Hens?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-411\" title=\"Local Pastured Eggs\" src=\"http:\/\/realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_03361-1024x735.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_03361-1024x735.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_03361-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_03361.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>I&#8217;ve been buying eggs from local area pastured hens for several years (a bowlful of them is shown above),\u00a0and I am still amazed at how beautiful, fresh, and delicious\u00a0they are.\u00a0 The yolks hold their shape and are a deep orange color; the whites are thick, and the taste is superb.\u00a0\u00a0I eat these eggs every day. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-414\" title=\"Raw pastured egg, just cracked\" src=\"http:\/\/realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_03471-1024x847.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"529\" \/>\u00a0The only drawback I&#8217;ve found is that the yolks and thick whites are hard to separate, but it&#8217;s sure worth the effort.\u00a0 You can see how good they look.\u00a0 For more information about the sigificant nutritional and health benefits of eating pastured eggs, there&#8217;s an\u00a0excellent blog post about\u00a0eggs on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheeseslave.com\/2009\/02\/20\/how-to-buy-organic-eggs-pastured-vs-free-range-eggs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cheeseslave.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been buying eggs from local area pastured hens for several years (a bowlful of them is shown above),\u00a0and I am still amazed at how beautiful, fresh, and delicious\u00a0they are.\u00a0 The yolks hold their shape and are a deep orange <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/2011\/06\/24\/why-eat-local-eggs-from-pastured-hens\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,21,19,9],"tags":[39,35,36,31],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-farming","category-pastured-eggs","category-real-food","category-traditional-food","tag-farmers-market","tag-healthy-fats-2","tag-pastured-eggs-2","tag-sustainable-farming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p70SEj-6u","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realfoodhouston.com\/wp-files\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}