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dmh2000

it's funny how folks from different countries throw shade on the ones that treat their eggs differently, as if that is an indication of which country is better. Every few months a thread on Reddit gets this going. Nice to see an article that says that both approaches work about the same.

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Don't mistake it for blind nationalism.

I think EU countries are proud that they can achieve desirable outcomes like long-life, safe-raw, unrefrigerated eggs, through desirable practices. The EU's production is over 40% free range, an increasing chunk organic and depending on where you are, a choice in breed.

If those are the sorts of things that you care about, it is only right to "throw shade" on counties like the US, where 82%(!) of their layers are caged and you have to disinfect the eggs because of their awful conditions.

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