BS: Green Eggs and...

Subject: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 03:44 PM

Cuillion delivered a dozen eggs from her farm to me last weekend. Beautiful, cruelty free eggs.
BUT one of them is green.
Any idea why?
The feed? The chicken? Dye?

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: Melissa
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 03:48 PM

aracana (or something like that) chickens lay colored blue/green eggs

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 03:50 PM

According to the answers on THIS BOARD: The only real difference between a Green egg and a White egg is the green egg is laid by an Aracona chicken and a white egg is laid by a Leghorn chicken.

Sounds pretty!:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 03:51 PM

Oh, I forgot to say...they will be green IF they are meant to go with ham!:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: beardedbruce
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 04:03 PM

I am Sam
Sam I am

That Sam-I-am!
That Sam-I-am!
I do not like that Sam-I-am!

Do you like
green eggs and ham?
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
I do not like
green eggs and ham.

Would you like them
here or there?

I would not like them
here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.

I do not like
green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Would you like them in a house?
Would you like them with a mouse?

I do not like them
in a house.
I do not like them
with a mouse.
I do not like them
here or there.
I do not like them
anywhere.
I do not like
green eggs and ham.
I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.

Would you eat them
in a box?
Would you eat them
with a fox?

Not in a box.
Not with a fox.
Not in a house.
Not with a mouse.
I would not eat them
here or there.
I would not eat them anywhere.
I would not eat green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Would you? Could you? In a car?
Eat them! Eat them! Here they are.
I would not, could not, in a car.

You may like them. You will see.
You may like them in a tree!

I would not, could not in a tree.
Not in a car! You let me be.

I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I do not like them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

A train! A train!
A train! A train!
Could you, would you,
on a train?

Not in a train! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! Sam! Let me be!

I would not, could not, in a box.
I could not, would not, with a fox.
I will not eat them with a mouse.
I will not eat them in a house.
I will not eat them here or there.
I will not eat them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and spam.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Say! In the dark?
Here in the dark!
Would you, could you,
in the dark?

I would not, could not, in the dark.

Would you, could you, in the rain?

I would not, could not, in the rain.
Not in the dark. Not on a train.
Not in a car. Not in a tree.
I do not like them, Sam, you see.
Not in a house. Not in a box.
Not with a mouse. Not with a fox.
I will not eat them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere!

You do not like
green eggs and ham?
I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.

Could you, would you,
with a goat?

I would not, could not,
with a goat!

Would you, could you,
on a boat?

I could not, would not,
on a boat.
I will not, will not,
with a goat.

I will not eat them in the rain.
I will not eat them on a train.
Not in the dark! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! You let me be!
I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I will not eat them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them ANYWHERE!
I do not like green eggs and ham!
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

You do not like them. So you say.
Try them! Try them!And you may.
Try them and you may, I say.

Sam! If you will let me be,
I will try them. You will see.

Say! I like green eggs and ham!
I do! I like them, Sam-I-am!
And I would eat them in a boat.
And I would eat them with a goat...

And I will eat them in the rain.
And in the dark. And on a train.
And in a car. And in a tree.
They are so good, so good, you see!

So I will eat them in a box.
And I will eat them with a fox.
And I will eat them in a house.
And I will eat them with a mouse.
And I will eat them here and there.
Say! I will eat them ANYWHERE!

I do so like
green eggs and ham!
Thank you!
Thank you, Sam-I-am!

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: LilyFestre
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 04:06 PM

The above mentioned chickens are also called Easter Egg Hens. :) I haven't raised them but my aunt has...and some of them indeed are tinted green!!!!!

Fresh eggs are THE BEST!!! We have hens and also a waiting list for fresh eggs!!!! They really DO taste better and the yolk is such a vibrant, pretty color!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: Gurney
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 04:06 PM

Makes me ashamed that I mis-spent MY youth in billiard halls, Bruce.






Fortunately, my son's infant infatuation with Dr. Seuss was brief.

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 04:06 PM

You day you learned to Copy & Paste............

(As with many things, like juggling hand grenades, just because you can, doesn't mean you should..)

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 04:10 PM

There's no reason not to juggle hand grenades, as long as either the lever (spoon) is taped down or you can watch someone else do.

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 04:15 PM

Come closer bruce so I can kill you. Or are you too suffering from cabin fever?
I will have to take a picture of this egg. It really is pretty.

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: wysiwyg
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 04:23 PM

Araucana eggs are not green inside (just like brown). They will taste like reglar delish range eggs. I never knew an Araucana that wasn't fed good stuff.

They are another whole range of color when wet. Some folks notch little blowholes at each end, blow out the yolk (may have to break it with a toothpick before it will come out easy), and paint the shells with clear nail polish. They then keep forever and can be hung up-- with a broken toothpick inside to attach a thread hanger.

We used to make annual Easter Egg trees in school, like that. Sometimes you see them nowadays on bushes.

They come in ranges of dark to light and green to blue; sometimes the minerals do not deposit evenly, and you get faint, glowing stripes. Shine a flashlight thru it for some cool light effects.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: mousethief
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 05:47 PM

Which, then, are the green eggs where the shell is green all the way through? That's the kind we get from our local farmer.

O..O
=o=

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 05:53 PM

You never see proper Easter eggs nowadays. Just the chocolate ones from shops.

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 05:58 PM

I seem to recall hearing that various kinds of duck and goose eggs may be differently colored, but my training in ideggification has apperently been sufficiently minimal to defy my recollection of specifeggs.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: Cuilionn
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 06:22 PM

Aye... most of my chooks are Golden Comets, but I also have a couple of Araucanas, a few Barred Rocks, and some Old English Game Bantams. SINSULL, the dozen you received represent that mix. Enjoy them with abandon!

An aside-- when I was a bairn, we kept Barred Rocks and Araucanas in a pen that was moved each year to a different fourth of our veggie garden. We threw them food scraps as well as weeds we pulled from among the rows of veggies. Once, after my mother processed and canned a large batch of beets, the chooks were given all the beet peelings. The araucanas laid PINK eggs that week!

--Cuilionn

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 06:38 PM

Here's a Wikipedia article about Araucana chickens (not to be confused with Ancona chickens). It has a picture of the egg, but it calls it blue, not green. (It seems blue-green to me.)

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 06:56 PM

Interesting link, Jim, thanks!

JohninKS...LOL!

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 06:59 PM

I've never had anaconda eggs.    Sorry.

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 07:59 PM

Thought this was about the green Chinese preserved eggs. They have a clear green jelly like 'white' and an almost black yolk.

Not for the faint hearted...

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 08:26 PM

There are white and brown and different sizes but only one green. Quite pretty. And so far all are delicious. Bright yellow yoke that stands up nicely. Yum!

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 10:34 PM

Jim Dixon ~ I think that is the shade called 'turquoise': my late wife & I spent many hours of our lives disputing as to whether it was a shade of blue [her opinion] or green [mine].

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 11:19 PM

Ah, but turquoise comes in many different shades...some closer to green, some closer to blue.:-)

According to THIS it is both, no matter.

katsmiling

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 12:32 AM

Thank you dearest Kat.

Choccie~bar. ~ M

Subject: RE: BS: Green Eggs and...
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 04:03 AM

You can buy those blue eggs in supermarkets in England.