We got the first double-yolk of the year yesterday. I fried it up with the holey egg for dinner tonight - yes I have finally learned to fry an egg - and they were delicious!
If you’ve never seen a double yolk, you’re missing out. The eggs are usually about 1.5 times the size of a regular egg; this one was really long and thin. The yolks themselves tend to be a bit smaller than a standard egg (comparison above) because they’re most often laid by pullets (juvenile hens), who lay smaller eggs anyway. That double came out of a Welsummer egg.
I’m sure there are a lot of ways to fry an egg, but my preferred method is in my favorite frying pan with a bit of butter. I cook them until the whites are set, then flip them over until the yolks just begin to set. Definitely not hard, but not super runny either. I happen to like mine with a bit of chipotle hot sauce on them.
Tonight I had them with a side of homemade bread slathered in homemade butter and strawberry jam. It seemed like the perfect dinner to follow up a delightful game of after work soccer.
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I’ve seen double yolks, but do you know if there is any way to tell from the outside if it is a single or double? I’ve always wondered….
Oh, yum!
I’m still waiting for my hens to start laying. It’s been too darn cold here (Iowa) and they’re still a little young. I could eat eggs every day…
Congratulations on the double-yolker! I LOVE those! That pan looks like it’s coated in Teflon. You ought to give some thought to using cast iron for frying eggs…it’s much easier and better for you.
Hi Laura~
It’s always fun to get one of those isn’t it? I have a tip for the fried eggs that I learned in a past life doing short order cooking. Cooking the egg till the tops are white in the secret to being able to flip them for sure, but if you wait until they are white sometimes the yolk get’s over cooked. Here’s the trip to getting them to flip and still having a runny yolk; (if you like that.) when they’re just startting to get cloudy and the edges have set, drop a little water in the pan next to them and slap the lid on the pan for a minute. It steams the tops and effectively cooks both sides. Then you can flip them for over or just let them finish as is without the top of the whites being runny.
Looking good!
P~
I would try to think of having the double yolk in the first month of the year as a hopeful sign that things will be better. Somethings got to work!
I have picked wyandot and sussex for the breeds that we are interested in. My Hubbie is building a hen house and about the time that the chicks are available to order . . . We will have eggs around planting (early May, if we order in mid February, right?)
The eggs look delicious. I haven’t had breakfast yet…perhaps a fried egg.
I wish I could find eggs with those color yolks! Even my farmer’s market eggs don’t look like that.
We haven’t had a double yolked egg yet. (we’ve been getting eggs for just over a year from our hens) A fried egg sounds good right about now though! Maybe it’s time to have breakfast for dinner. Have a good weekend, Laura!
Wow, I’d never seen a double yolk, cool. I do love fried eggs though - thanks!
Mangochild - usually when I’ve gotten them they’re extra long, like too long to fit in an egg carton. You’ll never see them in eggs from the store though as I don’t think they pass inspection.
Karen - I could too. I love eggs in a way that I never did before we got chickens 2.5 years ago.
Jimmy - I love them too. Not to worry, that’s actually a ScanPan, they’re a ceramic-titanium surface so no teflon, but easier to clean (and lighter!) than my cast iron (which I also love).
P~ - It is fun to get them. Thanks for the tips - I’ll give that a try. Although I love mine with that buttery crispness to them right now.
Monica - good breeds! Hate to disappoint you, but most breeds don’t start to lay until sometime between 20 - 24 weeks. So sometime in June/July if you get them in February. They’re worth the wait though!
Kathleen - how was your egg?
Einat - no secret around here, they get all the table scraps and they’ve managed not to kill their grass completely so far. Tough to find this time of year though.
Kendra - you too! I always think breakfast for dinner is a good idea…
James - you’re welcome.