real eggs

I work with wonderful Jane. She has chickens in her yard running around. And she gets fresh eggs from them. From time to time, if you bring in an egg carton, she will come back with fresh eggs for you. I've been meaning to bring a carton in forever, but always forget. Today, coming out of a meeting after Jane had left, I found a carton on my desk with the following note:

From Frisky, Wiskey, and Margarita, and the hens across the street. Enjoy!

I sure will. I've heard about Frisky, Wiskey, and Margarita. And now my family and I will enjoy their hard made eggs. Thank you! How special to have such a close connection to what I'm eating.

I love that we can live in SF, and I can work with someone who has hens, and names and loves her hens! And her neighbor has hens too!

I'm so glad that the demand for cage-free, organically fed chicken eggs is so much on the rise that demand is outgrowing supply. And I'm very happy that there are a lot of organic veges I can buy easily.

[update]

I had not just one, but TWO eggs this morning. I cooked one, and it was delicious. Compared to the organic cage-free ones I buy at the store, the shell was much harder and the yoke thicker and a deeper color. The taste was amazing.

I want to have chickens now, but I guess they don't make good indoor pets, and the cats would be terrified ; )