Japanese Eggs Continued

Here is a comparison of a Japanese Extra Large Egg on the left with an American Extra Large Egg on the right. Another funny thing I discovered was when you go to the local produce market they show a picture of the hen that lays the eggs. I'm not big on developing a relationship with the critters that give me my food but she looked like a nice healthy chicken that could almost be a small turkey.


Now look at the difference in size and quality. The yolk seems to be the big difference with its bright orange color compared to the U.S. chicken eggs dull yellow. It tastes different but good. The size seems to be 1 and a half times bigger, too. Brock was a little nervous eating the Japanese egg due to the color of the yolk but there were no complaints.

This is a little hard to tell but MB wanted a birdie in a nest. She got two birdies in a nest out of one egg (Japanese Super Ginormous egg with 2 yolks). My secretary Ms Junko-san says double yolk eggs are lucky. I did not tell her that you could just go get them for 100 Yen out of the vending machine off base.