Organic eggs - my epiphany

Organic food is overrated. Overpriced, meagre and disappointing, there is a reason why we farm with chemicals - it helps produce cheaper and more plentifully. Simple as.

There are products well worth the effort (and expense) though. Organic eggs are far superior in every way to their tainted barn or battery mates. Crack one open and the clue will be there straightaway in the yolk - they are just so damn orange.

Even at organic prices, they are still relatively cheap. A box will do you an omelette one night, a couple of boiled eggs for Sunday lunch and still leave you with a spare.

It may seem hard to see why a basic item can be so special. But organic eggs really are the business. The difference between an organic egg and a free range egg, is just as pronounced as the difference between a free range egg and a battery egg.

Use them in dishes where eggs have the lead role - piperade, scrambled eggs with mushrooms, heuvos rancheros, or my personal top hangover buster, fried eggs with plenty of sea salt and tobasco.