Poultry
Minorca
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Minorca eggs are large, strikingly white eggs from the tall Spanish Mediterranean breed once famed for egg size. Flavour is clean and mild; the white is plentiful, making them impressive fried eggs and useful when recipes need more albumen. Heat-tolerant breed history suits warm-climate small farms. Seek true Minorcas for oversized white heritage eggs rather than generic white commercials.
Also known as: Minorca egg, Menorquina egg
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Minorcan fowl were known for large white eggs in Mediterranean trade.
British interest grew in Minorcas as premier white-egg layers.
American breeders kept Minorcas for egg size records and utility.
Rare Minorca flocks still produced notable large white eggs.