Consumer Q’s

Published 4:07 pm Monday, October 25, 2010

Question: What determines whether a chicken egg is white or brown?

Answer: The breed of the hen determines the color of her eggs.  For example, Leghorn, White Rock and Cornish hens lay white eggs.  Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire, Dominiker and Plymouth Rock hens lay brown eggs.  Araucuna hens lay eggs that range in color from medium blue to medium green.  For more information visit this Oklahoma State University website (www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/) and click on “Poultry Breeds.”

Q:  What are tendergreens?

A:  ‘Tendergreen’ mustard-spinach is commonly referred to as “tendergreens.” It is neither mustard nor spinach, but is a variety of leafy turnip that is milder than mustard greens. Tendergreens seeds are sometimes mixed with seeds of mustard, turnip, radish, rape and kale and sown as a “greens patch.”

Q:  What is the most consumed meat in the world?

A:  The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that pork is the number one meat consumed in the world.

Q: Where can I get more information about the “kudzu bug,” the little bug that was first noticed in Georgia last year?  It looks like a small, glossy, greenish brown stinkbug and sometimes gets on the sides of houses in the fall.

A:  The bug you described is Megacopta cribraria.  It is sometimes called “kudzu bug,” “bean plataspid” or “globular stinkbug.”   Visit your local Extension Service office and ask for Circular No. 991.  You can find this online at the University of Georgia’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences’ publication website at www.caes.uga.edu/publications or by clicking on “Circular No. 991” at www.gabugs.uga.edu.

If you have questions about services or products regulated by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, visit our website at www.agr.georgia.gov or write us at 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Room 227, Atlanta, GA  30334 or e-mail us at  info@agr.georgia.gov.