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2003/10/14, 11:10 AM
Ok this is really gross....Lately I've been noticing alot of red spots in my hard boiled eggs. They are in the whites of the egg, they are mostly small spots but yesterday I found a pretty big (looked like blood) one. I am starting to get turned off of eggs. Has anyone else had this same problem? I'm really curious to find out!!!
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2003/10/14, 11:58 AM
Eggs are NOT supposed to have that! If they have red spots, they have already been fertilized (the beginning of a baby chick). Don't eat them. Bring the entire case back to where you purchased it.
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Chaos, Panic, Disorder.... Yes, my work here is done!
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2003/10/14, 03:44 PM
There is something to eating fertilized eggs, but I don't know what it is. I know people will pay more for them. (We used to have chickens.) Anybody know what is the deal?
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2003/10/14, 06:23 PM
I have to agree with Rev. Even in the laws of being Kosher, any egg with red spots in it, must be discarded. All the dietary laws of being Kosher pertain to health. So I would discard it.
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2003/10/15, 12:14 PM
Hey,
I try not to get too many egg yolks because of the cholesterol they contain so I eat the egg white and was wondering if any certain size of egg (med, large, xl) would give me less yolk and more egg white.
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2003/10/15, 12:32 PM
Sabrina,
Unfortunately, it really depends on the eggs and the company producing and selling them. I've bought large eggs with small whites, then bought another brand and had a lot of white. With XL eggs you might get more white, but the yolk will be bigger too.
Sorry if this doesn't give you a definite answer, but it's all in where you buy and what brand.
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That which does not kill me can only make me stronger.
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2003/10/30, 12:50 AM
Here's something I found on the web.
I was wondering why we are told not to eat an egg that contains a red spot. I know this means the egg is fertilized and some how slipped by unnoticed by the inspectors. But why not eat it anyway? It appears normal in all other respects. Can you dip out the red spot and use the rest of the egg in a recipe? What's the s-coop on eggs? --dan
Wrong on both accounts, Dan. (Wish I were better at puns, because there are thousands of possibilities in this topic.) There is no health hazard from eating eggs that contain red spots, and the red spot doesn't mean the egg is fertilized. It's just a spot of blood. As Sue at Mountain States Meat and Poultry told me, "hens that lay the eggs you buy in the store are never exposed to a male." (Exposed?) Sue told me that when she cracks an egg and sees a blood spot, she dips it out with a spoon, but only because of the unappetizing look of it, not because it poses any health risk. She said blood from the chicken can get into the yolk occasionally while the egg is being formed, especially if she experiences any stress during the process (the hen, not Sue). Sue gave the example of her dog getting into her henhouse at home (wouldn't you think she'd want to go home from that place to a chickenless home?) and chasing the hens around. Later several of them laid eggs with blood spots in them. It's caused by minor ruptures or hemorrhages inside the chicken.
I also talked to Russ at another poultry place, and he told me several interesting things. There are inspectors called "candlers" at poultry plants who shine bright lights at eggs to look for and discard any eggs found to have blood spots in them. They also check for shell quality. Americans take their "egg aesthetics" (say that quickly five times) very seriously. Russ wouldn't tell me what these candlers get paid. He also told me that brown hens lay brown eggs and white hens lay white eggs, but when I cross-examined him in my aggressive journalistic style about that, he admitted that it was the breed and not just the color that determined the color of the egg. Don't talk down to me, Russ.
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2003/10/30, 12:52 AM
Will there be red spots in eggs? -are fertile eggs ok to eat? Thanks, Ron
Ronron, There is NO difference in fertile and infertile eggs other than the fertile ones can be incubated and hatch. Even when kept with a rooster, all eggs will not be fertile--and NO one can tell which are which! NO red spots in eggs- that is myth. Red spots can appear in any egg, is just an abnormality that occasionally is found in any eggs, and is not harmful. An egg is an egg is an egg, and very good to eat! So not to worry and enjoy your eggs at once. CJR
CJR,Thanks very much for your response.I always believed that fertile eggs had a red spot. Why do large egg farms candle eggs?
My new problem is the fighting between new arrivals and my RIR's that have been here for a yr. I hope that ends soon.
Thanks again. Ron
Ronron, No one can tell if an egg is fertile or not until it has been incubated for 4 or 5 days! All people who sell eggs should candle them, large commercial egg producers must candle theirs. With the millions and millions of eggs produced, there are a number of abnormalities, which appear, the blood spots, meat spots, but especially fine cracks. No one wants to buy such eggs, but we who have our own eggs pay no attention to the few abnormalities, and just lift them out when the egg is opened.
There is almost always a problem in adding new birds to an established flock--I don't ever do it, but in time things may work out. I can't tolerate the harm that chickens may do to one another. Wide age differences can result in wounded or killed youngsters. None of the "separation" tactics have ever worked well for me. It seems that the older birds just think up more torment to do to the "new ones" when they finally are put together-they just can't wait to finally get to them. On the other hand, sometimes I can merge some of my older birds without incident--it depends upon the individual birds--they are not all the same temperment! Good luck, CJR
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2003/10/30, 03:48 PM
Good one laney. There are also chickens who lay green and blue eggs. And did you know that the more 'garbage', literally real food scraps and grass, a chicken eats the darker and richer the yolk will be. Most store eggs have really pale yolks, because the chickens are fed strictly feed. And there is truth to your 'pecking order' story. Where do you think the term came from. But I have also seen a flock turn on an old or sickly hen, and eventually kill her.
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2003/10/31, 04:07 AM
I use eggbeaters, so I don't deal with eggs much, unless I'm cooking for the family. But, I haven't noticed any eggs having red spots in them. Kinda weird if you ask me..... :/
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2003/11/04, 09:31 PM
I wish we could find a place to get fresh eggs around here azredhead. I probably could but I haven't done a lot of research on it yet.
We did find a grass fed beef farm in Ft. Worth, and they deliver to us once a month. That and deer meat are the only red meats we eat at all any more.
Did you know that you can't get fresh cows milk from farms anymore? It's illegal. It is here anyway. Something to do with it not being cleaned enough. PFFT! I grew up drinking that and leaving it in the fridge so you could get the fresh cream off the top. YUM! hehe I'm perfectly healthy...can't be too bad. hehe ;)
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2003/11/04, 09:43 PM
Yep, some saturated fat is actually good for you. Positive effects on testosterone for one. They also provide the building blocks for cell membranes and a variety of hormones. Also great "carriers" for fat soluble vitamins like A and D. The media put the fear of instant death into anyone eating any saturated fats.
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Quoting from laneylou:
I wish we could find a place to get fresh eggs around here azredhead. I probably could but I haven't done a lot of research on it yet.
We did find a grass fed beef farm in Ft. Worth, and they deliver to us once a month. That and deer meat are the only red meats we eat at all any more.
Did you know that you can't get fresh cows milk from farms anymore? It's illegal. It is here anyway. Something to do with it not being cleaned enough. PFFT! I grew up drinking that and leaving it in the fridge so you could get the fresh cream off the top. YUM! hehe I'm perfectly healthy...can't be too bad. hehe ;)
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2003/11/04, 09:49 PM
Oh, one more thing in reference to your grass fed beef. Grass fed buffalo is wonderful. Very lean and nutritious, and very tasty. No gamy taste either. One of the healthiest meats you can eat. Highly nutrient dense food because of the proportion of protein and minerals in relation to its caloric value. 6 ounces of ground bison, in fact, contains 34 grams of protein, while its fat, cholesterol and calorie levels are lower than other popular meats.
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2003/11/04, 11:59 PM
Hey coolness! I didn't realize that. I knew it was better for you but I just figured it was still a bit too fattening because it was beef. I wasn't thinking about that. Been staying away from it. LOL But, when you do cook it down, it's just like deer meat there's not a bunch of fat, it stays pretty dry in a skillet but it's very heavy too.
Do you know if it's on here? I should look that up ...
I just had a great dinner ... about 6 oz of deer hamburger and a can of pinto beans and pepper. It only came up to 6 g of fat ... but the cool thing is it's 80 protein and 86 carbos. 729 on Calories too. Been having problems with reaching the goal on proteins and carbos.
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2003/11/05, 12:13 AM
Ahhh ... checked to see if grass fed beef was on the site and it's not. Wonder how I would look that up?
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