Am I the only one that eats the entire egg? Shell and all?

TexasJohnnyBravo

When I cook eggs I never throw the shells out. I wash them and once I have a dozen or 18 I'll bake them in the oven at 220° for about 20 min to kill any bacteria. Once I'm done with that I'll put them in my Molcajete (sp?) And grind them down to a fairly fine powder and put it in a jar for future use. Egg shells are pretty much pure calcium and adding a teaspoon to your food here and there can give you all the calcium you need.

jemhh

I don't know anybody else who eats egg shells other than you. I give my dogs eggs and sometimes give them the shells as well (if they are eating outside since they tend to drop bits all over.) Or I will grind them up and put them in the garden for the calcium. I guess I never considered eating them myself but I don't know of a downside using your method.

Need2Exerc1se

I have heard of people eating the shell, but I just throw mine in the compost to add calcium to my soil. I have to clean my own eggs which does not make the shell appetizing for me.

WholeFoods4Lyfe

I feed them to my chickens, it helps make the shells of the eggs they lay stronger.

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

I wouldn't even want to try it to be honest. Much easier to drink some milk or eat some cottage cheese to get my calcium.

FunkyTobias

michelle172415 wrote: »

I feed them to my chickens, it helps make the shells of the eggs they lay stronger.

I do the same with my ducks

jgnatca

My frugal great grandmother would bury the egg shells and teabags too in the garden.

jgnatca

Here's a rat study that found that all forms of calcium are equally bioavailable.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0396.1997.tb00866.x/abstract

Another test with piglets.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15018022

Eggshell is at least as helpful as calcium carbonate.

JoRocka

I put them in the compost- but no- I don't eat them. It's to much work.

CasperNaegle

Nope throw them out

extra_medium

I just bite into a raw egg like an apple

Francl27

Ugh nope.

TexasJohnnyBravo

FunkyTobias wrote: »

michelle172415 wrote: »

I feed them to my chickens, it helps make the shells of the eggs they lay stronger.

I do the same with my ducks

Yeah my grandmother used to the same as well.

jemhh

extra_medium wrote: »

I just bite into a raw egg like an apple

I have no idea if you are joking or not but I'm laughing at the visual.

markrgeary1

Snakes do. Me no. Like someone said upstream if you have ever cleaned eggs you would not consider eating them.

rosebarnalice

Sometimes I do, but I'm just as likely to feed them to my compost pile. But then, I also eat shrimp and crawfish shells. and apple cores. :-)

Meganthedogmom

I eat them raw by the dozen like Gaston from Beauty & the Beast.

htimpaired

FunkyTobias wrote: »

michelle172415 wrote: »

I feed them to my chickens, it helps make the shells of the eggs they lay stronger.

I do the same with my ducks

I used to do this with my button quail.

rbfdac

Ive never heard about such a thing in my entire life.

veggiecanner

my dogs love them, but I wouldn't. everytime I've fed them to my chickens they start eating their own eggs. So mostly they go in garden. Mostly the dogs eat them becase I tired of pealing the boiled eggs I give them.

ajmurray1234

I put them in our compost, but not in my body. And I love boiled eggs - just not the shell. Ewww.

Need2Exerc1se

veggiecanner wrote: »

my dogs love them, but I wouldn't. everytime I've fed them to my chickens they start eating their own eggs.

This is why I don't feed them to my chickens as well. I've never had it happen but my grandfather told me it could.

Sued0nim

My dog is supposed to eat them

All the books say it's a real treat

He is of course too much of a princess