EGGS ARE GOOD EAT THEM

Eggcellent thread. this thread is making me laugh :laugh:

Just in case anyone else needs a laugh...I'm with the ladies that thought the yolk was the chicken. WTF? I'm pretty sure someone told me that when I was young. And until reading this thread I was also pretty sure that the white part that is sometimes with the yolk and attached to it was the baby chick that started developing or its umbillical cord!

Anyway, I've always only eaten the whole egg - never been on the whole egg white train. In fact, I boil them up every sunday and bring one to work as a snack every day! Protein and fat work for me to keep me full so it's a perfect snack.

I love eggs. I love whole eggs scrambled. However trying to watch calorie intake as well as cholesterol so I have recently switched to just egg whites. Still have some bacon with it and low fat cheese on a low carb wrap and some hot sauce. Ummm

I love eggs....and I LOVE Frank's Red Hot Sauce... never thought to try the two together!! Wahoo!! Thanks for the idea

I love eggs! From my head down to my legs!

Fabulous!! I've been wondering if my typical daily egg was too much or if 1 or 2 more a week would be ok! YaY!! Thanks for posting this. It clarified a lot about fats for me. That link is going on my blog today.

Nom nom nom! Have a hard boiled one for breakfast most mornings.

The male chicks have their use as well, the bird of prey centre I went to last week uses them to feed all their birds (see profile pic).


I love eggs, they are nearly a perfect protein, containing most of the essential amino acids.

Save calories by making them with no oil, like poaching, or soft/hard boiling! I like to add pesto to my scrambled eggs, it's really nice.

The male chicks have their use as well, the bird of prey centre I went to last week uses them to feed all their birds (see profile pic).


I love eggs, they are nearly a perfect protein, containing most of the essential amino acids.

Save calories by making them with no oil, like poaching, or soft/hard boiling! I like to add pesto to my scrambled eggs, it's really nice.

I was born and raised in Italy, so you gave me a great idea! Pesto on scrambled eggs! Thanks for helping me making lunch today!

omg, now I'm a little freaked out - I should NOT have googled about yolks. I found out that white part (not the clear egg white, the tiny amount of white thick mucus towards the edge side of the yolk is where the chick would form and that if there is a tiny red spot in it, that means the egg was fertilized (?!) :huh: . I have seen this in my eggs.....I feel ill. Oh and I was right about that white long part being the umbillical cord... :noway:

ETA: In case anyone is interested: more research says that the red spot is just blood from a stressed hen and doesn't mean it was fertilized and it's ok to eat. Phew. And also the "umbilical cord" isn't one, it is just the stuff that suspends the yolk in the egg white. Phew!

Eggs FTW!

Has anyone considered what happens to all the male chicks that are not required for the egg-laying part of the egg industry.

Do you know what happens to the hens when they have gone past efficiency in egg laying?

Eggs - a great source of protein, but at what cost? - no thanks.

Hey, as long as the eggs are free-range, who the hell cares about those pesky male chicks. Right?

Hey, let's all use the assumption that the egg-laying industry has the same practices across the board. Let's also pretend that small farmers who take good care of their birds don't exist, and we should totally not eat eggs because factory farming makes some farming bad.

Alright then. What happens to the male chicks from the farm you buy your eggs at?

Not that is is relevant to the broader topic, but they either raise them for meat or sell them to other farms that need a rooster.

In any case, presenting a false dichotomy is erroneous.

It's not a false dichotomy. Many people are concerned about "ethical" eggs, and they have absolutely zero clue or concern about what happens to the male chicks. How ethical is it to be killing off those billions of males?

I have my doubts about your egg supplier using males for meat, since non-capon meat sucks.

OK I did some googling and I feel really dumb about eggs!

Thanks for the chuckle! Hey, the yolk is round and yellow, just like a little chicken.... I totally get it.

Add me to that group! :blushing: I always eat the whole thing. Even Gary Yourofsky calling eggs "hen period" didn't stop me.

I do currently eat eggs had 2 this morning with sauteed veggies. However, after watching vegucated I am rethinking a lot of things.

Has anyone considered what happens to all the male chicks that are not required for the egg-laying part of the egg industry.

Do you know what happens to the hens when they have gone past efficiency in egg laying?

Eggs - a great source of protein, but at what cost? - no thanks.

Hey, as long as the eggs are free-range, who the hell cares about those pesky male chicks. Right?

Hey, let's all use the assumption that the egg-laying industry has the same practices across the board. Let's also pretend that small farmers who take good care of their birds don't exist, and we should totally not eat eggs because factory farming makes some farming bad.

Alright then. What happens to the male chicks from the farm you buy your eggs at?

Not that is is relevant to the broader topic, but they either raise them for meat or sell them to other farms that need a rooster.

In any case, presenting a false dichotomy is erroneous.

It's not a false dichotomy. Many people are concerned about "ethical" eggs, and they have absolutely zero clue or concern about what happens to the male chicks. How ethical is it to be killing off those billions of males?

I have my doubts about your egg supplier using males for meat, since non-capon meat sucks.

What happens in "the wild" when a hen lays hundreds of eggs in her lifetime? Do all of them get to grow up to be happy adults? Get real. In order to maintain a stable population, 99% of chicken eggs that are laid do not result in an adult chicken.

But they still don't taste very good.

This is my issue too. I have never aquired the taste for yolk in a boiled egg. Fried? Sure. Scrambled? You betcha. Boiled? Just the white please and thank you!