A bird’s egg
is one of the most common recipe ingredients and it is considered a very high
nutrient food. Although eggs have many health benefits, consuming too many eggs
could lead to health issues such as type 2 diabetes and cardio vascular risk
due to the high cholesterol content. As the saying goes “too much of anything
is good for nothing”.
Per capita
consumption of eggs in 2014 was more than 250 in the United States, which means
that eggs are a very heavily consumed food. So in today’s blog I will go over
some interesting tips and facts about eggs.
Egg Freshness Test
Have you
ever been unsure about the freshness of an egg? I have been, but now know that there is a way
to find it out if your eggs are fresh. It is a very simple test which can be
done in less than 10 seconds, and all you will need is a jar of water.
Drop the
egg inside the jar filled with water, if it goes down the jar then it means it
is fresh and if it floats on the surface then it probably its old but it
doesn’t mean it is spoiled (a spoiled egg will give a bad odor). Are you curious
on the reason behind it? There is a science behind it, egg shells are porous so
with time air gets filled inside the egg which is why it starts to float.
White vs. Brown Eggs
The myth about white and brown eggs! There is
misconception that brown eggs are better than white or vice versa, some people
even say brown eggs are organic and some say one has higher protein than the
other, the list goes on. But the truth is very simple; there is no other
difference except that white eggs are laid by hens with white feathers and
brown eggs are laid by brown hens! The price difference is due to the human
belief on one over the other.
Theory behind egg yolk
Do you feel happy
when your egg yolk is deep yellow believing that its healthy, well you can
continue to be happy but unfortunately there is no health reason behind that.
The color of the egg yolk variation is an indication of the type of the chicken
feed, sometimes it might be related to the health of chicken but definitely not
to the healthiness of the egg.
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One more way to find
the freshness of eggs
The white
of the fresh eggs are cloudy whereas for older eggs it is will be clear.
Another way to find is fresh eggs are difficult to peel in comparison with the
older eggs.
General
suggestions; use fresh eggs for poaching and frying and use older eggs for
scrambled eggs and omelets because the older it is the more it spreads.
Why don’t they hatch?
Have you
ever wondered why your eggs don’t hatch? The reason is very simple: a hen must
mate with a rooster in order to fertilize an egg. The eggs which we get in the
stores are laid by hens which haven’t mated- makes sense right?
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Who came first, egg or
chicken?
I am sure many would have had this question in their mind or confronted
this question at some place or the other. I recently found that egg came first.
Two birds that weren’t a chicken created a chicken egg (evolution). Still many
people have different opinion but to me this seemed to be a convincing theory.
Tips to read the label
of the eggs when you buy in the super market
Cage-free: The hens are grown in free environment but that doesn’t mean it runs over
a free ground, it is still grown in a closed barn.
Natural:
Psychologically we feel the product is organic when see the word natural
but the fact is anyone can use the term “natural” to describe their eggs, which
means nothing special.
Certified
Organic: Egg from Hens that are fed on organic vegetarian
diet which are free from pesticides and animal byproducts is called certified
organic.
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