1O FANTASTIC FACTS ABOUT EGGS
1. Chicken eggs come in more colors than white and brown
Some chickens produce blue,blue-green,reddish brown,or even speckled eggs. (d ko familiar ani ah...)
2. You can use water to easily determine the age of an egg
Fill the bowl wd enough water to cover the eggs , then add them to the bowl.If an egg sinks to the bottom, it's FRESH. It it's float to the top, it's not.This happens bcuz as an egg ages, it develops a larger and larger air pocket in its shell. According to the OXFORD COMPANION to FOOD, it's actually better to choose a less-fresh egg if ur hard-boiling it,bcuz in fresh eggs " the white adheres closely to the shell, making it more difficult to remove the shell
3. Eggs are a great HANGover CURE
Eating eggs is a great way to help shake off the previous evening's festivities.
4.Raw eggs can make delicious-and safe-food and drinks
Classic recipes for mayonaise,caesar salad dressing,lemon curd.and several cocktails include raw eggs.
5.Chicken's Aren't the only birds that lay edible eggs
Duck,quail,emu,goose, and ostrich eggs can all be cooked up.
6.What eggs you buy can be a very personal decision
Eggs tend to be a battleground food, with lots of conflicting information available about which eggs are best for u,ur budget,the chicken and the environment.
7. You can make ur eggs CUBE-SHAPED
Somebody invented a product that presses hard-boiled eggs into cubes. I suppose this would be useful if, u really really needed to stack ur hard-boiled eggs.
8. Eggshells are USEFUL
Don't throw ur eggshells away. You can carefully hollow out eggshells to decorate around easter, use them to start seeds, or help control slugs in ur garden.
9. Preserved Eggs Known as " Century Eggs" Are a Chinese Delicacy.
These dark-colored preserved eggs " are made by storing raw eggs for a few months in a mixture of wood ah,salt,lime, and maybe tea wd rice straw or clay". But they they are not , as often as been rumored,preserved in horse urine. (EWWWWWWW....sure ni???? love century egg on CONGEE.It really taste good...waaaaaaaa).
10. There are Hundreds, If not thousands. ways to prepare eggs
1. Chicken eggs come in more colors than white and brown
Some chickens produce blue,blue-green,reddish brown,or even speckled eggs. (d ko familiar ani ah...)
2. You can use water to easily determine the age of an egg
Fill the bowl wd enough water to cover the eggs , then add them to the bowl.If an egg sinks to the bottom, it's FRESH. It it's float to the top, it's not.This happens bcuz as an egg ages, it develops a larger and larger air pocket in its shell. According to the OXFORD COMPANION to FOOD, it's actually better to choose a less-fresh egg if ur hard-boiling it,bcuz in fresh eggs " the white adheres closely to the shell, making it more difficult to remove the shell
3. Eggs are a great HANGover CURE
Eating eggs is a great way to help shake off the previous evening's festivities.
4.Raw eggs can make delicious-and safe-food and drinks
Classic recipes for mayonaise,caesar salad dressing,lemon curd.and several cocktails include raw eggs.
5.Chicken's Aren't the only birds that lay edible eggs
Duck,quail,emu,goose, and ostrich eggs can all be cooked up.
6.What eggs you buy can be a very personal decision
Eggs tend to be a battleground food, with lots of conflicting information available about which eggs are best for u,ur budget,the chicken and the environment.
7. You can make ur eggs CUBE-SHAPED
Somebody invented a product that presses hard-boiled eggs into cubes. I suppose this would be useful if, u really really needed to stack ur hard-boiled eggs.
8. Eggshells are USEFUL
Don't throw ur eggshells away. You can carefully hollow out eggshells to decorate around easter, use them to start seeds, or help control slugs in ur garden.
9. Preserved Eggs Known as " Century Eggs" Are a Chinese Delicacy.
These dark-colored preserved eggs " are made by storing raw eggs for a few months in a mixture of wood ah,salt,lime, and maybe tea wd rice straw or clay". But they they are not , as often as been rumored,preserved in horse urine. (EWWWWWWW....sure ni???? love century egg on CONGEE.It really taste good...waaaaaaaa).
10. There are Hundreds, If not thousands. ways to prepare eggs
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