Pete C. wrote:
> Chatty Cathy wrote:
>
>>Andy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>That's a tad neurotic! The whole survey is! I won't eat an egg if it's rotten
>>>and that's it.
>>
>>Was it? Just because an egg has a "string" or a "spot" does not
>>necessarily mean its rotten, IMNSHO.
>>
>>--
>>Cheers
>>Chatty Cathy
>
>
> Correct, strings and specs have nothing whatsoever to do with an eggs
> freshness.

Well, no, of course not. The string is part of the structure of the egg
itself. The bloody spot, otoh, indicates fertilization.

People are just weird sometimes. It's okay to eat eggs, it's okay to
eat chickens, but somehow the mid-point, a fertilized egg, is icky.