Kathleen said...

> 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.

I was told the blood spot was the chicken heart. True or false?


> 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.

Right!!! Whisk it up and scramble and nobody would be the wiser! I suppose
eggs over or sunny-side-up with a spot on it "might" lose visual appeal?!?

Andy