In article >,
Kathleen > wrote:

> 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.

So how do you explain blood spots in eggs where no rooster was available?

>
> 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.

I'm ok with fertilized eggs (ate them for years) but I'll have to pass
on Baluts, thanks. ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut
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