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grumpyduck

(6,642 posts)
Fri May 10, 2024, 11:18 AM May 2024

When making scrambled eggs,

How many of you remove those little white thingies that stick to the yolk?

For years I thought they were like zip-ties to keep the yolk together, but it turns out they're to keep the yolk centered in the shell. That's why there are two of them. They're called chalazas.

Who wuddathot?

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When making scrambled eggs, (Original Post) grumpyduck May 2024 OP
Lol like how? intrepidity May 2024 #1
They disgust me XanaDUer2 May 2024 #2
Eggs for lunch today. Yum. twodogsbarking May 2024 #3
How to remove the chalaza from egg Goonch May 2024 #4
I also wont eat that gel part of an egg XanaDUer2 May 2024 #5
It's protein. Safe and healthy. I'm no Gordon Ramsey, but i rarely even notice it unblock May 2024 #6
Today I learned irisblue May 2024 #7

intrepidity

(7,854 posts)
1. Lol like how?
Fri May 10, 2024, 11:26 AM
May 2024

Even in my most OCD moments,, I can resist that urge. And especially for scrambled.

Ok but being serious, if, when dumping the egg out of the shell, if those "chalazas" find themselves hung up on the eggshell, I will tip the shell to capture them. But I don't know why I do that. Must be some ancient genetic memory or something.

XanaDUer2

(13,597 posts)
2. They disgust me
Fri May 10, 2024, 11:27 AM
May 2024

I have a special way of whipping and pouring to trap them. I won't eat any egg near that.

unblock

(54,115 posts)
6. It's protein. Safe and healthy. I'm no Gordon Ramsey, but i rarely even notice it
Fri May 10, 2024, 11:36 AM
May 2024

I mean I can see it, but it doesn't affect the taste of the egg. Sometimes the texture is slightly gelatinous, but so what?

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