Egg
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The Biology of Eggs is different from their use in cooking.
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Eggs in Cooking
Birds' eggs are a common food source. The most-used eggs are chicken, duck and goose, but smaller eggs such as quail eggs are occasionally used as a gourmet ingredient, as are the largest bird eggs, from Ostriches. Eggs are frequently used in both sweet and savoury dishes as a source of protein and/or to bind the other ingredients in a recipe together. Sometimes the whole egg is cooked together. Sometimes the egg yolk is used separately from the egg white. Many who practice Vegetarianism feel it is acceptable to eat eggs as the bird which lays the eggs is not killed. People concerned about animal welfare are reluctant to eat Battery eggs as Factory farming is considered cruel. Even Free Range eggs sometimes are unacceptable to those who are concerned about animal welfare as it is sometimes felt that alleged free range birds may not be much better off than battery birds.
The primary cooking techniques for savoury eggs are:
Eggs may also be pickled, hard-boiled and refrigerated, or eaten raw, though the latter is not recommended for people who may be susceptible to salmonella, such as the old, the infirm or pregnant women.
When eggs become rotten, the yolk will turn green and the egg will emit a sulphurous smell when broken. Although deemed offensive by most Western palates, fermented eggs are considered a delicacy by some in China, when prepared using a special method which includes letting them sit for three months to age (or rot, depending on one's interpretation).
Eggs as Decoration
- [[Faberg� egg|Faberg� eggs]] are much prized collectors' items. [[Carl Faberg�]] was the favourite jeweller of many European Royal houses, including the Romanovs of Russia.
- Easter eggs, also known as Pace eggs, are an ancient symbol of spring and the beginning of new life. They figure in egg hunts, egg rolling contests and egg-tapping.
- Egg decorating is a craft which has become much more popular in recent years.
External links
- The Provincial Museum of Alberta: Eggs - A Virtual Exhibition
- EggScape:Facts about Birds and Eggs [[da:�g]] [[sv:�gg]]
The primary cooking techniques for savoury eggs are:
Eggs as Decoration
- [[Faberg� egg|Faberg� eggs]] are much prized collectors' items. [[Carl Faberg�]] was the favourite jeweller of many European Royal houses, including the Romanovs of Russia.
- Easter eggs, also known as Pace eggs, are an ancient symbol of spring and the beginning of new life. They figure in egg hunts, egg rolling contests and egg-tapping.
- Egg decorating is a craft which has become much more popular in recent years.
Egg proverbs
- Eggs in the pan give pancakes, but nevermore chicks.
- The egg pretends to be cleverer than the hen.
- Never a chicken comes from broken eggs.
- Eggs not yet laid are uncertain chickens.
- Old eggs, old lovers and an old horse, are either rotten or for the worse.
- Tread carefully among eggs.
- He who wants eggs must endure the clucking of the hen.
- One rotten egg spoils the pudding.
- He who has many eggs scatters many shells.
- Half an egg is worth more than all the shell.
Ovoid means egg-shaped.
There is also Egg, Switzerland. [[da:�g]] [[sv:�gg]]
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Egg" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg December 17, 2003
