The Amazing Egg Race

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The Amazing Egg Race

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The Amazing Egg Race

Funny and Cool Egg Pictures

hey egg lovers, i came across some funny egg pictures to make your day, and a little caption for each. please take a look and enjoy the creative side of EGGS!

 i admire this photo, it shows a brown egg in the area of all these white eggs, and reflects the artist expression on how these white eggs feel with the new kid in town. such a creative piece of work with a simple concept.

 this picture i find quite cute, with the egg yolk representing a baby inside the egg shell in which it copies a pram. how creative is that! all simple elements with nothing fancy can turn into such a powerful picture with cuteness

 this picture made me laugh, how cool is it that the artist can really show that an egg is going through a hangover with all these egg yolks, by breaking the egg and drawing a facial expression of pain! haha

 this picture made me grin, such an adult humor in which the spoons symbolize sperm, and the egg symbolizes... well the egg! such irony and creativity haha

 in this picture, it really captures the emotion of the eggs with its artistic facial expression, and it feels somewhat true. when i cook my eggs in the frying pan, now i can realize how the next group of eggs will feel

 this is probably one of the most artistic pictures i have seen, a sunny side up egg on a sunflower! using the egg whites as the flower pedals and the yolk as the sunflower seed, it really makes the flower look natural. and even the pot that the flower is in is an egg. such creativity

this picture actually made me laugh! such skill in a comical picture, where the white egg on the right is offering the female egg an umbrella so she doesn't get fried by the sun, like the egg on the left! how funny!

hope you enjoy all these egg related pictures! get out there and make some of your own!

brought to you by Mitchell. C

10 ways to cook an egg!

Fried – Put about 1 tbsp. butter or margarine in a frying pan on Medium heat. Let it melt and get hot. When a drop of water thrown onto the pan sizzles then crack the egg over the frying pan and drop the whole egg (minus the shell) onto the pan. Let the egg cook until the white turns white and no longer transparent. Turn with spatula.

Sunny-side Up – Same as fried, but don’t turn the eggs over. Let them cook an extra 30-60 seconds then remove with spatula.

Scrambled – Break an egg into a bowl. Add about a tablespoon of milk. Whip with a fork until blended. Pour into hot, optionally greased frying pan. Mix with a spatula while cooking.

Hard-boiled – put the egg with it's shell in a pot of water. Water should cover the eggs, at least. Bring to a boil. After the water is boiling, boil eggs for 20 minutes. When 20 minutes are up, remove the pan from the stove and pour out the boiling water. place under the tap of cold water  for several minutes, until they are cool to the touch.
Soft-boiled – Boil water in a pot. After the water is boiling, add eggs in shells.  boil for 3-4 minutes. Remove from water and run under cool water for about a minute. Carefully remove from shell (the yolk is still soft!) and put the egg into a bowl. Eat with a spoon or sop up with bread or toast.

Fried in Bread – Cut or tear a hole in a piece of bread. Place in frying pan (with butter or grease, if desired). Crack egg into the hole. Fry as normal, turning once (can’t do sunny-side up this way).

Deviled Eggs –  Slice a hard-boiled egg in half lengthwise. Carefully scoop the yolks into a bowl. Add about ½ tbsp. mayonnaise to the yolks. Mix with a fork until fairly smooth. Using the fork, put a scoop of the filling back into the hollows created in the whites. Can sprinkle paprika on top prior to serving.

Omelette – Whip eggs in a bowl, without milk (or shells!). Pour into a large skillet or omelette pan. Let cook until it’s a solid disc. Add omelette fixings (cheese, veggies, pre-cooked meat, etc.) to one side of the disc. Fold the other side over the filling side. Let the cheese melt and stick everything together. Serve hot.

Scramblers – Make scrambled eggs, but put spices in egg mixture before scrambling, and add fixings (meat, veggies, cheese) when the eggs are almost done.

Easter Eggs – Dip hard-boiled eggs in egg dye: 1 tbsp. white vinegar, 1 cup boiling hot water, food coloring as directed on the box.




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Science Of Eggs : Making Naked Eggs

A naked egg is an egg without a shell. Using vinegar, you can dissolve the eggshell—without breaking the membrane that contains the egg. 

WHAT IS THIS? 

When you submerge an egg in vinegar, the shell dissolves. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which breaks apart the solid calcium carbonate crystals that make up the eggshell into their calcium and carbonate parts. The calcium ions float free (calcium ions are atoms that are missing electrons), while the carbonate goes to make carbon dioxide—the bubbles that you see.

WHAT DO I NEED?

• a few eggs
• white vinegar
• a container big enough to hold all your eggs and a cover for the container
• a big spoon

WHAT TO DO WITH THAT STUFF ABOVE?

Here’s how you dissolve the shell from your eggs:

1. Place your eggs in the container so that they are not touching.

2. Add enough vinegar to cover the eggs. Notice that bubbles form on the eggs. Cover the container, put it in the refrigerator, and let the eggs sit in the vinegar for 24 hours.

3. Use your big spoon to scoop the eggs out of the vinegar. Be careful—since the eggshell has been dissolving, the egg membrane may be the only thing holding the egg together. The membrane is not as durable as the shell.

4. Carefully dump out the vinegar. Put the eggs back in the container and cover them with fresh vinegar. Leave the eggs in the refrigerator for another 24 hours.

5. Scoop the eggs out again and rinse them carefully. If any of the membranes have broken, letting the egg ooze out, throw those eggs away.

6. When you’re done, you’ll have an egg without a shell. It looks like an egg, but it’s translucent—and the membrane flexes when you squeeze it. Very cool! By: Parv Dandona

Symbolism of the Egg

Since Ancient Times to the Present Day, we have surrounded the egg with magical and supernatural beliefs. Eggs symbolize birth and new life, and were believed to ensure fertility. They also represent rebirth, and hence long life and even immortality. Eggs symbolize life in its different stages of development, encompassing the magic and mystery of creation. 

Early mythmakers viewed both the sun and the egg as the progenitors of all life; the round, yellow yolk symbolizing the sun. 

In Europe during pagan and Christian times, eggs symbolized life and resurrection, leading to the Easter tradition we have of giving and taking Easter Eggs to remind of Christ’s Resurrection.

In Germanic and Slavonic lands, people smeared their hoes with eggs in the hope of transferring the eggs’ fertility to the soil. 

In Iran, newlyweds present each other with eggs.

In seventeenth-century France, a bride broke an egg when entering her new home. 

Clearly, in these numerous and diverse cultures, the egg went beyond a mere food but as a compelling and significant symbol of fertility and the embodiment of life. 

In ancient Australia for example, the Aborigines placed strict taboos altogether on the consumption of emu eggs laid by their tribal totems, mindful of the sacred meaning they possessed.

The Hindu explanation of the beginning of the world saw it as a cosmic egg. First there was non-existence that became existent, and turned into an enormous egg, which incubated for a year and then split open, one part being silver and the other gold. The silver half formed the earth; the gold, the sky; the outer membrane, mountains; the inner, mist and clouds; the veins were rivers, and the fluid part of the egg was the ocean, and from all of these came in turn, the sun.

Furthermore, eggs were often used for divining purposes, enhancing their symbolism of life to life in the future.

The Chinese and some southern Asian tribal groups used chicken and duck eggs to divine the future; painting, boiling and then “reading” the patterns in their cracks. 

The egg is an awe-inspiring universal symbol interwoven by a panoply of symbolic, metaphorical and philosophical connotations through the ages.

By: Daniel "Myth-egg-stical" Kim

Eggs for Breakky!

Eggs are one of the most common breakfast foods eaten today. Also commonly used in recipes, eggs can be prepared in a variety of ways. Eggs are know as an excellent source of protein and carbohydrates. The most common type of egg that is eaten are chicken eggs.

There are a countless number of ways to cook eggs. Many people that are eating eggs for breakfast will cook them either scrambled, over easy, or sunny side up to order. Eggs can also be mixed and matched with other nutritional foods to make omelets.

The Color of Eggs

The color of eggs can vary based on different circumstances. The color of an egg's shell can depend based on the breed of hen that lays the egg. A fresh egg is indicated by a cloudy white color. The color of the yolk of the egg also depends on what the hen eats. A hard boiled egg that is overcooked is indicated by a greenish egg encircling the egg.

  


Salmonella and Eggs
A statistic shows that one of every 20,000 that are produced are found to have the Salmonella bacteria. In August of 2010, the spread of Salmonella in two Iowa farms caused the recall of over 550 million eggs, the diseased eggs infected over 2,200 people. Salmonella infects eggs by going through a hen's system from their natural environment. Though precautions are taken to kill any salmonella that may get into the egg, failing to cool the eggs to a certain temperature can cause salmonella to spread.

By: Parv Dandona