Taking the 'eye' out of an egg...

Saida.M · (#1 (**permalink**))

LOL, I have heard of this but it was never a rule. It was just what some people did, like with kidneys and prawns, they take something out from them, but I never bother. I genuinely can't tell the difference if someone has or hasn't either.

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efenjee wrote:

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I was always told that the 'eye' of an egg needs to come out before the egg is cooked.

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This is a yoke Right?

Tupelo_Honey · (#3 (**permalink**))

I think its a Jamaican thing - my grandma ALWAYS used to say it and now i'm the same way - if the Eye hasnt come out im not eating it!! :P

Sblizzy · (#4 (**permalink**))

efenjee wrote:

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I was always told that the 'eye' of an egg needs to come out before the egg is cooked. The eye is the little, squiggly white thing next to the yolk, sometimes there's two. My mom said that if you don't take it out (especially when baking) it makes the dish taste 'raw'.confused3

Sometimes the eye is a bugga to take out, always slipping and sliding away from you but I am obsessed with getting it out and I do not feel 100% comfortable eating an egg that still has it in. I'm not sure if I can actually tell the difference between a dish that has it in and a dish that hasn't, but it has been ingrained in me that the right way to prepare an egg is to first remove the eye. Doing home economics at school, the teacher never mentioned it, so I wonder is this just a black thing, or maybe just a Jamaican thing. Do other people know about this?

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Some people think thats the sperm...I'm just the messenger!!!!

jett Black · (#5 (**permalink**))

Eggs!! yuck, Satans delicacy fo sho, nothing more than Chicken periods.

Im so phobic about eggs, I actually itch when Isee any word containing the letters gg, I swear to God this is the honest truth I actually have a gg phobia, ive yet to meet anyone else with it, but whenever I see the word egg, maggot,faggot etc in print I come over all queasy.

missinglink · (#6 (**permalink**))

efenjee wrote:

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I was always told that the 'eye' of an egg needs to come out before the egg is cooked. The eye is the little, squiggly white thing next to the yolk, sometimes there's two. My mom said that if you don't take it out (especially when baking) it makes the dish taste 'raw'.confused3

Sometimes the eye is a bugga to take out, always slipping and sliding away from you but I am obsessed with getting it out and I do not feel 100% comfortable eating an egg that still has it in. I'm not sure if I can actually tell the difference between a dish that has it in and a dish that hasn't, but it has been ingrained in me that the right way to prepare an egg is to first remove the eye. Doing home economics at school, the teacher never mentioned it, so I wonder is this just a black thing, or maybe just a Jamaican thing. Do other people know about this?

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I was told as a kid that the white part is the roosters sperm. That totally grossed me out. But then I learned it was just a protein thingy. That all comercial eggs come from hens that never get near a rooster.(I guess the squiggly thingy is connecting the egg yolk to it's food the egg white, kinda like an embilical cord). I dont know if it's true, but I still can only eat eggs that a fully cooked.

untitled · (#7 (**permalink**))

Hey jett,

You've got that phobia and you managed to type all those "gg" words?? WOW, you're brave!!

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hmmmm!!!!banana.gif

jett Black · (#8 (**permalink**))

untitled wrote:

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Hey jett,

You've got that phobia and you managed to type all those "gg" words?? WOW, you're brave!!

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Untilted-you are cruel!

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hmmmm!!!!banana.gif

Sblizzy · (#9 (**permalink**))

How about slapping that baby on 2 slices of whole wheat toast and I'm ready to go...

missinglink · (#10 (**permalink**))

Sblizzy wrote:

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How about slapping that baby on 2 slices of whole wheat toast and I'm ready to go...

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With Miracle Whip, crispy bacon, and sweet pickles. Yum.

Sblizzy · (#11 (**permalink**))

missinglink wrote:

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Sblizzy wrote:

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How about slapping that baby on 2 slices of whole wheat toast and I'm ready to go...

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With Miracle Whip, crispy bacon, and sweet pickles. Yum.

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Maybe turkey bacon but that sounds good link...

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jett black wrote:

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Im so phobic about eggs, I actually itch when Isee any word containing the letters gg, I swear to God this is the honest truth I actually have a gg phobia, ive yet to meet anyone else with it, but whenever I see the word egg, maggot,faggot etc in print I come over all queasy.
.........Well I Won't aggravate you by printing any here if it causes you to be eggstemely aggressive then......

bluehoney · (#13 (**permalink**))

efenjee wrote:

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I was always told that the 'eye' of an egg needs to come out before the egg is cooked. The eye is the little, squiggly white thing next to the yolk, sometimes there's two. My mom said that if you don't take it out (especially when baking) it makes the dish taste 'raw'.confused3

Sometimes the eye is a bugga to take out, always slipping and sliding away from you but I am obsessed with getting it out and I do not feel 100% comfortable eating an egg that still has it in. I'm not sure if I can actually tell the difference between a dish that has it in and a dish that hasn't, but it has been ingrained in me that the right way to prepare an egg is to first remove the eye. Doing home economics at school, the teacher never mentioned it, so I wonder is this just a black thing, or maybe just a Jamaican thing. Do other people know about this?

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i stopped eating eggs for a long time because i felt like they were just chicken abortions...now.. ieat them sometimes ..and i do take that little squiggly out..

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tip: it is easier to take out if u break the yoke

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some fyi...

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