Weird about eggs

I've got and on/off, (mostly off), relationship with eggs. I can't help thinking of them as potential live beings, and being vegetarian doesn't make that any easier.

Yes it's the chalaza, just had a flashback to college biology!

I love eggs but I have to remove the tiny red bits and can't eat runny ones either.

How is drinking cows milk more weird than drinking human milk?!!

Sorry but that's nonsense, there's no umbilical cord in an egg. An umbilical cord connects the fetus to the placenta in mammals. Chickens are birds and don't have placentas.

The structure you're thinking of supports the yolk. The yolk is the source of nutrition for the embryo in a fertilised egg.

This is basic GCSE science.

I love eggs in all cooked forms, hot or cold, except for cold runny yolk. A warm scotch egg with a fashionably runny yolk is delicious, but once it has been chilled the yolk is a slimy gelatinous goo. Dreadful.

Love whole eggs most ways they are cooked and the only thing that bothers me about the structure is if a bit of shell is left in!

It is a natural animal product, healthy and so conveniently individually packed by nature, there is going to be the occasional harmless red spot or more visible cords holding yolk in place or membranes.

We have become too used to perfect uniformity and do not appreciate the variability found in natural products sadly leading to unneeded waste of perfectly good food.

@HarrietMartineau Do you eat meringue? Macarons? marshmallows?

The stringy bit is nothing to do with a chick

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What Is That Stringy White Stuff in Eggs? Here’s Your Answer

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Common misconceptions about the string in your egg yolk. No, it’s not a vein or a baby chick’s umbilical cord. It’s actually part of the egg that, although it looks unnatural, is completely normal and necessary for an egg to develop safely. It’s called a chalaza.
There are two chalazae in an egg, one that suspends from the top of the shell and one from the bottom. Essentially, these rope-like structures are made up of protein, and they attach to the yolk to protect it from bumping into the sides of the eggshell.

I only eat egg whites when they are part of a recipe and so are not distinguishable on their own.

I agree about fried eggs. Runny yolks make me queasy but a well fried egg where the edges are slightly browned is nice.

What I do hate is the smell of eggs that lingers on crockery and cooking utensils. Nothing seems to get rid of it and it's nasty.

Scrambled eggs are OK when done well but those prepacked 'scrambled eggs' that you get for some hotel breakfasts tastes rubbery and slimy. Not what you want first thing in the morning!

I used to love poached eggs then one day just couldn't eat them any more!
I think it's because they look like eggs but really that makes no sense!
Sadly am going off omelettes too and I used to LOVE an omelette!
I thought it was just me...🤣

Oh god. That's something I didn't need to know.

I love eggs! I have chickens and the highlight of the day is collecting the eggs. Especially on a weekend when i can hear them clucking and i pick up a freshly laid hot egg!

There is no embryo bit in an unfertilised egg.

Yes, you're being weird.

Meat spots. That’s all I’m going to say - please feel free to google. I can’t eat the coil or any red inclusions…and I can’t stand the smell of dishwasher crockery and glasses when something eggy has been in there.

It’s not an umbilical cord. It’s a balancer, attaches the yolk to the shell to keep it central. Chickens don’t need a cockerel to lay eggs, it’s almost impossible to buy fertilised eggs unless you buy them direct from a free range farm. I’ve kept chickens for years and until they get old, they lay every day unless there’s not enough daylight hours.

YANBU. I don’t like any kind of egg by itself or where mostly egg - i.e. boiled, scrambled, fried, quiche, omelette, anything…(never have although tried at different points literally makes me want to throw up). Aside from in other things wouldn’t touch it at all 🤢

I put eggs through a tea strainer before I scramble them or make an omelette.
I like hard boiled eggs. I won't eat fried, soft boiled or poached eggs.

I feel like I could have written this! I’m 100% in agreement. I don’t even particularly like having eggs or cows milk in the house as I feel queasy at the sight of them.

Just to reassure those of you about the ‘umbilical cord’ thing. It’s actually an anchor, two of them to keep the yolk in the middle of the white. Nothing to do with a developing chick. In fact , even the free range eggs we buy are not fertilised eggs since the chickens are kept in an all girls environment. If you bought free range eggs from a farm where there were cockerels some may be fertilised but you would not be able to tell. An embryo only develops when a fertile egg is incubated, but since most eggs are collected daily, this would not happen.

There's a smell other crockery gets when washed in the same dishwasher as an egg pan. It's like stinky wet dog and both me and my daughter can detect it in tiny amounts and can no longer use that cup or bowl or whatever it is. My husband thinks we are weird.

Poached egg - great if yolk is runny
Boiled egg - great if yolk runny. cold is OK
Fried egg - not for me
Scrambled egg - yummy on toast
Omelette - nice if not fried in oil
Frittata - nice if not oily
Quiche/Flan - nice but if the egg is custardy not nice at all

I have found my people, I thought it was just me. I used to eat eggs and as long as I forgot I was eating them I would be fine, if I was half way through it and remembered I’m eating eggs then I would start to gag. At the moment I can only eat the egg whites, the Yolk bit makes me feel ill (that’s where the baby chick is) and yes I am an adult who fully understands there is no baby chick in there, but it’s just gross. I used to think it was mind over matter, until I started to eat a ready meal and after a few bites started to gag, read the packet and who knew carbonara had eggs in it, I was actually sick this time, but no idea how I had that reaction when I was unaware it contained eggs.

Same here. I can detect egg in things like fruit curds too - I've learnt the brands that have less dominant egg.

Each to their own but I just do not understand how people can enjoy eggs. They are so slimy and slippery - it's as if they are designed to be revolting!

I wish I liked eggs! I am not allergic, so am fine if egg is cooked in a recipe. But I struggle to eat eggs plain. I can cope with the egg and like runny egg yolk on a hash brown or toast dipped into a boiled egg. But if I eat scrambled or poached egg or any egg white I get a really weird feeling in my throat and feel sick later on.

My DH is exactly the same, scrambled or omelette only.