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Weird about eggs

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HarrietMartineau · 12/02/2025 11:52

I eat quiches, but I won't eat boiled, fried or poached eggs. Something yukky about egg white and yolk being separate. I eat omelettes and scrambled eggs but they have to be totally combined, cooked through and no white chunks or yellow chunks. And the chicken embryo bit completely removed. Am I weird or what?

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notnorman · 12/02/2025 21:37

I went right off them when I owned chickens.
Unhelpful really cos they each lay one per day.🙈

ODFOx · 12/02/2025 21:36

One f my DD only ate the egg white and her bff only ate yolk so they would have fried age to share for breakfast after sleepovers!
Another DD eats boiled egg with buttered soldiers, and makes her own eggy bread, but doesn't like fried, poached or 'mixed up egg' in scrambled, quiche, omelette etc. That seems a mystery to me as I can't see the pattern.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 12/02/2025 21:34

TheEllisGreyMethod · 12/02/2025 21:19

Everyone has some level of weirdness around eggs. It's universally known and accepted. People who say they aren't weird about eggs, well they're also weird because they normally love eggs and eat them constantly, which is again weird.

It really isn't universally known and accepted. Nobody in my family has any weirdness around eggs and nor are we constantly eating them.

BeachedOff · 12/02/2025 21:34

Shout out to my eggs. I quite like them.

Littletinytarzanswingingfromanosehair · 12/02/2025 21:21

I cannot abide eggs.
Can't put any form of egg in my mouth without gagging.
The smell makes me retch no matter in what form they are cooked.
However, I can eat them as an ingredient for cakes etc even then of I bake fairy cakes and I eat one still warm I feel like I can taste the egg.

TheEllisGreyMethod · 12/02/2025 21:19

Everyone has some level of weirdness around eggs. It's universally known and accepted. People who say they aren't weird about eggs, well they're also weird because they normally love eggs and eat them constantly, which is again weird.

BobbyBiscuits · 12/02/2025 21:17

Very normal. The texture of undercooked egg white is vile and I'm not mad about runny yolk.
I like to break the yolk when I do a fried egg.
Scrambled is much safer. As long as they don't use margarine!
I know quite a few people who are disgusted by eggs in all forms except in cakes etc.
My dad was violently allergic to eggs as a child and they forced him to eat them so his phobia might have impacted on me!
Great economical source of protein though.

Halstonriver · 12/02/2025 21:14

Another one who can't eat eggs which look like eggs, i.e. boiled, scrambled, fried or poached, but can happily have scrambled eggs, omelettes and quiches. I don't know anyone in real life who has the same issue and am very pleased to find there are others like me out there.

Catterbat · 12/02/2025 21:08

So no, not weird at all.

Catterbat · 12/02/2025 21:07

Fine generally, except for any kind of crispiness on a fried egg white. Oh sweet Jesus, I can’t even think about it without gagging. If I ever go out to breakfast and someone brings me one of those I have to physically remove myself from the table while whoever I’m with discreetly gets rid of it or I feel like I’m going to pass out. Something unnaturally crunchy has no place on an egg. It’s like eating a scab 🤢

Elsvieta · 12/02/2025 20:39

Embryo? Eggs from supermarkets aren't fertilized - they don't keep males anywhere near the layers.

RaininSummer · 12/02/2025 18:41

I will eat home made quiche and omelettes sometimes because I add so much veg and cheese etc that I wipe out the egg taste and a lot of the horrible wibbly texture. Basically I don't like egg unless in cake form but I know they are good for me.

maudelovesharold · 12/02/2025 18:06

Mintymatchmakerheaven · 12/02/2025 17:52

I love scrambled eggs with ketchup. Its about the only time I have it. The eggs have to be dry though.

Yes, I can’t stand sloppy scrambled eggs, either.
One one occasion when I was about 2 or 3, I was given a very soft boiled egg for tea at a relative’s house. I apoarently took a mouthful and promptly spat it out on the floor. My family were aghast, and the incident is still occasionally referenced. It nicely illustrates how I still feel about runny eggs though!

Mintymatchmakerheaven · 12/02/2025 17:52

Esssa · 12/02/2025 17:11

I have quail and don't buy any eggs in. I hatch in a semi regular basis. The ones that don't make the grade for the incubator are eaten. By us or the dogs.

I don't like quiche, can take or leave scrambled eggs but they need ketchup, anything dippy is a win, fried eggs aren't meant to be crispy!

I love scrambled eggs with ketchup. Its about the only time I have it. The eggs have to be dry though.

Esssa · 12/02/2025 17:11

I have quail and don't buy any eggs in. I hatch in a semi regular basis. The ones that don't make the grade for the incubator are eaten. By us or the dogs.

I don't like quiche, can take or leave scrambled eggs but they need ketchup, anything dippy is a win, fried eggs aren't meant to be crispy!

JohnTheRevelator · 12/02/2025 17:03

I'm a bit funny with eggs. I have to remove those cloudy,white bits that are on either side of the yolk before I'll cook and eat an egg. Apparently, they're called chalazae and 'anchor' the yolk in the white. They are like gristle which is why I remove them.

Blankscreen · 12/02/2025 16:38

I have found my people. I hate eggs (fried/poached/ boiled/scrambled/ and don't get me started on egg mayonnaise sandwiches 🤮.

Even the word egg makes me feel weird.

I can just about eat hot quiche if it has lots of ham and cheese.

I also don't like cows milk or ANY hot drinks. The smell of milk and tea turns my stomach.

CluelessAboutBiology · 12/02/2025 16:33

I’ll eat omelettes. I’ll eat friied eggs if they have been cooked on both sides so the white is properly set and not “wobbly” and the yolk has to be set. Can’t bear the runny yellow bit. Poached eggs need to be well cooked so the yolk is solid.

i can’t eat boiled eggs or scrambled eggs at all. Scrambled egg looks like 🤢

discdiscsnap · 12/02/2025 16:23

Love runny egg and soldiers, scrambled egg or omelette.

I do like poached and fried eggs but yeah sometimes they gross me out

yakamoza · 12/02/2025 15:48

I love chocolate but hate chocolate flavoured things. So I hate chocolate cake, brownies, chocolate ice cream, etc, etc... Don't know if it's weird but it's just the way I am. Have always been like that 😃

LazyArsedMagician · 12/02/2025 14:55

I love eggs but it takes only one snotty boiled egg to make me avoid them for a bit.

newrubylane · 12/02/2025 14:50

I can't deal with runny egg at all.

Katemax82 · 12/02/2025 14:34

My mum was a chef and hated eggs

tulippa · 12/02/2025 14:19

MindenReload · 12/02/2025 13:12

Eggs IMO are the best source of vegetarian protein and fats. I love them in any form. Including mixing egg yolks with icing sugar like you would for a cake and just eat that as a dessert when it's too cold for ice cream.

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Talipesmum · 12/02/2025 14:14

Another one for balance - love eggs in all their forms, white bits and “stringy” bits are all part and parcel and totally fine to eat. Soft scrambled eggs, soft boiled eggs with v runny yolks, fried (I get very very cross if the yolk ends up hard when I want it to be runny, sends me into a light sulk). Baked, poached, in meringue, mousses, quiches, omelette, shakshuka, all good for me! They are a bit weird if you think about it, but I drink milk and eat meat, no more weird than that. Mm eggs.