Weird about eggs

Hahaha, I thought it was just me! I love eggs - poached, fried, scrambled, etc BUT I hardly ever actually eat them because when I think of what they are, it puts me right off! I'll make a mean omelette for my husband and think it looks so tasty, but then think " hmm, shame it's made with eggs, that's a no from me"!?

You might have to take to buying your eggs from someone who doesn't then.

They still won't have any sort of umbilical cord

To be fair I wasn't answering your post so much as all the others who were being squeamish about 'bits' in eggs.

Does your cousin keep cockerels and hatch her own chicks? That's the only time you run the risk of fertilised eggs.

Quiche is revolting. Egg and cream in lard and flour?

Any eggs you buy in the supermarket won't be fertilised so there won't be any 'umbilical chord' or 'embryo chick' in them! You'll only stand a chance of getting fertilised eggs if you buy from someone who keeps cockerels as well as hens and they're all free range.

I'll eat eggs in any form and love a sloppy scrambled egg (plus I used to keep hens and am well used to all forms of fertilised and unfertilised eggs as we used to hatch our own chicks. Cockerels are not kept lightly...)

I only really cope with them in things. About once a year I manage an omelette. This thread has not helped 🤣

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.

YANBU at all. I can't abide egg yolk or any hint of uncooked egg. Will tolerate very well cooked scrambled egg or omelette but wouldn't mind at all if eggs disappeared tomorrow. Even quiche is a bit too 'runny' for me.

Oh, not weird at all. Loads of people don't like eggs or only like them in certain forms.

I'm a huge egg fan myself, but I think it's honestly quite common for people not like them - or, like you, not to like them unless the yolk and white are whisked together.

No, you are completely normal 😆

I like quiche (provided there are enough other ingredients it doesn't taste 'eggy') and can eat omelettes if they are thoroughly blended and well cooked. Can sometimes eat scrambled eggs but get easily put off them, and they MUST be completely blended and cooked til they are totally solid. Imo if egg is still moving it is NOT COOKED.
Boiler/poached/fried I can't eat. As in couldn't even force them down to be polite, everything about them makes me gag.
There are things like fish and mushrooms that I don't like but could force down if I had to to be polite. Eggs I couldn't.
It's a shame as they are an amazing food, I wish I did like them!
I am fine with the idea of them, it's the texture, smell and taste I couldn't stand. Mainly texture when I think about it. Like I cannot fathom scooping runny yolk or wobbly white into my mouth without heaving.

JFC.

It's not umbilical cord. The chick is not born having previously been attached to its mother, or to the shell. The yolk is what it uses for nutrition during development. They are actually an indicator of REALLY fresh eggs, and keep the yolk central in the shell.

I like eggs in nearly all forms, but I can't reliably eat boiled eggs - I want to eat them, but it's like my body rejects them and won't let me swallow them. Weird.😂 Have given up bothering.

It is not the bloody umbilical cord for fucks sake, that would require the egg to be fertilised. It's called the Chalaza, most eggs have two and it's a completely harmless coil of proteins which suspend the yolk so it doesn't bump around.

Same here (except boiled, bleurgh) - poached and fried are fine, can't do scrambled, omelettes or quiches.

Quiche and omelettes/scrambled I’m fine with.

I struggle with boiled, poached, fried eggs though. Especially when the yolk is runny 🤢.

It's funny how people are different, I hate the taste of yolk. I can only tolerate if it's mixed in with the white like in scrambled eggs or omelettes. I like the white on its own but I know most of the vitamins are in the yolk.

See I came on to say I’m fine with eggs of all kinds (but a bit weirded out by any dish containing both chicken and eggs, for some reason!). But now I’ve read all the descriptions of the stringy bits, and embryos and whatnot, I don’t think I can eat eggs for a while.

I like eggs but if I think about what I’m eating when I have them I can no longer eat them lol.

Same with pate!

Cant beat a crispy fried egg though.

I can't eat any eggs which look like eggs
but can eat pancakes, cakes and some firm quiches.
It's not unusual to have a dislike for the whites or any particular different textures, or the smell.

I'm similar but I don't eat scrabbled eggs.

Quiche and omelette - fine.

Anything else - 🤢

Wtaf I have two eggs per day and have never come across this umbilical cord! Please don’t ruin my lunch, it’s the highlight of my day 😭

I'm exactly the same as you, op, so I don't think it's weird at all 😁