To ask you about eggs?

[TwistedChristmas]

Eggs make me queasy. I have real issues with eggs. The look, the smell, the gloopiness (not envy) but I need them to make great cakes for my children. I know I can use egg replacer or flax seeds but they just aren't as good for cakes. The worst bit for me is the brown possibly bloodied bit you get floating near the yolk and the umbilical cord thing which apparently is a protein link. I have to remove them before whisking and usually end up retching. I don't eat the cakes I make as a result of seeing the eggs go in and won't eat homemade cakes in general.

The question is: are there eggs out there that don't have these vile bits??

I never remove those bits and it all seems to go well

I buy burford brown eggs and I’ve not had issues with those icky bits as I don’t like them either. I’m sure there might have been the odd one but most of them are “clean”.

I eat loads of eggs and I've hardly ever seen a brown bit or a cord. I love eggs. YABU!

Eggs make me feel pretty sick, just looking at them and thinking about what they actually are not envy lol

Can you get powdered egg instead ?
I have no idea what it would be like in a cake,

or make eggless cakes , look up vegan cooking there will be loads out there

Loads of vegan recipes out there. Just abandon the eggs and have fun finding recipes you like.

What are you talking about? I’ve never seen an egg like you describe.

I keep chickens, so often eat eggs the day they are laid. The smell isn’t there with very new eggs (can’t bear scrambled, custard or carbonara with eggs more than a week old, I save them for baking or hard boiled).
But the rest is inevitable, sorry. If it grosses you out, maybe try googling vegan/ dairy free recipes for alternatives? Cakes etc can be done without, no point putting yourself through it!

I think you can buy ready mixed 'liquid eggs'... remember seeing a bottle in a Waitrose fridge once and wondering who on earth would buy them. I guess I have my answer- they'd be perfect for someone with sensory egg cracking issues!

I feel like this too. I used to get my mum to break eggs and leave them in cups in the fridge! Then I'd scoop out the stringy bit before using them. I don't do that anymore, I must have grown out of it (when I was about 35!). I have to wash my hands after breaking eggs though, can't bear the texture. Can you get your children to deal with the eggs?

Muscle food do cartons of liquid eggs.

My local co-op do a carton of egg and one of just whites too. If you get someone else to measure them for you, you could just sort of half-look as you whisk them in.

@Merryoldgoat:see attached photo. They are meat spots. Apparently part of the duct the egg comes from. Harmless but grim.

My children have been having my homemade birthday cakes of various designs and flavours since their first birthdays and they'd be horrified if I didn't make them one. I can't let them down. It just means I don't get to eat them myself. Vegan recipes don't have the same texture. I've used egg replacer but it doesn't work that well and produces a rubbery texture. I've not tried ground flax seeds but again the texture won't be the same.

Weirdly I'll eat shop bought cakes as I deem the clinically clean process of making them in factories to be much more acceptable. I'm not convinced they use fresh eggs so there won't be any unsavoury bits in there. That's what I comfort myself with anyway.

I have food hygiene issues and food issues in general so accept I'm weird about this.

I used to love omelet, egg mayo sandwiches, boiled eggs with soldiers, scrambled eggs etc but from being a teenager I did go vegan for a couple of years but swapped back to just veggie and avoided eggs.

Try a wacky/crazy cake recipe, it’s egg free and has a good texture

If I crack an egg and there's one of those stringy yuck bits it goes in the bin.

I don't eat them but make myself make them for the kids.

You don't need to remove either the brown spot or the stringy bits. Just crack egg, beat and use as normal. Doesn't even matter for making meringues.

Use the broken egg shell to remove those bits, it cuts through the albumen and put into the compost along with the rest of the shell.

I hate eggs too. Revolting things.

I hate eggs too OP, they creep me out so so much. Never liked them!

Just buy The premixed eggs that come in a carton. You measure them out just like oil or milk. A nice uniform consistency.

The brown spot is a tiny blood clot, it does exist, despite what short sighted people might say! I always scoop it out with a teaspoon, even though I know it makes no difference.
I might be breaking some kind of mum rule now - but would they honestly know if you bought a cake and decorated it yourself? I could see grown kids laughing at that revelation, but being horrified that you were revolted by making them yourself all those years.

I love eggs and I’m the biggest wuss going in terms of yak and unknown shite. Believe me.

So I crack my eggs into a jug, then lift the yolk up on a desert spoon. Have a second small bowl and kind of shear off with another spoon any stringy bits you can’t face. If you are careful (i.e. intending to poach or fry) then you can do this without compromising the yolk. If you’re whisking for scramble or cake you can be heavier handed. And yes it is a faff, and yes i prefer to do it that way.

If making omelettes or scrambled eggs, just beat them with a whisk and a bit of milk and strain through a strainer. Catches all the bits.

If you aren't going to eat the cake anyway then why do you have to remove the "stringy bit"? There's no reason to so just leave it in and crack on if it gives you the heave.

See if you can find dried eggs - at one time you could get dried whole egg and dried egg white. Perfectly fine for cooking, make a passable but not great scrambled egg. If all else fails, Amazon do it - look for "powdered egg"