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Runny eggs

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Heavenscent86 · 01/09/2015 19:23

Has anyone eaten runny eggs during pregnancy? I'm getting a big craving right now for runny poached or fried eggs. I don't have them totally runny. Some of the yolk is always soft set when I take them out. I don't know what the current advice is for runny eggs. Seems very contradictory on the Internet.

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Fugghetaboutit · 02/09/2015 10:15

Put them in a bowl of water - if they float don't eat them

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Heavenscent86 · 02/09/2015 11:18

They float. Yay!

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ToesAndFingersCrossed · 02/09/2015 11:27

If anyone wants more info on the floating thing, this from queen Delia explains it well:

www.deliaonline.com/how-to-cook/eggs/how-to-tell-how-old-an-egg-is.html

GoooRooo · 02/09/2015 11:33

I eat them. Hard boiled eggs are for sandwiches only.

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Heavenscent86 · 02/09/2015 11:50

I meant they DONT float. Oops Anyway I decided I needed really fresh eggs to eat runny. So decided to cook them well on this occasion to be on the safe side.

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Frasras11 · 02/09/2015 14:22

Had two for breakfast this morning with soldiers. Yum yum!!

CarrotPuff · 02/09/2015 16:41

Getting salmonella from salmonella vaccinated hens' eggs, that have been cooked? Come on. I think you have higher chance of giving birth when you sneeze.

NHS always errs on the side of cation and assumes people don't have common sense (and let's face it, some actually don't). If you bought eggs yourself and they are in date and stamped then go for it. If you are going to a Greasy Spoon down the road and don't know what eggs they use then of course stay clear.

Enjoy!

Fugghetaboutit · 02/09/2015 19:31

I use the floating test now when they get near their use by date

Junosmum · 02/09/2015 20:19

We had our own chickens growing up and they'd lay in funny places. Once you found the new nest we had to do the floating trick to see how fresh theywe

ARV1981 · 02/09/2015 20:25

When had the same thing Juno... chickens laid eggs all over the garden. First clutch of chicks were hatched in the flower bed after poor mum thought the mother hen had disappeared! Sooooo cute they were too!!!

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Heavenscent86 · 02/09/2015 22:40

I'd love to keep chickens. Maybe one day if I get my nice country house rather than living in a town.

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aimees75 · 03/09/2015 09:03

I am so grateful to the mn pregnancy board as I have been avoiding runny eggs religiously and I love them. Will be eating them for my bfast tomorrow!
Can I ask what people think about cheeses like Brie/Camembert? I'm craving them so much right now but haven't given in. I'm off to Paris this weekend and gutted at the thought of not being able to eat rare steak and soft cheeses like this. This is a long fought for pregnancy and I'm quite cautious

cloudjumper · 03/09/2015 09:13

aimee The rules about what you can and can't eat are sometimes a bit random. For example, in France, they have no issue whatsoever with pregnant women eating soft cheese and raw meat!
However, I'd err on the side of caution with those - listeria is not to be taken lightly! There are plenty of lovely hard cheeses in France that you can indulge in. I went on holiday there for 2 weeks and did not feel deprived

BeautifulBatman · 03/09/2015 09:27

Aimee if the cheese is pasteurised, there shouldn't be a problem.

BeautifulBatman · 03/09/2015 09:28

And I've been eating rare steak the entire time. I'm now 34 weeks.

Lemonfizzypop · 03/09/2015 10:07

aimee The rules about what you can and can't eat are sometimes a bit random. For example, in France, they have no issue whatsoever with pregnant women eating soft cheese and raw meat!

Er that's not true, they're advised to abstain just like we are over here and are actually tested for toxoplasmosis monthly I think.

Junosmum · 03/09/2015 10:58

Lemonfizz, they are advised to eat pasteurized soft cheese, where we are advised not to eat soft cheese at all.

I had a rare steak at a steak house for a mate's birthday- I wasn't paying £30 to have it ruined by cooking through!

I've abstained from the banned cheeses, but did have baked camembert the other week. It was fantastic.

aimees75 · 03/09/2015 13:27

Thank you for the advice. I think I will probably just abstain. It's not really worth the worry, and certainly not worth getting listeria over! There is so much nice food in Paris I'm sure I will not be deprived. I'm only 14 weeks but already started yesterday planning in my head the food I will take into hospital with me!!

TheLightsWinning · 03/09/2015 13:41

I'm an uber cautious person when it comes to this, and as a veggie life has been quite dull dietary wise during my pregnancy.

I believe lion stamped fresh eggs are fine to eat, although I still always err on the side of caution and eat everything hard boiled/over scrambled etc.

I'd definitely avoid any soft or unpasteurised cheeses though Aimees75 just not worth the risk - My MIL had a really good friend who lost a baby at 20 weeks due to listeria from eating a very ripe cheese back before the impact of listeria was really well known. Same with all pate's including veggie ones.

As a general rule, I basically stick to what it says on the NHS pregnancy site.

It's my first pregnancy and I'm prepared for the well seasoned MNers to deluge me with posts about how overcautious I am, and how silly it all is, but I think ultimately you have to do what makes you comfortable..

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