how bad is eating runny eggs? - Page 2

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I ate no less than 1/2 cup of cake batter containing raw eggs last week while making cupcakes. It was yummy.

[LaurenAnanas]

Originally Posted by KAREBEAR

also if you put the eggs(without cracking them 1st) in a bowl of water the eggs that float are good if they sink they are bad.

I saw this on a cooking show on Food network.

I have always heard the opposite- floaters are bad (old), and sinkers are fresh. If they lie flat on the bottom, they are fresher than any eggs that "stand up." But it seemed to be about and the levels of gas/liquid inside the shell, rather than any sort of bacterial content.

I like my eggs over easy, and that runny yolk is always delicious!

[Xiaguan]

Originally Posted by KAREBEAR

also if you put the eggs(without cracking them 1st) in a bowl of water the eggs that float are good if they sink they are bad.

I saw this on a cooking show on Food network.

At my house we go through so many eggs a week I don't think they would ever go bad.

I was always told the opposite We now have our own eggs & sometimes during the summer I have too many so I have to check them~ I was told by an older memeber of our church that the gasses in the bad egg make the egg float~

Melissa

[CellarDoor]

Well, I eat *raw* eggs all the time! I get super high-quality ones from a small farmer, though. Don't think I'd eat commercial eggs raw. If you're worried, clean the outside of the shell with a bit of vinegar before you crack it open to kill any bacteria that might transfer.

[preemiemamarach]

slightly OT, but I have one small word of caution about eggs. I am an eggaholic, and ate them daily while pg with my son, as well as almost daily while nursing him. He has never eaten an egg, but has an anaphylactic egg allergy now. So, if you have allergies yourself (food or otherwise), or your partner or other children do, try not to eat highly allergenic foods every. single. day. My son's allergist says that moderation is fine, so I'm going to try to limit myself to eggs 2-3 times a week.

Now I have to find another breakfast item to obsess over!

[~Megan~]

I don't know if its bad for you but its disgusting! :Puke

[EmilyS]

Well, I hope its not too bad becasue I have been having a runny egg yolk (cooked white) on toast for breakfast almost every morning this pregnancy. I have also eaten soft cheese and deli meat though. I avoided sushi (mostly!) and raw milk products though....


Just read about the food allergy thing....hum, I have eaten peanut butter almost every day this pregnancy...ugh!

[kalirush]

I just made myself mayonnaise. I laugh at a prohibition on raw egg yolk!

Also, I think hard yolks are disgusting.

[Mamaperk]

fresh eggs sink - old eggs float.
http://www.google.com/search?q=how+t...ient=firefox-a
I googled it just to confirm what I had been taught.

I love my eggs over easy and was craving them a lot in earlier pregnancy ... I don't really eat the whites but love to dip my toast in that runny egg yolk. LOL. We get organic, grass fed eggs from a farm and don't even refrigerate them (gasp) and I still eat them this way. We also drink our milk raw from the same farm ... and raw cheese, cream, etc which we make into butter, whipped cream, etc...

I guess everything is a risk in life in one way or another. LOL!

[J2]

Originally Posted by KAREBEAR

also if you put the eggs(without cracking them 1st) in a bowl of water the eggs that float are good if they sink they are bad.

I saw this on a cooking show on Food network.

At my house we go through so many eggs a week I don't think they would ever go bad.

Yes... the other previous posters are correct. Bad eggs float. Good eggs sink. So I'd double check what you have learned so you can ensure you aren't eating bad eggs and throwing out perfectly good eggs! :

[kristenburgess]

Originally Posted by preemiemamarach

slightly OT, but I have one small word of caution about eggs. I am an eggaholic, and ate them daily while pg with my son, as well as almost daily while nursing him. He has never eaten an egg, but has an anaphylactic egg allergy now. So, if you have allergies yourself (food or otherwise), or your partner or other children do, try not to eat highly allergenic foods every. single. day. My son's allergist says that moderation is fine, so I'm going to try to limit myself to eggs 2-3 times a week.

Now I have to find another breakfast item to obsess over!

Just in response to this: I have eaten eggs every day during all of my pregnancies and none of my children have an egg allergy. But I have been told that eating something frequently can make them more prone to allergy. Just sharing my experience

And I eat runny eggs during pregnancy

[KAREBEAR]

Originally Posted by laurabelle1317

Yes... the other previous posters are correct. Bad eggs float. Good eggs sink. So I'd double check what you have learned so you can ensure you aren't eating bad eggs and throwing out perfectly good eggs! :

Thanks I don't have to do it b/c our eggs don't last that long in our house with 3 kids that love their eggs. We also get out from a friend that has hand raised the chickens. not that they prevents spoiled eggs.

[jessicuh]

I just read the other day that your chances of running into an egg with salmonella are 1 in every 30,000 eggs. And that's normal mass produced eggs.

[freestyler]

On food allergies: With our first, I ate eggs and dairy like every single day, in large quantities. She was born with fatal allergy to eggs and dairy. With the other three kids, I was no longer eating those things, as we no longer have eggs and dairy in the house, and the other kids are completely allergy-free. And yes, excessively eating allergenic foods can contribute to allergies in children who are prone to them. But then, I don't think we're talking about excessive quantities here.

On runny eggs: :Puke But I think eating the stuff you're craving will not do you any harm. I would not worry about it.

[:loveher:]

Originally Posted by hippiemommaof4

Salmonella actually comes from the outside of the egg shell, the inside of the shell is well protected from contaminents. You should be ok I've done it I like mine over easy :-)

I actually just saw this on the Food Network the other day! Other than that, I craved eggs too while I was pregnant. I think you should be fine; I wouldn't see a difference if you ate them now while being pregnant or not. I, too, would just make sure you get them locally. Enjoy!

[thixle]

Originally Posted by Skrimpy

But I have been told that eating something frequently can make them more prone to allergy.

I've heard this too, but am I the only one that thinks this makes absolutely no sense?
Evolutionarily speaking... WHY would a child be more prone to develop allergies from what his/her mother eats the most? Wouldn't that set the babe up to *die* from the normal diet of the mother? I mean, for thousands of years, humans had a fairly limited diet. It just doesn't make sense. It would make more sense that the child would develop more of a tolerance to what the mom eats during pregnancy-- just like some babes like spicy food because they tasted it in-utero. Hmmmm.

[freestyler]

It makes sense because the fetus, if it is already prone to allergies, is having the immune system aggravated every single day by the offending foods. It's like if you have hay fever and go mow the grass every day. And as far as evolution goes, humans did not always have the onslaught of pollution, chemicals, hormone-laced foods, immunizations, and other nasties to weaken the immune system. There were other nasties (black plague, smallpox, etc.), but I think the bad things now are really, really weakening immune systems. And also, in world history, the super allergenic foods were never eaten in the quantities in which they are eaten now in the west. They were too expensive and not as available. There is certainly more availability of these foods now. But anyway, it is not my intention to start a debate. But three very prominent allergists I have seen for my daughter also support avoiding allergenic foods during pregnancy if a sibling has allergies. Or even if a sibling does not. Just everything in moderation. And the eggs and dairy I had in my first pregnancy, that was not moderation.