Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Celebrate Everyday pt. 11



It's the Incredible! It's the one and only!
It's the protein packed morsel!


It's the EGG!

This is the one day every year that the egg gets it's due respect. Chickens have been producing this food for our consumption for many centuries--actually since creation, though they weren't eaten the whole time!

World Egg Day

Eggs are so wonderful and versitile. I love eggs in the morning, fried, scrambled, in an omelet, or in a breakfast burrito. But they are not only breakfast food. Eggs can be eaten at any time of the day. I love boiled eggs on my salad, or a fried egg sandwich, or egg salad sandwiches. Basically the options are endless when it comes to eggs!

Here are some interesting facts that I found about eggs:


1. Eggs have a larger number of proteins when compared with chicken meat or with milk.


2. Egg shell was made of calcium carbonate which is the main basic material for several types’ anti-acids. Eggshell weighs 9-12 percent and also has pores that create oxygen and carbon dioxide to enter and moist air to exit.


3. In the egg white is made from protein called albumen which often turned out to contain niacin (Vitamin B3), riboflavin (Vitamin B2), chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sodium and sulfur. 57 percent contained egg protein from egg white.


4. On egg yolk color was determined by the hen food. When the hens eat a lot of grain that has yellow and orange pigments, the more thick yellow egg.


5. Eggs have a variety of colors to suit the age and other factors. If the egg white looks a bit murky it indicates that the egg is very fresh but if a white egg looks clear it indicates that the eggs are from chickens that are old. It is recommended to not consume eggs pinkish white color or other discoloration.


6. On the inside of the egg there is sometimes a little blood. Blood comes from blood vessels in the yolk broken. However the eggs are still safe for consumption.


7. At the time of egg hatching, egg temperature range 40.5 degrees Celsius. If the colder the liquid that is in the eggs will settle and form the air cell between two layers of eggs.


8. A hen to lay eggs between 250 up to 270 eggs each year.


9. In some communities in America is more like a chicken egg white compared with brown chicken egg.


10. When compared with chicken eggs, duck eggs turned out to have a fishier odor and skin pores are also larger so that more duck eggs suitable for salted egg.



Well, there you have it! Today, it's all about the egg!

So have an "egg-cellent" day!!! :)

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