Another question to not ask on another forum.

[dacjohns]

If keeping the bloom on your eggs is so important how do you hard boil them?

 

[Beekissed]

Doesn't the bloom just protect from the introduction of germs into the yolk? If you are boiling them, I would expect that any germs in the water would be killed by the heat and the bloom would no longer be needed?

I don't boil my eggs...I have a wonderful egg poacher my mom got me and the eggs come out just perfect! Like soft boiled but without all the peeling!

 

[Cassandra]

Yeah, after you cook them (or right before) it doesn't matter.

I would like to find a good egg poacher. Sounds yummy.

Cassandra

 

[patandchickens]

Why would you worry about it once they're cooked? The point is just that it helps keep 'em fresh while raw, right?


Pat

 

[Beekissed]

Yeah, after you cook them (or right before) it doesn't matter.

I would like to find a good egg poacher. Sounds yummy.

Cassandra

I don't know where she got it but it holds five eggs~odd number, huh? Stainless steal with a glass lid. We don't cook our eggs any other way now, as it has a copper bottom and heats super quick. Its so much faster than boiling them!

 

[FarmerChick]

If keeping the bloom on your eggs is so important how do you hard boil them?

*******Dacs do you have some kind of answer to this question?

 

[Beekissed]

That's what I was waiting for, FC...some kind of punch line, perhaps?

 

[roosmom]

Ummmm what is "the bloom"?

 

[Beekissed]

Its a coating on the outside of your egg shells, like a sealant, that is produced by the hen. When an egg first comes out it is still moist with it and it will dry within seconds. An egg shell is porous, so if this sealant is washed off, bacteria can enter the egg. This is why a lot of people won't wash their eggs, especially the ones for sale. If I have to clean off a smear of mud or feces, I will wipe it with warm water only, and only gently.

 

[roosmom]

OOhhhh
I dont think I could sell unwashed eggs....people are so spaz about where the egg comes from and poo and stuff, Bah Thanks B