Eggs Fiction & Fact 2

Fiction: Eggs should be stored in the slots on the refrigerator door.

Fact: The best place to keep eggs is in the original carton on an inside shelf. Not only does the temperature on the door fluctuate when the door is opened, but slamming the door can cause breakage. Furthermore, the carton actually helps prevent eggs from picking up odors from other foods and helps prevent the loss of carbon dioxide and water from the eggs.

Fiction: All high-quality protein is expensive.

Fact: If a food supplies high-quality protein, that food contains all nine essential acids that the body needs to support growth. It is therefore considered a "complete" protein. Complete proteins are found in meat, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, chicken, ground beef, pork chop or beef round roast (www.ers.usda.gov/Data/MeatPriceSpreads)

Fiction: An egg with a blood spot is "bad."

Fact: Not at all. These eggs are still entirely fit to eat, and the blood spot can be removed with the tip of a knife ( if desired ). Blood spots are caused by the rapture of a blood vessel on the yolk surfaces during formation of the egg, or by a similar accident in the wall of the hen's oviduct. Less than 1% of all eggs produced have blood spots, and most of these are detected by electronic spotters before they ever reach the market.


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