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24 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

If it's any consolation, my sister was, until now, the only person I knew who bothered by the chalaza the same way you are.  So there are two of you.

That is some consolation, it really is.  Thank you.  

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19 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

Talking of eggs and technical names.

Does anyone know the correct technical/scientific name for the membrane between the egg shell and the white other than "the membrane between the egg shell and the white"?

I've been looking for years and never got a convincing answer.

I've also been curious about that over the years, and have looked sporadically for an answer. Every other membrane inside the shell seems to have a specific name, but that one doesn't. It apparently has two layers, with the prosaic (and unsatisfying) designations of "inner" and "outer" membranes.

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18 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

Talking of eggs and technical names.

Does anyone know the correct technical/scientific name for the membrane between the egg shell and the white other than "the membrane between the egg shell and the white"?

I've been looking for years and never got a convincing answer.

I realize you like precision but "shell membrane" does not cut it with you? https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1153&context=foodmicrostructure

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1 hour ago, heidih said:

I realize you like precision but "shell membrane" does not cut it with you? https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1153&context=foodmicrostructure

 

Yes, I read that before. It just tells me they can't find the name either!

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2 hours ago, SLB said:

But I struggle with one aspect of eggs -- the chalaza, that . . . thing that connects the yolk to the egg-white.  I cannotCannotCANNOT tolerate having that thing in my mouth, it induces gagging or worse.   I have never heard anyone make this complaint before, so I assume it really doesn't bother people.... They can be removed, but it is a pain in the butt.  I hate it when I hate something that other people are fine to eat.  

 

I've seen Jacques Pepin remove the chalaza (with his hands). I forgot what he was making.

 

Some people strain eggs (raw, scrambled eggs on fine mesh) before using the eggs in their final product. I am guessing the purpose of straining is to remove the chalaza.

 

The chalaza is creepy to me as well. I sometimes remove them.

 

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4 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

Yes, I read that before. It just tells me they can't find the name either!

 

Or to parrot Utwo maybe there is no name.

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7 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

Yes, I read that before. It just tells me they can't find the name either!

 

it may bug you, but avian eggshell membrane is what academic papers use when they're discussing the two layers, so i think you're going to have to resign yourself to it

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it may bug you, but avian eggshell membrane is what academic papers use when they're discussing the two layers, so i think you're going to have to resign yourself to it

 

 

No! I think they should call it the "Liuzhou Membrane" in recognition of my contribution to science by pointing out the missing nomenclature! After all, they have names for everything else. Even things they haven't yet proved even exist and we couldn't see if they ever do. What has the liuzhou membrane done to deserve such disrespectful oversight?

 

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I read today that a 1000 year egg has been found in Israel.  No tea leaves were harmed in its preservation.  Chickens apparently were introduced to the Middle East by Romans.  The yolk is being saved for DNA analysis.

 

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9 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I read today that a 1000 year egg has been found in Israel.  No tea leaves were harmed in its preservation.  Chickens apparently were introduced to the Middle East by Romans.  The yolk is being saved for DNA analysis.

 

With no clue, i would challenge the idea of chickens being introduced to the middle east by the Romans. Chickens, I mean, what we grow for eggs and meat, is the domestication version of Gallus gallus, a species that only lives as a wild species in south east Asia, so thinking of spreading of the domestic fowl, they should have arrived to the middle east before they arrive to Roman. I would see that could have happen to ducks, but i reckon there is also ancient information from Egypt in regards duck consumption (and fattening)

Some other species now considered in the western word, that we have easy access to their eggs, to me only quails came to mind. Still, at least in Europe, it is mostly Japanese quail Coturnix japonica, (a bit larger and more productive in eggs than the european- C. coturnix), and oin other place some quails for North America I reckon are used too for egg production.

 

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10 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I read today that a 1000 year egg has been found in Israel. 

This?

 

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13 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I read today that a 1000 year egg has been found in Israel.  No tea leaves were harmed in its preservation.  Chickens apparently were introduced to the Middle East by Romans.  The yolk is being saved for DNA analysis.

 

 

Now, I'm bad to keep stuff for way too long in my fridge. But I can't touch this.

 

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14 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I read today that a 1000 year egg has been found in Israel.  No tea leaves were harmed in its preservation. 

 

Sadly. Since century eggs are nowhere to be found...

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