Now this is interesting. We had eggs for dinner last night, using some of the fresh produce from Michigan that I bought from a mini-farmer's market set up in front of the YMCA yesterday. Joe cracked the first one open and, viola, something I had never seen before...double yolks out of a single egg! It seems like this should mean good luck or something, so I did some research to see what I could find out about this phenomenon and here is what I came up with:
Throughout history and in different cultures, finding a double yolk has been considered to mean anything from an impending wedding to a financial windfall to a death in the family.
Double-yolked eggs are reasonably common for ducks and chickens, despite the fact that we so rarely see them in stores. It is estimated that 1 in 1,000 eggs (out of 50 billion produced annually in the US) have double yolks. Eggs increase in size as the number of yolks increases, but most of them are caught by "candling," or holding the egg up to a light source to reveal a shadow of what is inside the shell, and used for other egg products instead of being mixed in with single-yolks. Stores that do offer the eggs usually have one local source for them. The chickens, ducks and other birds that lay them have a genetic tendency to produce the eggs, so if a farm is stocked with such birds, most of their eggs with have double yolks. The eggs are popular with anyone who likes yolks and are also believed to be good luck by many.
And that is your food lesson for the day.
Throughout history and in different cultures, finding a double yolk has been considered to mean anything from an impending wedding to a financial windfall to a death in the family.
Double-yolked eggs are reasonably common for ducks and chickens, despite the fact that we so rarely see them in stores. It is estimated that 1 in 1,000 eggs (out of 50 billion produced annually in the US) have double yolks. Eggs increase in size as the number of yolks increases, but most of them are caught by "candling," or holding the egg up to a light source to reveal a shadow of what is inside the shell, and used for other egg products instead of being mixed in with single-yolks. Stores that do offer the eggs usually have one local source for them. The chickens, ducks and other birds that lay them have a genetic tendency to produce the eggs, so if a farm is stocked with such birds, most of their eggs with have double yolks. The eggs are popular with anyone who likes yolks and are also believed to be good luck by many.
And that is your food lesson for the day.
2 comments:
At 13 I made myself eggs and got a double yolk. This was an important breakfast as I was preparing Midwest Regional Race in the Mile event. Winning this meant I got a free trip to L.A, CA to compete in the nationals.
I won the race, shattered the MW record and hit the 5 min mile mark.
I thought the double egg thought I'd win this time but next time; nope. I got smeared at nationals (had bad cramps)
Hey L.
I heard about Christopher Laurie today from my Greg Laurie Daily Devotionals. I had heard about a Cal Trans/car accident yesterday morning on the news...had no idea until this morning that Harvest lost one of their own.
I'm sure you must be very sad & shocked, as I assume you possibly knew him personally. Hope all is well. Take care.
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