Many Nigerians love egg, whether as scotch egg, egg roll, fried egg, boiled egg or as an ingredient. Eggs are a an inexpensive source of high-quality protein and they aren’t high in saturated fat, especially when compared to meat. They do, however, have a lot of cholesterol (all in the yolk). So if you love to eat eggs, then this piece put together by INFORMATION NIGERIA has everything you need to know about eggs…
– If you have eggs of questionable freshness, fill a bowl with enough water to cover the eggs, then add them to the bowl. If an egg sinks to the bottom, it’s fresh. If it floats to the top, it’s not. This happens because as an egg ages, it develops a larger and larger air pocket in its shell.
– Eating eggs is a great way to help shake off a great hangover.
– Chickens aren’t the only birds that lay edible Eggs. Duck, quail, emu, goose, and ostrich eggs can all be cooked up.
– Softer yolks are better for you than harder yolks. The harder the yolk, the more oxidized cholesterol (which coincidentally may not be huge issue for people who eat just a few eggs occasionally, but the more eggs you eat the more it matters). Softer yolks are just better, period.
– Eggs are a valuable source of choline, a B vitamin deemed essential not long ago for all cell functioning, especially brain neurotransmitters.
– It also helps maintain peak muscle function and helps prevent fatty liver by removing cholesterol from that organ. (Ironic, then, that eggs are shunned for their cholesterol content.)
– Eggs provide vitamins A and D and are a top source of the harder-to-find carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin, which research suggests help fend off age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in older adults.
– The colour of an egg’s shell (brown or white) depends on the hen’s genetics and has nothing to do with nutrition. Some chickens lay blue and green eggs.
– It is best to store eggs in the coldest part of the refrigerator in their original carton, not in those little egg cups that some refrigerators have in the door.
– There’s often debate about whether to wash eggs. Don’t. It actually increases the risk of contamination because water can enter through the porous shell. When laid, eggs have a natural waxy bloom for protection, and washing removes this.
– A blood spot indicates that a small blood vessel on the yolk’s surface broke while the egg was forming. It does not mean the egg is fertile. It is harmless, but you can remove it with the tip of a knife.
We hope you have learnt a thing or two???
