History & Nutrition
Eggs have been a source of food for humans for this long.
What is "thousands of years"
This is the percentage of a chicken egg that is fat.
What is 60%?
This is cooking the egg in boiling water, heating the contents of the shell and cooking the entire egg.
What is hard boiling an egg?
These are the parts of the egg that protect it from bacteria and contaminants.
What are the shell and membranes?
This is a kitchen utensil used to turn over an egg. (The name we call it in the culinary lab)
What is a turner?
This is what ancient civilizations believed about how the world began.
What is an enormous egg?
This is how much protein is in a chicken egg.
What is 6.6 grams?
This is cracking the egg and whisking the yol and white together and cooking it in a pan.
What is scrambled?
This is the clear, viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk. It has a common name and scientific name.
What is the "egg white" or albumen?
This is another term for "whisking" an egg.
What is "beating" an egg?
These are some of the vitamins and minerals in eggs.
What is Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, choline, iron, and selenium.
What is qulaity and appearance, cleanliness, yolk position, and thickness of the egg white?
What is sunny side up?
This is the yellow, spherical structure at the center of the egg. The fat and nutrients serve as food for the developing embryo.
What is the yolk?
This is the most common size of chicken egg used in standard recipes.
What is a large egg?
This is the reason some eggs are brown and some are white.
What is the color of the feathers of a chicken?
This is the highest quality egg grade.
What is AA?
This is cooking the egg directly in soft boiling water (outside the shell) until the egg whites coagulate.
What is poaching an egg?
This is the small, circular spot on part of the egg that contains the genetic material for the development of an embryo after the egg is fertilized.
What is the blastoderm?
This is a popular breakfast dish made by beating eggs and cooking them in a pan, often with added ingredients like cheese or vegetables.
What is an omelet?
These are the reasons eggs are used in baking.
What is a leavening agent and a binding agent?
These are all popular egg dishes.
What are omelets, quiches, frittatas, deviled eggs, and eggs benedict?
This is similar to cooking an egg sunny side up but covering the pan with a lid to trap the steam and heat, which finishes cooking the egg.
What is basting an egg?
This is the pair of thick, rope-like structures that help protect a part of the egg from damage.
What are the chalaza?
This is a food item made from eggs, sugar and milk, which is then baked. It can be frozen and then resembles ice cream.
What is custard?