Re: do egg whites make you bloated/gassy?


"Omelet" <omp_omelet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:omp_omelet-06805E.12324219042007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <zUBVh.190417$p17.45472@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Richard" <no@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

but I what about this:

"Is it safe to eat lightly cooked egg dishes, or use recipes that call
for
raw eggs?

Today some unbroken fresh shell eggs may contain certain bacteria that
can
cause foodborne illness. The bacteria are Salmonella enteritidis. While
the
number of eggs affected is quite small, there have been some scattered
outbreaks in the last few years. Currently the government, the egg
industry
and the scientific community are working together to solve the problem.

Researchers say that if present, the Salmonella bacteria are usually in
the
yolk or "yellow." But they can't rule out the bacteria being in egg
whites.
So everyone is advised against eating raw or undercooked egg yolks,
whites
or products containing them."

What if I got this... does it kill a guy, or just give him the runny
shits?

Salmonella is no fun. I've had it...

Once.

And that was because I was stupid enough to eat a damaged egg from my
own chickens. I did not know it had been damaged in the nests as I was
not the one that "gathered" it. I always immediately destroyed any
damaged eggs I gathered from the nests. But, my eyesight is better than
that of my older housemate.

I made a stupid mistake. :-P It smelled and tasted just fine which is
all the more reason I should not have eaten it. And I paid for it a
mere 6 hours later, for the next few days.

Never eat a cracked raw egg!

Theoretically, Salmonella won't kill most reasonably healthy people, but
it makes you wish you were dead. It can kill the weak, the very young
and the elderly.

I finally reported to the ER after 3 days of being able to keep nothing
down but water and feeling generally miserable as well as having severe
crampy diarrhea. I lost 8 lbs.

However, the IV Demerol nearly made it all worth it. <G>

I'd eaten commercial and natural raw eggs for years and I still eat them
now when I get a craving for them. I adore raw egg yolks still.

Like any food, proper handling is the order of the day. While there is
nothing to back this up, I personally feel that any egg with an intact
shell is probably safe if you wash it first. The bacteria on the shell
can contaminate the contents when you break it open.

IMHO if eggs were crawling with Salmonella on the inside, there would be
no successful hatching of baby chickens......

But, soft cooked eggs are not "raw" eggs.
I was not advocating consuming raw eggs, just not overcooked ones that
bounce on the floor if you drop them!

The consumption of raw foods is very much a personal choice. I adore
fine diced raw top round beef (with all the fat trimmed off as raw beef
fat is gross) lightly marinated in Teryaki sauce and dipped in raw egg
yolk. ;-d

Steak Tartar!


HOOOOLLLY SH*T! That sounds horrible! What do you think about pasteurized
eggs? Like, egg beaters? You can eat that raw and not have to worry about
it.. but it has all the crap thrown in to preserve it. Or would you rather
eat overcooked eggs than pasteurized eggs?

Thanks!


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