Re: Remember the Housing "Bubble"?

In article <loc423ltmqdhvpkdqcc22dfdkjkd67t2au@xxxxxxx>,
Marilee J. Layman <marilee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Huh? Isn't that the wrong way round? Nice well defined
rounded yolks indicate a fresh egg, yolks that disintegrate
on cooking indicate a not-so-fresh egg.

No, that's why you're not supposed to use new eggs to make sunny-side
up (the yolk on top of the white) eggs. The yolks break too easily.

Googling around, I find:

Breaking
Break the egg on to a plate. Fresh eggs are recognizable by their domed
yolks, which are held together by a ring of albumen. If the yolk is flat
and the albumen runny, the egg has been around for a while and needs to
be thoroughly cooked.

http://www.yellow-egg.com/wEnglish/frische_eier/eiertests.shtml?navid=6

The freshness of an egg can be determined from the appearance of its
yolk. A fresh egg has a round, firm yolk and a tight surrounding
membrane, called the vitelline membrane. As the egg ages, the yolk
absorbs water from the albumen, which distends the membrane and results
in a looser, flattened yolk.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/84/8434egg.html

I didn't find anything supporting Marilee's version.

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