Four ways to fry eggs
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Max Miller, the host of the YouTube channel, "Tasting History" is also allergic to eggs that aren't fully cooked. This comes up once in a while when he is cooking something. So, I had heard of this before. BTW, its an interesting channel.I wouldn't mind trying the eggs in cream. That looks really nice. Unfortunately, though, I would have to cook the yolk fully, which really depresses me. So I don't make eggs that often anymore. I used to eat runny yolk eggs all the time, which I loved dearly. But since my pregnancy years ago with my son, as weird as this is going to sound, I've become allergic to ANY part of the egg that isn't fully cooked, including the yolk. My throat swells and itches like crazy. I can't even handle raw poultry (like when I'm preparing chicken for a meal) without wearing gloves or my hands will break out and starting itching really bad. It's bizarre.
Over the years I've done little tests, frying an egg and leaving the yolk runny and taking a very small bite, to see if this stupid allergy (or whatever it is I developed during pregnancy) has finally gone away. But nope. The last time I did the 'test', I still got a reaction from the runny yolk
I often do the basting method (method #1) when I really want just a whole cooked egg, but I have to leave the lid on the pan until the yolk is nice and firm. So I can eat eggs if the entire thing is fully cooked (like hard boiled and scrambled) but if any part of the egg is just slightly underdone, I'm in trouble.
Sorry, I digress. But I would definitely try the eggs in cream.
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That should be posted in the "What have you had for breakfast lately" thread.
What have you had for breakfast lately?
This was our breakfast, today...... scrambled eggs with cheese, bacon, tater tots and wheat english muffins.
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It's in the "Today's Menu" Forum.
grumpyoldman
Senior Cook
sorry bout that , my point was to show how i cook my eggs , the breakfast was just in the picture along with my description ...my bad !!
Sir_Loin_of_Beef
Chef Extraordinaire
I do basted because I like the whites completely cooked and the yoke runny so I can dip my toast in it.
@Linda0818 I have to be careful with eggs as well.
When I first started raising my geese I ate a whole goose egg for breakfast. Laid me flat for 2 hours with a gut ache. All of a sudden I couldn't even eat chicken eggs. Didn't eat a single egg for breakfast for about 4 years. Then one day got brave and tried one. Been able to eat them since but I'm still very aware. Lately it's been niggling at me again so I stopped for a couple of days. I'll try again maybe tomorrow.
But you have my utmost sympathy. I savour every bite knowing it could well be my last.
When I first started raising my geese I ate a whole goose egg for breakfast. Laid me flat for 2 hours with a gut ache. All of a sudden I couldn't even eat chicken eggs. Didn't eat a single egg for breakfast for about 4 years. Then one day got brave and tried one. Been able to eat them since but I'm still very aware. Lately it's been niggling at me again so I stopped for a couple of days. I'll try again maybe tomorrow.
But you have my utmost sympathy. I savour every bite knowing it could well be my last.
Linda0818
Executive Chef
Oh my gosh! This is the first I've heard of someone else having the same issue. Most people, if they're allergic to eggs, they're simply allergic to the whole dang thing, i.e. they can't eat them at all. When I've mentioned to people that I can eat eggs, just not eggs that are underdone, including the yolk, they look at me like I've got two heads. I don't feel so weird now.
I looked up this guy's channel and the first description I see says: Popular videos · What it was like to visit a Medieval Tavern · What Food was Served at Wild West Saloons? · What did WWII Soldiers Eat?
Yes, I would absolutely love something like this. Thanks very much, I can't wait to check it out tonight.
PS - my apologies for somewhat derailing your topic with the talk about the egg allergy.
This is how I used to love eating mine. Had to have that runny yolk. Dipping toast in it is the absolute best.
Another favorite way I used to love eating over-easy or basted eggs is I would toast two Eggo waffles and put the fried egg, with the yolk nice and runny, in between the waffles and eat it like a sandwich. That was a favorite 'midnight snack' of mine. Yep, it was messy as all get out. But I didn't care. What yolk that fell onto my plate during the consumption of the 'sandwich' was sopped up at the end with the last couple of waffle bites.
Do you know what it is exactly that causes the eggs to bother your stomach? At first, when I was reading your post, I assumed you just ate a bad egg. But then you went on to say you have occasional problems with them, so it sounds like your body has intermittent aversions to eggs, for some odd reason.
I'm going to have to look up "weird" allergies/intolerances to eggs and see if I can find other oddball stuff about them, because someone told me once (several years ago when I was talking to them about it after I got a reaction to eating French Silk Pie in a restaurant, no doubt because of the meringue) that they read - and this is going to sound bizarre as heck - that women can develop food allergies, particularly to meat but other foods as well, if they are bitten by a tick while pregnant. And I was indeed bitten by a tick while pregnant.
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Not a problem. We are well practised in wandering off topic, here at DC/
You might want to post it over there too.
BTW, did you watch the video I posted?
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@Linda0818 I was told to try Quail Eggs as supposedly they don't bother people with "sensitive" stomachs to eggs. Which is silly to me as to get satisfaction I'd probably eat 6 of them and be right back to square one.
As to sensitivity, it is said to be a toss up between either the whites or yolks or, of course, both.
I never tried to figure out if there was a difference for me. A gut wrenching belly ache was not exactly something I was going to experiment with. I lived alone on a farm.
As to sensitivity, it is said to be a toss up between either the whites or yolks or, of course, both.
I never tried to figure out if there was a difference for me. A gut wrenching belly ache was not exactly something I was going to experiment with. I lived alone on a farm.
Tick bites can cause allergies but I don't think specifically women nor even pregnant women are target. (or maybe their fat bellies just offer more area to bite? LOL)
Yes, it seems meats are the top allergy hits . Remember though that eggs are high, right along with meats, in protein and they do, after all, develop into meat.
Yes, it seems meats are the top allergy hits . Remember though that eggs are high, right along with meats, in protein and they do, after all, develop into meat.
Linda0818
Executive Chef
Oh, I don't blame you. That's why, over the years, anytime I would do my little experiments with runny yolks, just to see if maybe this allergy has disappeared (which isn't unheard of, it does happen) I'm very careful and only try a small bite, then wait a few minutes, keeping a Benadryl handy, just in case.
Linda0818
Executive Chef
It didn't say specifically women were a target for ticks. It just said women who are bitten that happen to be pregnant at the time. It was a long time ago when I looked that up, so I doubt I could find that particular article again.
Linda0818
Executive Chef
And getting back on topic a little bit, I wanted to ask if anyone, besides myself, gets really angry when the yolk accidentally breaks during cooking 
That is (or, for me, was) so aggravating.
That is (or, for me, was) so aggravating.
My belly aches are not relieved by Benadryl. If only it were that easy!
Don't know why I didn't post this earlier but you see, I don't have a gall bladder and therefore cannot store bile for when the tummy needs it.
Should I eat something that my stomach needs extra assistance to digest I don't have it. I just have to wait it out while the bile is slowly produced and dripped into my stomach.
and it is a rather debilitating and painful wait. 2 hours later you hope that the Semi that just ran over you has left.
Don't know why I didn't post this earlier but you see, I don't have a gall bladder and therefore cannot store bile for when the tummy needs it.
Should I eat something that my stomach needs extra assistance to digest I don't have it. I just have to wait it out while the bile is slowly produced and dripped into my stomach.
and it is a rather debilitating and painful wait. 2 hours later you hope that the Semi that just ran over you has left.
Linda0818
Executive Chef
Well, the Benadryl is for severe allergic reactions, so no, it won't help the tummy aches. Maybe some Pepto if you're able to take it?
The gall bladder thing might be a factor.
LOL.... might? It is the factor. Proven, at least according to my doctor.
I have a few things a little stronger than Pepto. Knowing what triggers is key to all of it. Know them and avoid them.
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OK, sorry you've misunderstood. I am not allergic. These are things that I cannot digest. It is not something that triggers an immune reaction to as does an allergy to eggs, which is your case.
We each have two different conditions. It is just co-incidence that both our conditions are triggered by the same food.
Sorry, didn't mean to mislead you.
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Linda0818
Executive Chef
I understood that. Which is why I said above that the Benadryl won't help you.
LOL.... might? It is the factor. Proven, at least according to my doctor.
Okay.
Sorry, didn't mean to mislead you.
I understood what you were saying. It's all good.
Yeah, thanks. I was just focusing on the fact we were both affected by eggs.
Linda0818
Executive Chef
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I think you are talking about alpha-gal syndrome. That is an allergy that people can get from the bites of certain ticks. It's an allergy to galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose ("alpha-gal"), which only occurs in mammals. So, it can occasionally be in dairy products, but not in eggs, since birds aren't mammals.
In the North America, it's a bite from the Lone Star tick that can cause you to acquire this allergy. There is another type of tick in Australia that can give people alpha-gal syndrome.
