Funny until you think about it. Eggs are eggs, especially the commercial ones. I've never heard of anyone cracking open an egg to cook and finding an embryo (or worse).
I was forced into a Catholic school when we moved countries, my parents thinking to enhance my education. The idea of not eating certain foods on certain days, along with a few other anomalies being taught by the brothers who ran the school, inflamed my 12-13 year old brain into questions of logic and common sense that did me no favours from those robed teachers. A meeting between my parents and those cross bearing tutors led to me changing to a non Christian co-ed school.
Later in life and up to a few short years ago, I raised chickens at my property and I can attest that 'homegrown' eggs have an appearance richer than store bought, but sometimes have baby chickens, variously formed, when you crack them open.
That is the reason you never crack eggs straight into a cake batter or pan, always into a separate dish and don't worry about the extra washing, it is good insurance that your baked cake, or omelette, has no crunchy bones in it.
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Funny until you think about it. Eggs are eggs, especially the commercial ones. I've never heard of anyone cracking open an egg to cook and finding an embryo (or worse).
Pretty sure that when the church invented that rule, there were no "commercial" eggs. Most were probably fertilized.
What gwdMaine said:
I have found an embryo AND worse!
When you get eggs from a farm you'll see little oddities.
I was forced into a Catholic school when we moved countries, my parents thinking to enhance my education.
The idea of not eating certain foods on certain days, along with a few other anomalies being taught by the brothers who ran the school, inflamed my 12-13 year old brain into questions of logic and common sense that did me no favours from those robed teachers.
A meeting between my parents and those cross bearing tutors led to me changing to a non Christian co-ed school.
Later in life and up to a few short years ago, I raised chickens at my property and I can attest that 'homegrown' eggs have an appearance richer than store bought, but sometimes have baby chickens, variously formed, when you crack them open.
That is the reason you never crack eggs straight into a cake batter or pan, always into a separate dish and don't worry about the extra washing, it is good insurance that your baked cake, or omelette, has no crunchy bones in it.
It's not about eggs, it's about the inconsistency of the churches teachings.
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