Drinking Egg Yolks?

"NYC XYZ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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How about egg whites? They really have no taste at all, but they pack
a great wallop of protein...would it be okay/safe/wise to just gulp
them down like milk in the morning? Or must they be cooked? I'm
talking about those Egg Beaters and such, the liquid egg whites in a
little carton...I bought a bunch of 'em on sale but discover that I
have to be more of a chef than I care to be in order to actually enjoy
chewing them.

Is it all right to skip the cooking and just slurp them quickly down?

I hope so: we've been putting them in our smoothies for years.

GWC

On 18 Jul 2005 09:12:02 -0700, "NYC XYZ" <[email hidden]>

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Is that still being done?

How about egg whites? They really have no taste at all, but they pack
a great wallop of protein...would it be okay/safe/wise to just gulp
them down like milk in the morning? Or must they be cooked? I'm
talking about those Egg Beaters and such, the liquid egg whites in a
little carton...I bought a bunch of 'em on sale but discover that I
have to be more of a chef than I care to be in order to actually enjoy
chewing them.

Is it all right to skip the cooking and just slurp them quickly down?

Swallow them down in one!

And we eat them, not "drink" them; it's like eating soup!

George Cherry said:

"NYC XYZ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

How about egg whites? They really have no taste at all, but they pack
a great wallop of protein...would it be okay/safe/wise to just gulp
them down like milk in the morning? Or must they be cooked? I'm
talking about those Egg Beaters and such, the liquid egg whites in a
little carton...I bought a bunch of 'em on sale but discover that I
have to be more of a chef than I care to be in order to actually enjoy
chewing them.

Is it all right to skip the cooking and just slurp them quickly down?

I hope so: we've been putting them in our smoothies for years.

this is a VERY old question. odds are good that you'll be OK.
the responders that say they are OK are working with n=1.
statistically not so valid. in a big population, given enough
time and consumers, some folk will get sick and die.
i wouldn't want to be one of them.
....thehick

I wouldn't want to be in need of a toilet on the bus after breakfast,
for example!

frank-in-toronto said:

this is a VERY old question. odds are good that you'll be OK.
the responders that say they are OK are working with n=1.
statistically not so valid. in a big population, given enough
time and consumers, some folk will get sick and die.
i wouldn't want to be one of them.
...thehick

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Swallow them down in one!>

Well from what I've read about you on this newsgroup Charles, I suspect
you are an expert on swallowing.

NYC XYZ said:

Is that still being done?

How about egg whites? They really have no taste at all, but they pack
a great wallop of protein...would it be okay/safe/wise to just gulp
them down like milk in the morning? Or must they be cooked? I'm
talking about those Egg Beaters and such, the liquid egg whites in a
little carton...I bought a bunch of 'em on sale but discover that I
have to be more of a chef than I care to be in order to actually enjoy
chewing them.

Is it all right to skip the cooking and just slurp them quickly down?

COMMENT:

The Egg Beaters are a lot safer than raw egg, being pasteurized.

Plain raw eggs have a tiny risk of giving you salmonella. This is
inside the egg, so you can't wash it off.

Most healthy people will get away with it. A few with the wrong immune
systems won't.

Does the risk from cooking the egg thoroughly (yolk solid), and
oxidizing the cholesterol, outweigh the tiny risk from salmonella if
you eat it soft boiled, sunny side up, or just plain raw, so you DON'T
oxidize the cholesterol? No doubt that depends on your coronary artery
disease risk, vs. how good your immune system is.

If you have any question about the trade-off, just drink the Egg
Beaters. It will have less salmonella (even raw), and NO cholesterol.

SBH

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Swallow them down in one!>

Well from what I've read about you on this newsgroup Charles, I suspect
you are an expert on swallowing.

And you have proved to be a real pain in the asss...asswipe

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NYC XYZ said:

I wouldn't want to be in need of a toilet on the bus after breakfast,
for example!

IME, it takes about 8 hours to get sick from Salmonella...

I've only had it once. ;-)

I still eat raw eggs........

Been eating them for over 20 years and only got sick once.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Plain raw eggs have a tiny risk of giving you salmonella. This is

inside the egg, so you can't wash it off.>

If you are informed, you'd know eggs have a HUGE amount of salmonella
in them. Also if you saw the egg expose on TV you'd have seen them
repackaging eggs that were long outdated. You take your life in your
hands eating sunnyside up, nevermind raw.

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And you have proved to be a real pain in the asss...asswipe>

<yawn> punk.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Plain raw eggs have a tiny risk of giving you salmonella. This is

inside the egg, so you can't wash it off.>

If you are informed, you'd know eggs have a HUGE amount of salmonella
in them. Also if you saw the egg expose on TV you'd have seen them
repackaging eggs that were long outdated. You take your life in your
hands eating sunnyside up, nevermind raw.

COMMENT:

I said you have a tiny risk of salmonella, and that is correct.

The idea that you take your life in your hands when you eat an egg
sunnyside up, is probably literally true. But trite. You take your life
in your hands when you go on a Sunday drive. So what?

SBH

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said you have a tiny risk of salmonella, and that is correct.

The idea that you take your life in your hands when you eat an egg
sunnyside up, is probably literally true. But trite. You take your life

in your hands when you go on a Sunday drive. So what?>

You are very poorly informed. About 1 in 3 eggs contains salmonella.
Eating them raw is dangerous. A significantly more dangerous practice
than going for a ride.

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in your hands when you go on a Sunday drive. So what?>

You are very poorly informed. About 1 in 3 eggs contains salmonella.
Eating them raw is dangerous. A significantly more dangerous practice
than going for a ride.

Just curious how those bodybuilders ever managed...(this was a '70s
thing, right?).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Plain raw eggs have a tiny risk of giving you salmonella. This is

inside the egg, so you can't wash it off.>

If you are informed, you'd know eggs have a HUGE amount of salmonella
in them. Also if you saw the egg expose on TV you'd have seen them
repackaging eggs that were long outdated. You take your life in your
hands eating sunnyside up, nevermind raw.

I don't know what the TV says, but I eat anywhere from 3 - 9 eggs a day
with the yolks as runny as I can get them and I am fine. I also eat 1 -
3 cans of tuna a day and I am fine.

Question, If you don't eat raw eggs, do you eat Mayonaise, which has raw
eggs in it.

--Falooley

Sbharrisatsignix.netcom.com said:

NYC XYZ said:

Is that still being done?

How about egg whites? They really have no taste at all, but they pack
a great wallop of protein...would it be okay/safe/wise to just gulp
them down like milk in the morning? Or must they be cooked? I'm
talking about those Egg Beaters and such, the liquid egg whites in a
little carton...I bought a bunch of 'em on sale but discover that I
have to be more of a chef than I care to be in order to actually enjoy
chewing them.

Is it all right to skip the cooking and just slurp them quickly down?

COMMENT:

The Egg Beaters are a lot safer than raw egg, being pasteurized.

Plain raw eggs have a tiny risk of giving you salmonella. This is
inside the egg, so you can't wash it off.

I read several times that salmonella is only found on the outer surface
of the shell not inside the egg - provided the egg shell have not been
cracked. Thus washing the egg under a stream of water while rubbing the
surface should lower the possibility of getting sick.

--
Dawid Michalczyk
http://www.art.eonworks.com - Art and Illustration

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

said you have a tiny risk of salmonella, and that is correct.

The idea that you take your life in your hands when you eat an egg
sunnyside up, is probably literally true. But trite. You take your life

in your hands when you go on a Sunday drive. So what?>

You are very poorly informed. About 1 in 3 eggs contains salmonella.
Eating them raw is dangerous. A significantly more dangerous practice
than going for a ride.

The folks who raise and sell "Country Hen" eggs state

Can I use raw eggs in cooking?

We have had our barns tested by the state for about 7 years
now, and have been salmonella free. Feel free to use our
eggs in any kind of cooking. We make a mean eggnog here
at the farm. See our section on recipes for that one.

You can find their website

http://www.countryhen.com/

George W. Chery

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

said you have a tiny risk of salmonella, and that is correct.

The idea that you take your life in your hands when you eat an egg
sunnyside up, is probably literally true. But trite. You take your life

in your hands when you go on a Sunday drive. So what?>

You are very poorly informed. About 1 in 3 eggs contains salmonella.
Eating them raw is dangerous. A significantly more dangerous practice
than going for a ride.

The folks who raise and sell "Country Hen" eggs state

Can I use raw eggs in cooking?

We have had our barns tested by the state for about 7 years
now, and have been salmonella free. Feel free to use our
eggs in any kind of cooking. We make a mean eggnog here
at the farm. See our section on recipes for that one.

You can find their website

http://www.countryhen.com/

George W. Chery

Over the last 20 years or so, the salmonella content of eggs has been
seriously reduced IIRC.
20 years ago, you were playing russian roulette, today you would be hitting
the lottery. Not the lottery you want to hit mind you.
Hard to find a study like this in the US (I am not going to take the time to
search); however, if you buy your eggs in Poland, you're safe:

International Journal of Food Microbiology
Volume 64, Issues 1-2 , 28 February 2001, Pages 189-191

Occurrence of Salmonella spp. in consumption eggs in Poland

Mieczysaw Radkowski

Warmia and Masuria University at Olsztyn, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Department of Animal Products Hygiene,10-957 Olsztyn, Kortowo II, Poland

Received 17 December 1999; revised 18 July 2000; accepted 10 August 2000.
Available online 13 February 2001.

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of Salmonellae on
egg shells in markets in Olsztyn, Poland. An investigation carried out by
the Sanitary and Epidemiological Station into cases of food poisoning caused
in Poland by Salmonella spp. in recent years showed that the largest number
of outbreaks is connected with consuming foods containing hens eggs which
had not undergone heat treatment, such as mayonnaise, creams, ice-cream and
other products. The world egg production amounts to 400 billion, in Poland
it reaches the level of around 8 billion per year. A total of 1200 eggs were
purchased in 40 local markets in Olsztyn were examined for the presence of
Salmonella between June 1997 and December 1998. Salmonella was not found on
the shell or inside the eggs. From this study it would appear that the
incidence of Salmonellae on eggs from Olsztyn shops is very low.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

said you have a tiny risk of salmonella, and that is correct.
The idea that you take your life in your hands when you eat an egg
sunnyside up, is probably literally true. But trite. You take your life
in your hands when you go on a Sunday drive. So what?

You are very poorly informed. About 1 in 3 eggs contains salmonella.

References, pleas.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

in your hands when you go on a Sunday drive. So what?>

You are very poorly informed. About 1 in 3 eggs contains salmonella.
Eating them raw is dangerous. A significantly more dangerous practice
than going for a ride.

Just curious how those bodybuilders ever managed...(this was a '70s
thing, right?).

In the 70's, the egg factories were smaller, and used less antibiotics.
Salmonella IN eggs was rare.