I was chatting with Margaret on the telephone last evening. The conversation ranged on many topics but the one topic she brought up piqued my curiosity. She was telling me stories about her mother at the butcher shop and the meat etc., her mother would buy. Unborn eggs were mentioned. Now I have never seen an unborn egg. As Margaret pointed out, the chickens today are completely cleaned of internal organs with the exception of the giblet packet (which I use in stuffing and for stock. The cats get the meat after the stock is strained). I started snooping around on Google and came across several sites. Some of the sights were from animal activist groups ;( I found one site which was interesting. If you are really squemish, do not click the HERE link within the article. It is a graphic pic of the unborn yolks. There is also a recipe on the page.
A hundred years ago, when I was a child and lived on a farm, my mother would roast a chicken and put the "un born" eggs in the gravy. These were the eggs that were developing in the chicken and were removed when my dad dressed out the chicken. The eggs consisted of just the yolk and there were usually quite a few..ranging in size from small to tiny. Don't know how they were cooked, but they were always floating in the gravy and were delicious. Hadn't thought of those for years...thanks for a good memory.
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A hundred years ago, when I was a child and lived on a farm, my mother would roast a chicken and put the "un born" eggs in the gravy. These were the eggs that were developing in the chicken and were removed when my dad dressed out the chicken. The eggs consisted of just the yolk and there were usually quite a few..ranging in size from small to tiny. Don't know how they were cooked, but they were always floating in the gravy and were delicious. Hadn't thought of those for years...thanks for a good memory.
jillie Roseville, CA
Glad to bring back some memories Jillie. You can thank Margaret, she is the one that made me curious about the eggs. Margaret is full of information.
Michael
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When I first saw the subject line I thought you were talking about Balut. Now there's something most occidentals could really get squeamish about. Balut is a Philippine snack traditionally made with duck eggs. The balut are incubated up to the 18th day and contain a healthy living embryo. They are boiled and eaten as a snack food. However, several of the Vietnamese markets in this area sell the same type of thing using chicken eggs. The Vietnamese prefer them a bit farther along in the incubation, 19 to 21 days. If you're hungry, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut
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I was chatting with Margaret on the telephone last evening. The conversation ranged on many topics but the one topic she brought up piqued my curiosity. She was telling me stories about her mother at the butcher shop and the meat etc., her mother would buy. Unborn eggs were mentioned. Now I have never seen an unborn egg. As Margaret pointed out, the chickens today are completely cleaned of internal organs with the exception of the giblet packet (which I use in stuffing and for stock.
My parent's generation often got chickens which contained the egg organs with the eggs before the shell was formed. I can recall the yolks being boiled and added to stuffing. No big deal.
I get more squicked out at the memory of the many pinfeathers left in the skin which had to be plucked after being dipped in boiling water. Ick. I can still remember the smell, 50 years later.
I was chatting with Margaret on the telephone last evening. The conversation ranged on many topics but the one topic she brought up piqued my curiosity. She was telling me stories about her mother at the butcher shop and the meat etc., her mother would buy. Unborn eggs were mentioned. Now I have never seen an unborn egg. As Margaret pointed out, the chickens today are completely cleaned of internal organs with the exception of the giblet packet (which I use in stuffing and for stock. The cats get the meat after the stock is strained). I started snooping around on Google and came across several sites. Some of the sights were from animal activist groups ;( I found one site which was interesting. If you are really squemish, do not click the HERE link within the article. It is a graphic pic of the unborn yolks. There is also a recipe on the page.
Whenever my mother ordered a soup chicken from the kosher butcher or she picked a live chicken to have prepared, she would always ask him to include the unborn eggs. We kids would fight over them in the soup & my mom would count them out for us so there were no fights.
The chicken feet went into the soup too, after being singed over the gas burner. Now THAT really stunk up the place, but it still smelled better than the live chicken store. Feh. I used to beg to wait out on the sidewalk.
There was still a similar live chicken store in Little Italy in Manhattan at least through the 70s, though I do not recall it being kosher. In fact, I think the sign was in Spanish.
I was chatting with Margaret on the telephone last evening. The conversation ranged on many topics but the one topic she brought up piqued my curiosity. She was telling me stories about her mother at the butcher shop and the meat etc., her mother would buy. Unborn eggs were mentioned. Now I have never seen an unborn egg. As Margaret pointed out, the chickens today are completely cleaned of internal organs with the exception of the giblet packet (which I use in stuffing and for stock. The cats get the meat after the stock is strained). I started snooping around on Google and came across several sites. Some of the sights were from animal activist groups ;( I found one site which was interesting. If you are really squemish, do not click the HERE link within the article. It is a graphic pic of the unborn yolks. There is also a recipe on the page.
I think most of these animal activists are grossly misinformed and uneducated. If the hen hasn't mated with a rooster why should it matter if there are "unborn" eggs left inside it? The same thing can be said about normal eggs. Without a rooster there can be no chicken embryo. The yolk and white are food for the chicken embryo. The embryo develops on the yolk but the yolk itself does not develop into a baby chicken.
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I was chatting with Margaret on the telephone last evening. The conversation ranged on many topics but the one topic she brought up piqued my curiosity. She was telling me stories about her mother at the butcher shop and the meat etc., her mother would buy. Unborn eggs were mentioned. Now I have never seen an unborn egg. As Margaret pointed out, the chickens today are completely cleaned of internal organs with the exception of the giblet packet (which I use in stuffing and for stock. The cats get the meat after the stock is strained). I started snooping around on Google and came across several sites. Some of the sights were from animal activist groups ;( I found one site which was interesting. If you are really squemish, do not click the HERE link within the article. It is a graphic pic of the unborn yolks. There is also a recipe on the page.
I think most of these animal activists are grossly misinformed and uneducated. If the hen hasn't mated with a rooster why should it matter if there are "unborn" eggs left inside it? The same thing can be said about normal eggs. Without a rooster there can be no chicken embryo. The yolk and white are food for the chicken embryo. The embryo develops on the yolk but the yolk itself does not develop into a baby chicken.
At the risk of being flamed, I heartily agree with you. I am also pro- choice.
Michael
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I think most of these animal activists are grossly misinformed and uneducated. If the hen hasn't mated with a rooster why should it matter if there are "unborn" eggs left inside it? The same thing can be said about normal eggs. Without a rooster there can be no chicken embryo. The yolk and white are food for the chicken embryo. The embryo develops on the yolk but the yolk itself does not develop into a baby chicken.
It just makes you wonder what gives people the idea to eat certain things.
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I think most of these animal activists are grossly misinformed and uneducated. If the hen hasn't mated with a rooster why should it matter if there are "unborn" eggs left inside it? The same thing can be said about normal eggs. Without a rooster there can be no chicken embryo. The yolk and white are food for the chicken embryo. The embryo develops on the yolk but the yolk itself does not develop into a baby chicken.
It just makes you wonder what gives people the idea to eat certain things.
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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:
I was chatting with Margaret on the telephone last evening. The conversation ranged on many topics but the one topic she brought up piqued my curiosity. She was telling me stories about her mother at the butcher shop and the meat etc., her mother would buy. Unborn eggs were mentioned. Now I have never seen an unborn egg. As Margaret pointed out, the chickens today are completely cleaned of internal organs with the exception of the giblet packet (which I use in stuffing and for stock. The cats get the meat after the stock is strained). I started snooping around on Google and came across several sites. Some of the sights were from animal activist groups ;( I found one site which was interesting. If you are really squemish, do not click the HERE link within the article. It is a graphic pic of the unborn yolks. There is also a recipe on the page.
I think most of these animal activists are grossly misinformed and uneducated. If the hen hasn't mated with a rooster why should it matter if there are "unborn" eggs left inside it? The same thing can be said about normal eggs. Without a rooster there can be no chicken embryo. The yolk and white are food for the chicken embryo. The embryo develops on the yolk but the yolk itself does not develop into a baby chicken.
At the risk of being flamed, I heartily agree with you. I am also pro- choice.
For chickens? 🙂
Most animal activists are against killing animals of any age. To get at the unborn eggs one would have to kill the chicken which, I imagine, is the main reason they object.
(Clearly, in this case, the chicken *is* first.)
Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
Most animal activists are against killing animals of any age. To get at the unborn eggs one would have to kill the chicken which, I imagine, is the main reason they object.
I don't think animal activists are necessarily vegetarian or vegan. A lot of them only care about the pet-type animals. -aem
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Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote: > I was chatting with Margaret on the telephone last evening. The > conversation ranged on many topics but the one topic she brought up > piqued my curiosity. She was telling me stories about her mother at > the butcher shop and the meat etc., her mother would buy. Unborn > eggs were mentioned. Now I have never seen an unborn egg. As > Margaret pointed out, the chickens today are completely cleaned of > internal organs with the exception of the giblet packet (which I use > in stuffing and for stock. The cats get the meat after the stock is > strained). I started snooping around on Google and came across > several sites. Some of the sights were from animal activist groups > ;( I found one site which was interesting. If you are really > squemish, do not click the HERE link within the article. It is a > graphic pic of the unborn yolks. There is also a recipe on the page. > > http://www.soupsong.com/sharris.html > > Michael
I think most of these animal activists are grossly misinformed and uneducated. If the hen hasn't mated with a rooster why should it matter if there are "unborn" eggs left inside it? The same thing can be said about normal eggs. Without a rooster there can be no chicken embryo. The yolk and white are food for the chicken embryo. The embryo develops on the yolk but the yolk itself does not develop into a baby chicken.
At the risk of being flamed, I heartily agree with you. I am also pro- choice.
For chickens? 🙂
Most animal activists are against killing animals of any age. To get at the unborn eggs one would have to kill the chicken which, I imagine, is the main reason they object.
(Clearly, in this case, the chicken *is* first.)
Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
Perhaps I'm a middle of the roader. I realize without animal research etc. I would no longer be here. OTOH, I refuse to eat veal and lamb because of the conditions the poor babies have to live under. I also vigorously pursue animal rights.
I'm really not all that concerned about unborn people or animals. I am much more concerned with the unwanted and unloved people and animals in the living world. That is just me and that is my stance.
Michael
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Most animal activists are against killing animals of any age. To get at the unborn eggs one would have to kill the chicken which, I imagine, is the main reason they object.
I don't think animal activists are necessarily vegetarian or vegan. A lot of them only care about the pet-type animals. -aem
Gawd... reminds me of a friend I used to have. He was a PETA fanatic. His animals roamed everywhere and were routinely killed by cars on the streets.
Michael <- never lets his animals out unless under his supervision. No, I don't even trust Steven with them outdoors.
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I think most of these animal activists are grossly misinformed and uneducated. If the hen hasn't mated with a rooster why should it matter if there are "unborn" eggs left inside it? The same thing can be said about normal eggs. Without a rooster there can be no chicken embryo. The yolk and white are food for the chicken embryo. The embryo develops on the yolk but the yolk itself does not develop into a baby chicken.
A hen (pullet) is born with all her eggs inside her. She has a limited number of eggs she can lay because of this. All hens, unless they are allowed to live until they are absolutely spent will have some eggs that were unlaid in them. The animal activist crowd is crazy stupid.
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I don't think animal activists are necessarily vegetarian or vegan. A lot of them only care about the pet-type animals. -aem
I know pleanty of "animal activists" and am one myself. You can no more stereotype an animal rights activist than you can any other person who happens to belong to a particular group. The only commonality I can tell is a concern for animal welfare - that is manifested in many different ways and to many different degrees.
This has been a fascinating thread, but no one has answered (or even asked!) the crucial question -
CAN you still find unborn chicken eggs for sale and if so where???
Yes. Try a halal butcher.
When I lived in north London there was a halal butcher where I regularly shopped, primarily because their prices were cheaper than the supermarket. Their chickens were plucked but not drawn. If you asked for one, they would take it down from the ceiling hooks on which it hung and put it on the butchers block. Then they removed the feet and the head, and then somehow drew the chicken with an enormous cleaver. I can't remember how that worked. The result, though, was that when I came to finish prepping the bird for cooking, there were often quite a few "unborn" eggs of varying sizes. They were great fried in a bit of real butter.
