Posted by Larry Hoover on December 7, 2003, at 6:15:28
In reply to Re: Yellow yolks and marigold petals, posted by Wolf Dreamer on December 4, 2003, at 12:50:21
> Does anyone have pictures of what the yoke will look like if contaminated by the evil that is yellow dye number 5?
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> I found some on the iceland site, but my egg yokes look differant than any of those.
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> They are a darkest greenish tinted grey color on the outside, yellow on the inside when the yoke is broken over.
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> Does anyone know what that means?
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> I boil eggs and eat the egg whites all the time. Does the dye only get into the yokes by some chance? I mean, the egg white isn't yellow.
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> I've read that caramel color is natural and safe, but everything else will slowly kill you or drive you insane.The discolouration of the yolk has to do with the way you're hard-boiling and cooling the cooked eggs. It's a chemical reaction caused by over-cooking, I believe.
I don't know of a sure way to know what has been fed to the chickens that laid your eggs.....if you can find them, free range eggs are better for you, tastier, and virtually guaranteed to be free of "additives".
Lar
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