If we ever needed a visual that eggs can be contaminated on the inside as well as on the outer shell, we’ve got it. Here’s a gecko that took a real bad turn up the back side of a hen and spent its final days swishing around in egg white. That’s a custard you’d want to cook. (Check out the story of the discovery: ABC News.)
I eat them raw or undercooked, I admit. I don’t worry too much about our own eggs but not because I think they cannot contain salmonella. I just figure I get exposed to so much salmonella cleaning out the hen house here that the eggs are the least of my concerns. Same with the little folk. Eggs from hens eating bugs and weeds are a pretty good source of Omega 3 fatty acids, key for brain health.
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That is seriously creepy! I couldn’t imagine breaking open an egg for mayonnaise only to find that. Blecch!
Jenny,
I am sure it would ruin me forever on eggs — raw or cooked. That would be terrible on sooo many levels.
On another note, I had not seen your blog since you had about three entries on it many months ago before I went into hiding. It is beautiful and interesting!
Amanda
Wow that is amazing ! Have just posted about this (with link to this post of course!)
see: http://blog.zestos.co.nz/2009/10/gecko-on-inside-of-egg.html
LOL David. Indeed, it’s a bit shocking.
Wow, I just posted this on FB for my friends to see too. Super gross. I use raw yolks in salad dressings and shakes, but never the raw whites. I wonder if that makes ANY difference. But I’m too grossed out right now to think a/b it. lol!