What is it? The slimy thing in raw eggs?

[Rule3]

Do you or your spouse remove it? What is it's function?

It sounds like a French word but is Greek/Latin.

My Wife has to remove it!

No Google cheating.

 

[Roadtrash]

More egg I guess.

 

[shotgun693]

You're about to eat a bird embryo that was passed through said bird's rectum and you're squeamish about a 'part' of it?

 

[CH4]

I suggest you stay away from the Philippines.

 

[arjay]

mmmmmm eggs

 

[Bro. Dave]

I think it's called the chelazae or something similar to that. I don't know its function, but it doesn't bother me a bit. We are blessed to get fresh farm eggs from one of our church members and they are so far superior to store-bought that it's amazing. I had eggs on toast for supper tonight.

Now I have to go to Google and see what the real spelling and function is.

 

[Fat Frank]

uuhhh, the yoke?

 

[fat tom]

Not sure what slimey thing you are referring to,but unless I'm mistaken,the only parts of an egg are the shell,a membrane,the egg white,another membrane and the yolk. I will thus assume that you are referring to the membrane(s)?
f.t.

p.s. Function would be protection of,or separation of,the other inner parts,maybe?

 

[Rustyt1953]

They are attached to each end of the egg to center the yolk.

I was awake that day in high school.

 

[STCM(SW)]

I suggest you stay away from each the Philippines.

Yea, if it's been buried for a time unless you real drunk!

 

[Lee Barner]

it's not in all eggs, only the ones that would be roosters if hatched. here in the south we just call it the rooster and eat it with the rest. once it's cooked you don't see it. lee

 

[model70hunter]

Are they store bought or real farm fresh eggs?
Store bought pale yellow pen kept chicken eggs are not in the same league as a bug eating, poo scratching, grass eating hen produces.

Farm eggs are much more delicious, we had chickens from when I can remember on the farm. I had them for a couple of years after retiring.

If they are farm eggs with free running chickens and roosters, don't think anymore about it just eat up.

Arjay has the right frame of mind and shotgun693 gave a free reality check.

Eggs are for eating. Have been since 100 million BC.

 

[Fat Frank]

uuhhh, the yoke?

Wow. The yoke's on me.

I really meant yolk.

Going to bed now.

 

[Donna K]

Umbilical cord?

 

[johnbeaver]

Do you remove it before or after you start the bacon?

 

[rwsmith]

The blastocoel

The blastocoel (blast-o-seal) is the part of the egg that actually develops into a chicken, the yolk being only nourishment for the developing chick in the egg. I don't always remove it, but I'd like to. yuk.

 

[chaparrito]

4H poultry club leader here. It's called the chalaza. Chalazae is the plural. I don't know what it means but its (their) purpose is to keep the yolk centered. Has nothing to do with roosters or any other nonsense.

 

[BearBio]

The purpose is to keep the embryo upright (gravity influences the development of tissues).

 

[Rule3]

winners are bro dave and chaparrito

They win a years supply of them,

 

[Rangerpat]

"It SNOT anything".... is what I use to tell my son when he was a wee child; I had to remove the chalaza before he would eat the egg.

Thank you, chaparrito and BearBio for the correct information.