"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 1/13/2016 11:32 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 4:13:34 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 1/13/2016 9:43 AM, Janet B wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 10:22:46 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 2:46:16 PM UTC-10, Janet B wrote:
>>>>>> Guess what I learned today from the show The Kitchen on the Food
>>>>>> Network?
>>>>>> The following is clipped from
>>>>>> http://www.ehow.com/info_7976709_do-...mean-eggs.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Grade B
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Grade B eggs are the lowest quality of eggs available for purchase.
>>>>>> Grade B eggs are rarely sold in stores and are commonly used fo
>>>>>> commercial liquid and powdered egg products. The white of a grade B
>>>>>> egg is thin and watery. The yolk is wide and flat, holding a far less
>>>>>> uniform shape than the yolks of grade AA and A eggs. The shells of
>>>>>> grade B eggs must be unbroken, but they commonly have stains and
>>>>>> noticeable defects. Grade B eggs are best used in baked goods, rather
>>>>>> than fried, scrambled or poached eggs.
>>>>>> Read more : http://www.ehow.com/info_7976709_do-...mean-eggs.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps this was the problem with my breakfast egg the other day
>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>
>>>>> They only sell AA eggs here in the stores. OTOH, I've had eggs with
>>>>> watery albumen and an unproud yolk. I'll typically crack open an egg,
>>>>> hold it slightly open over the pan to precook that watery part first
>>>>> before dumping the rest of the egg in an effort to get a little better
>>>>> shape. Oddly enough, that doesn't work too great.
>>>>>
>>>>> The giant gorilla in the room is how do they grade an egg without
>>>>> cracking it open?
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering that as well
>>>>
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm guessing they're using sonar or MRIs.
>>
>> Nope. They still do candling, although they don't use candles anymore.
>>
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY-Xlvibpo>
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>
> Astounding! I imagined it would be a bunch of Mexican ladies packing eggs
> into cartons. Boy that was totally wrong!

When I was young, the local shop had a box with electric lamp and they would
hold the egg over the lamp.

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