"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > 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.
>
> I saw a documentary once where it was all automated. A computer
> "candled" each egg and separated them accordingly.

Did you not look at the link Cindy posted? Now that was computer candling
in a massive scale



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