1. All About
Eggs!

2. Egg Trivia The largest single chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound
with a double yolk and
a double shell!

3. The record for omelet making in the Guinness Book of World’s Records was:
427 omelets in 30 minutes!

4. More Trivia There are 200 Breeds of Chickens!
White shelled eggs are produced by hens
With white feathers and white ear lobes.
Brown shelled eggs are produced by hens with red feathers and red ear lobes.

5. An average hen lays 300-325 eggs a
year.
To produce one egg, it takes hours
Thirty minutes later she starts over.

6. A mother hen will turn over her egg about fifty times a day!
An egg shell may have as many as
17, 000 tiny pores on its surface.

7. Nutrition and Eggs What nutrients are found in eggs?
Iron Protein Vitamin A, D, B Fat
Cholesterol Iodine Trace Minerals
What nutrients are found in the yolk?
Cholesterol and Fat (which is why health experts suggest that you limit your yolks to 4 per week.)

8. A Whole Egg Contains:
74 % Water
13 % Protein
11 % Fat
Calories

9. PROTEIN
Eggs contain protein
Protein helps to
build and repair
muscles

10. Your Brain Your brain is a muscle Your brain needs protein to function
properly

11. Brain + Breakfast + Protein
5. Breakfast is a great
Time to eat some
Protein!
Your brain will
Work better all
Morning!

12. Cholesterol and Eggs Cholesterol is a type of fat 2. Eggs contain

13. Cholesterol + Your Heart
Cholesterol causes
Heart disease
Cholesterol clogs
The arteries !

14. Storage of Eggs Keep eggs cold !!! Don’t store eggs On the door.
It isn’t cold
Enough!

15. Buying Eggs
GRADE
USDA grade shield means federal govt has inspected for wholesomeness
Inner and outer quality of egg is checked
AA and A – thicker white, better appearance when cooked
B - use when appearance isn’t important (baked goods)
SIZE
Determined by the minimum weight for a dozen
Most common sizes are large and extra-large.
As a general rule, recipes assume large eggs will be used.
Usually priced by size

16. Keeping Eggs Fresh Store eggs in the carton: a. they stay fresh longer
b. they won’t
absorb smells
from the refrigerator

17. Remember…
4. Don’t freeze Eggs!

18. Egg Safety !
Wash hands
Keep eggs
COLD !!

19. SALMONELLA ! Salmonella germs are commonly found In eggs and chicken.
Germs can be killed
By cooking the food
well!

20. Germs can get into cracked eggs!
Be careful
With cracked
eggs!
Check eggs before
Leaving store.

21. Cooking Eggs
1. Eggs contain
Protein.
Protein doesn’t
like heat!

22. High Heat !
High heat makes
Protein tough and
Rubbery!!
“ YUCK! “

23. COOKING EGGS COOK EGGS ON LOW HEAT! COOKED EGGS SHOULD NOT BE
BLACK AND CRISPY!

24. DON’T FORGET
5. COOK EGGS:
LOW AND SLOW !!

25. COOKING EGGS IN THE MICROWAVE
Don’t cook eggs
In the shell in
the microwave !
They can explode !!

26. Eggs!