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[Nuggets]

What does everyone think about eating Korean eggs raw? I'm in the midst of a health 'thing'. And this is something I'm willing to try, everyone has seen the unrefrigerated eggs laying around in the markets. I've read this is actually better for the eggs, as refrigeration destroys some of the proteins, best to store them somewhere cool. It's easier to tell if an egg is bad if it's unrefrigerated. Salmonella poisoning is also pretty rare, about a 0.003% chance, and if you get it and you are healthy, it ain't no biggie.

Anyone have experience with this? Thoughts?

[redaxe]

i'd give the shells a good rinse first, i've seen some ones that looked pretty dirty

[nukeday]

the japanese actually dip meat into raw egg and stir raw eggs into beef and rice bowls. it definitely doesn't get anywhere near the level of doneness that you see in dolsot bibimbap. however, they seem to be doing ok.

i mean, it's better safe than sorry, but if you really want to eat raw eggs, you're probably going to be alright.

[machoman]

my friend drank raw eggs 3 years ago when he was here bc he was trying to get buff. he's dead now. jk. he's fine.

[Nuggets]

[machoman]

personally, i wouldn't drink raw eggs. my stomach is sensitive as it is, and i'd be afraid of getting massive diarrhea. why not boil them the night before, and then the next morning, just take 'em with u?

[Nuggets]

[Illysook]

You run the risk of salmonella. If you are otherwise healthy, it willt usually involves a bad case of the runs and it's over in a few days. This will deplete your body of many nutrients.

Additionally, some of the proteins in the egg become more bioavailable upon cooking and in light of this, why go through the misery of eating slimy raw eggs when they are tastier and safer upon cooking?

[The Cosmic Hum]

[dory]

I agree--you have to eat them. Food, even nutritious but semi-liquid food, needs to be chewed. This is why I always spoon my smoothies.

I've eaten a 20-pack of farm-fresh eggs raw (they were the new hen eggs, called cho-ran 초란, slightly smaller than older hens' eggs) and been totally fine. It took me a couple weeks to get through them. They were never refrigerated.

You can tell if it's bad when you crack it open. I always check by shaking (if it sounds too hollow, it's bad) and when in doubt, the float test (bad ones sort of sit up and REALLY bad ones totally float in water). But cracking it open makes it extremely obvious. A bad egg is all scrambled up inside the egg and usually smells a bit.

[balzor]

I put a egg in with my ramen. Does that count?

[guava]

[Nuggets]

[Seoul'n'Corea]

[machoman]

refrigeration for eggs isn't necessary. america is one of the few countries that does that (apparently.)