Dumb question - Can you eat slightly incubated eggs?

[Redcatcher]

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I would say animals have stronger guts than the majority of civilized humans do. Humans in general can eat some really nasty things and drink relatively foul water and remain healthy if their immunity systems have become accustomed to it at an early age. There is no myth behind "Montezuma's Revenge". What some cultures can thrive on could make another culture gravely ill. That being said, I do not recommend that Americans or Europeans eat incubated eggs. Especially with this sanitizing movement going on.

 

[lillihen77]

What about duck eggs? Same as chicken??

 

[TashaFrancois]

I haven’t been able to find any articles that say it’s dangerous. So I took the risk and tried it. Normal egg. Only in there 3 days. Store bought eggs go through way worse. I survived. Your welcome.

 

[Sheri and Jon]

My husband is Filipino and "ballut" is consumed a lot in their culture. Those are duck eggs that have been incubated for 10-12 days then refrigerated to stop the growth. Then when the eggs are purchased they hard boil them. I personally cannot even watch my kids and him eat them but they love them..

 

[Kiki]

No way I'd take a chance eating an incubated egg no matter how few days they were in the bator but many people eat Balut.


Balut and a non fertile incubated egg are not the same thing though.

I'm not sure if one is nastier than the other. (To me)

 

[Fairview01]

Anyway to tell if they have gone bad by candleing them? What would you look for?

If your a pro and work for a hatchery, have the right equipment and do it 8 hours a day it would probably be possible but for us its best to wait until day 7 so fertile eggs aren't killed.

put the eggs in a bucket of water and the ones that float are bad and the ones that sink are fine.

Urban myth. Eggs float because of a large air cell along with an overall decrease in weight. Since an egg is 76%+/- water it doesnt take much enlargement of the air cell so the egg can displace more water than it weighs

My husband is Filipino and "ballut" is consumed a lot in their culture. Those are duck eggs that have been incubated for 10-12 days then refrigerated to stop the growth. Then when the eggs are purchased they hard boil them. I personally cannot even watch my kids and him eat them but they love them..

A proper balut is incubated for 18 days before being hard boiled in the shell alive.

When i was in Olongapo as a Marine the crazy grunts would eat them shell and all. Of course they had a few to many before doing that. I like my chicken or duck to be fried without beak, toe nails and feathers attached.

 

[CatWhisperer]

Google ‘balut’

 

[Kiki]

Google ‘balut’

Here is Mr. Street Food.
Hatched from a balut egg.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...a-chat-thread.1229923/page-1048#post-20200093

 

[ShannonR]

If I put eggs immediatly into the incubator, and candle at 3 days, can I take the eggs that show no development out and put them in my fridge to eat? I have a lot of infertile eggs that never develop. I want chicks from every fertile egg to sell, but I don't want to waste all of the infertile eggs. Would you get sick from them? Is it any different from taking eggs from under a broody that are a couple of days old and eating them?

I have done this before!! When I was in a place during life where income was tiny and I was darned hungry.

If you cook the eggs, obviously you'll kill all the bacteria. I did not notice much of a difference in taste. What I did notice, was that the quitter eggs I cooked up were already slightly 'scrambled when I broke them into a pan.

Have at it and enjoy!

 

[Sheri and Jon]

If your a pro and work for a hatchery, have the right equipment and do it 8 hours a day it would probably be possible but for us its best to wait until day 7 so fertile eggs aren't killed.



Urban myth. Eggs float because of a large air cell along with an overall decrease in weight. Since an egg is 76%+/- water it doesnt take much enlargement of the air cell so the egg can displace more water than it weighs




A proper balut is incubated for 18 days before being hard boiled in the shell alive.

When i was in Olongapo as a Marine the crazy grunts would eat them shell and all. Of course they had a few to many before doing that. I like my chicken or duck to be fried without beak, toe nails and feathers attached.

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Lol he said 14days...but still...not a chance in heck (drunk or not) would I consume balut...lol
Cheers to him for the stomach of steel! Lol