PLEASE HELP ASAP!

[silkieluvr]

Hi everyone,

I am baking some cookies and just cracked an egg into the batter and it has a small red blood spot in it, it is lighter red on the outside with a dark red spot in the middle. What does this mean and is it okay to still use the egg for baking?

 

[arlee453]

It's OK to use in the baking - just scoop out the blood spot if you want to, but after it's mixed in it will be a non issue, I'd think.

It's normal for eggs to have a blood spot occasionally - it's just where a bit of blood was encased in the egg as it passed down through the reproductive tract.

Doesn't hurt the egg, etc - more of a cosmetic thing.

 

[Redfeathers]

When I worked in a restaurant years ago, we would occasionally have blood spots in an egg, we were told to throw those away but not because they could cause harm. They just weren't visually appealing.

 

[countyroad1330]

Tip: ALWAYS crack eggs in a separate bowl from your batter, etc. Out of all the years my mother has been cooking, she found one wrotten egg, and it was store bought!

 

[SpottedCrow]

Those are okay to eat...if you don't want to, cook it up for the birds.

 

[fdnick]

Our African Greys love scrambled eggs

 

[warren]

If you eat meat, it has blood in it.
It just looks unappealing in an egg white.
Part of the enjoyment of eating is in the appearance.
If it puts you off, cook it up and feed it to another pet.