An Egg Within an Egg
If you cook with bell peppers, you've probably cut one open at some time and have seen the phenomenon of the pepper within a pepper. But an egg within an egg is a little more freaky and rare.
It was the first Sydney University poultry science professor Tom Scott had seen in his 30-year career. He says a normal egg disturbed in the shell gland could move back up into the oviduct and start production all over again, resulting in an egg inside an egg.
Sorta puts a new spin on the "which came first" debate.
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7 Comments:
I love it when I get a pepper within a pepper. It's like you get to eat it's alien invader!
Overworked Barista at 12:08AM on 07/31/07
Ah. I knew I wasn't the only one who got a pepper within a pepper. I know I saw a blog post on the phenomenon before, but I can't seem to find it now.
Adam Kuban at 12:20AM on 07/31/07
The banner image on Becks and Posh has a pepper within a pepper that looks like a strawberry. That's a true cross-species alien invader.
Tea_Austen at 12:56AM on 07/31/07
Thanks, Tea. That's funny—I've looked at that banner often but never knew what was going on in that image. It *does* look like a strawberry.
Adam Kuban at 9:04AM on 07/31/07
Stop playing God - boycott eating eggs!
Sandro at 11:12AM on 07/31/07
I once had an egg with two yolks...is that common??
malenky at 5:07PM on 07/31/07
I would normally say that anything within anything is usually a pretty delicious phenomenon (ie: cheese inside bread? delicious. ground pork and chives inside wonton? delicious). But an egg within an egg kinda creeps me out a bit.
I also hate when you get a half developed egg with eyes/beak/feet. grody.
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handtomouth at 5:20PM on 07/31/07