| as db said you can nuke them for a few seconds... but I have a different view about eggs... I will cobble together bit of info from other posts I've made on the subject in the past but here is a starter for 10...:
IMHO it is fine to eat raw eggs - and that you can digest them - or at least the protein in them. To digest protein it has to be denatured, esentialy this destroys/or alters the structrure of the protein and it can thus be broken up into amino acids. protein can be denatured by a number of things - heat being just one, Acid also works well, therfore stomach acid will denature the egg protein fine. IF the chicken that lays the egg is a carrier of salmonella then it can be passed on in th egg and only heating it at a high temprature will kill it - however this risk is almost nil if the hen is healthy.
One thing to be aware of is that not all eggs are 'good' (or bad for that matter). Always choose a free range or organic egg as the fatty acids in the yolk are good ones... barn, battery or other commercial eggs are to be avoided, as the fatty acid structure is different (due to the hen's diet and lifestyle) and are the main reason why eggs have had a bad press in the past... This is the main reason y I have my own chickens as I know what goes in and that they have a natrual, healthy lifestyle.... |