Eli5: what is the stringy white coloured thing that hangs out an egg yoke and the brown spot in the egg yoke? I fear the response may put me off eating them…?
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The white stringy thing is the chalaza. It anchors the yolk to the white and keeps it from moving around. It disappears if the egg is no longer fresh. Brown spots are considered flaws in the egg (at least in American eggs) and are not allowed in the highest grade. it is generally a blood spot formed in the making of the egg.
Thank you to all contributors, I feel more informed now.
Yeah get that it’s annoying especially if you are not a dude working/expertises in the area discussed and you’re right while others are correcting you but “Now please stop trying to be a keyboard researcher” wasn’t really necessary.
The white string is there in the event that the chick isn’t totally satisfied with it’s station in life , well, a noose isn’t out of the question. The brown spot in the yolk is a chicken mafia hit. Think Pesci in Goodfellas.
It’s just the blastocyst. Means that the egg was fertilized and it is a very small clump of cells