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- From: rep@thor.genrad.com (Pete Peterson)
- Newsgroups: misc.fitness
- Subject: Re: Raw Eggs, Cooked Eggs, etc.
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 08:52:17 -0500
- Organization: GenRad, Inc.
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- References: <1jkfejINNrk0@lynx.unm.edu> <1993Jan22.215613.17415@panix.com> <1993Jan25.154807.663@hnrc.tufts.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan25.154807.663@hnrc.tufts.edu> loszewski_im@hnrc.tufts.edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan22.215613.17415@panix.com>, paul@panix.com (Paul Gatker) writes:
- >> I recall reading that the Salmonella bacterium is more present on the outside
- >> shell of the egg than on the inside!?
- >>
- >> I don't remember the source though. This may or may not be true. Has anyone
- >> else seen this info?
- >
- >What's the difference? When you crack the egg open, part of the white touches
- >the outside of the shell when you dump it out to begin with.
-
- It might make a difference in that if the bacteria were present only on the
- outside of the shell, one could, in principle at least, wash the eggs with
- some kind of bactericide solution to render them safe to eat in the raw
- state. This would not be possible if the bacteria were already present
- inside the shell.
-
- pete peterson
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