What to do with an Inside-Out Egg?

February 25, 2009

Inside-out Egg

I found these at our Farmer’s Market last weekend. What a trip! The farmer said it is an heirloom breed of chicken that he’s in the process of re-establishing as a breeding flock, but had just a few eggs to sell. So far I’ve eaten a couple just soft-boiled like this, on toast. The taste is perfectly normal, except, well, inside out. Anyone have any better ideas of how to really showcase this unique find?

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34 Comments

Erin 2009-02-26 01:36:17

That is just too bizarre. I've never heard or even imagined such a thing existed?! Simply fascinating.

mikael 2009-02-26 02:25:23

I call BS :)

boo 2009-02-26 02:34:20

http://www.videosift.com/video/Ancient-art-of-Reverse-Hard-Boiled-Egg-starts-at-340 if you want to know how to do this go to this web site or Google inside out egg

hungry gal 2009-02-26 06:56:02

this can't be real! I have seen a lot of things. This, I have not seen.

kayce. 2009-02-26 07:18:25

i am a fan of the wow factor, but nothing else... my fave part is a runny yolk, but i HATE runny whites. soft whites, yes, but runny? absolutely not. i would soft poach it like this, then put it over a baby greens salad w/ crispy onion rings, bacon lardons, and a bacon vinaigrette. YUMMY! :)

Kate 2009-02-26 07:38:36

I second kayce. Running whites? eh. But it looks awesome.

Stef 2009-02-26 08:16:24

That's so neat! I've never seen anything like it!

let melissa cook 2009-02-26 08:44:35

Fascinating! I'm curious which Farmer's Market is selling them?

veredgy 2009-02-26 09:33:12

This are unborn eggs. It's best to fry them with livers and onion, some salt and pepper and that's all. Try it you'll love it.

leah 2009-02-26 11:05:48

Ha! You almost got me! That's pretty cool.

Maggie 2009-02-26 11:29:19

Hahaha... that is funny.

aleta 2009-02-26 13:07:06

Oh neat, nice find!! Are ya posting a how-to in English, or just leaving us with the link in the comments, eh?

sara 2009-02-26 13:41:12

I had not heard of these, but of course the new york times had, and they have some ideas about how to use them. They are indeed "unborn eggs" (harvested after the chickens have died). see here... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/dining/07eggs.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

The Italian Dish 2009-02-26 15:22:06

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Melissa 2009-02-26 18:31:19

That is so neat! I'm not sure what you could make with them, but I would but them just because they were inside out.

Sara 2009-02-26 20:09:27

Ha! Yer funny. What is it really? It's pretty.

Leslie 2009-02-26 22:43:12

I LOVE LOVE eggs, but for some reason, I feel queasy looking at them with the textures reversed. Isn't that weird? It must be that the only thing that keeps them from crossing my inner six-year-old's mental line to gross must be the familiarity, but then seeing them out of context totally messes with that. This is what is so fun about experimental cooking - when it forces you to look at something familiar anew...

Angela 2009-02-26 22:50:22

OMG Michael! How cool is that? I don't know what else to say about it except that now I want one!

thepinkpeppercorn 2009-02-27 19:56:36

What a cool photo!!!

franticfoodie 2009-03-01 15:26:23

i love the photo... now there should be easter eggs inside out

Bradley 2009-03-01 18:54:34

That is really cool. But it is very strange too. Just imagine an inside-out chicken. Or maybe you would rather not.

Michael Natkin 2009-03-02 13:20:35

Ok, I have to come clean.

JOEMAMMA 2009-07-26 10:37:13

WOAH!!! Its like a golden egg! That guy should be rich!

Chris 'Tuggie' Hernandez 2009-08-09 16:17:37

That is pure craziness. See what it would look like on Eggs Benedict or even sunny side up.

Melinda Tai 2009-09-05 20:35:53

I have chickens in my backyard--and shall ask if they can make such an egg...How cool is that!

inside out egg 2009-09-12 11:56:27

un born? how would that work? If the eggs we eat are born then we would be eating chicks. if you mean that they havn't come out of the chicken yet, well then we'd see a chicken in the picture

lex 2009-10-07 10:57:03

Actually there is such a thing as unborn eggs.. they are eggs that are taken out of the chicken before they are laid.

Jujube 2010-05-02 08:26:12

hey, did you guys know that the word 'gullible' isn't in the dictionary?! look it up!

Kara Jackson 2011-06-05 01:50:49

I totally believed it!!!!!!!!!!

Steve 2011-11-18 06:41:54

Common sense....spin the egg and the yolk breaks. Boil or cook normal. Its not a special breed of chickens, just a prank.

maxine 2011-11-18 10:44:55

HAHAHA it's not even that!!! mango with coconut cream, if you read the description you would have known that. Not a real egg lol, molded in easter eggs!