The first egg I cracked open this evening while making a frittata was Hawk's giant white egg. What a surprise to find two yolks in that one egg!
Here is the first frittata made from our eggs-- 1 giant egg from Hawk, 4 Minerva eggs, 2 eggs from Coby's school farm (Ohlone School), and 2 of Doily's eggs. It also had swiss chard from our garden, parsley, onion, and New Zealand sharp cheddar. It was pretty yummy!
That egg with two yolks is crazy. But also, cool. From Momo
ReplyDeleteThe egg with two yolks is really cool and if you let the chicks hatch out of it I think there would be two. If it's true the yolk is what makes the baby chicken? From Meredith
ReplyDeleteThank you for looking at our blog, Momo and Meredith! It was such a surprise to find the two yolks! Some people believe it is lucky.
ReplyDeleteActually, the egg yolk is the food for the growing chick. There is a tiny spot in fertilized eggs, outside of the yolk that would develop into a chick. It looks like the picture at this link.
http://tinyurl.com/ygm39ra
Or you can even watch a video of the chick develop at this link.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/traits/embryo.html
But our eggs don't have baby chicks in them because it takes both a hen and a rooster to make a chick. We only have hens-- no roosters. Still, the hens lay eggs even if there is not a rooster around.
-Maria