# Raw eggs: have you, would you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624 "2009-11-06T19:09:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/1 "2009-11-06T19:09:08Z")
My gf makes delicious smoothies for breakfast every so often. They have all kinds of healthy stuff in them; frozen blueberries (from her own plants), fruit juice, wheat germ, banana slices, etc. I was drinking coffee and watching her make them one morning, when she became kinda furtive. Turns out, she always put a raw egg in each smoothy and she thought I might freak. Well, I kinda did for a nanosecond. But they are soooo good. And the eggs come from our own chickens. So now when we have smoothies for breakfast, she adds raw eggs openly. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/2 "2009-11-06T19:11:37Z")
When I was a teenager I tried to bulk up and I had just seen _Rock_y so… I nearly puked. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/3 "2009-11-06T19:22:13Z")
I haven’t, no. What difference does it make to the smoothie? I feel a scientific experiment is in order! ---
**Author:** ![Brandus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Brandus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/4 "2009-11-06T19:29:06Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > When I was a teenager I tried to bulk up and I had just seen _Rock_y so… > > I nearly puked. Me too, it tastes like boogers. Even mixed in a shake it still feels like slime. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/5 "2009-11-06T19:34:46Z")
Yup. Not in smoothies, unless a [Tom and Jerry](http://www.esquire.com/drinks/tom-and-jerry-drink-recipe) counts. Homemade Eggnog has raw eggs, too, but I’m not a big eggnog fan. Especially not if there’s Tom and Jerry’s around. MMmmmmm… Tom and Jerry’s. 'tis just about the season! ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/6 "2009-11-06T19:35:24Z")
When I’m having ramen noodles in a soup kind of meal, I drop a raw egg on top of the noodles in the bowl and pour boiling liquid over it to poach the egg right in the bowl. I also really really like raw quail egg yolks on my uni sushi. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/7 "2009-11-06T19:38:33Z")
My family’s homemade ice cream recipe calls for raw eggs. We’ve been eating it every summer as far back as I can remember. We try not to give it to babies and toddlers, just in case, but nobody has ever gotten sick. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/8 "2009-11-06T19:51:56Z")
I had a kid’s cookbook that had an egg and pineapple juice recipe (that’s it) for a breakfast drink. I’ve made it a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/9 "2009-11-06T19:53:52Z")
I have added Egg Beaters to my smoothies - but that’s pasteurized. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/10 "2009-11-06T20:02:08Z")
Raw eggs interfere with the ability to absorb biotin, so it is not a good idea to do this very often. I am not aware of any nutritional advantage to raw over cooked, so although I have eaten them raw, I generally cook my eggs before using them. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/11 "2009-11-06T20:07:01Z")
Raw eggs belong in Spaghetti Carbonara. You can’t beat it. **snicker** ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/12 "2009-11-06T20:10:52Z")
When I was a teenager, I was stubborn about eating breakfast. My mom taught me how to make eggnog. Then she started wondering about how come the vanilla extract kept running out so often! And no, I never got sick from them. Of course, we had our eggs delivered to the door by the owner of the hens that laid them, so I think we were less likely to have salmonella-tainted ones. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/13 "2009-11-06T20:11:14Z")
I wouldn’t just sit down and eat a raw egg by itself, no. My mother put a raw egg in her Steak Tartare. Along with, of course, raw meat. I ate that. I will eat any amount of chocolate chip cookie dough. I don’t know why it’s soooo much better than the actual baked cookies, but it is. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/14 "2009-11-06T21:07:45Z")
I can’t really stand raw eggs, they taste like old snot, but I have made [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamago_kake_gohan) and it tastes pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/15 "2009-11-06T21:15:40Z")
My mother has a recipe for French Chocolate Cream pie that is heavenly, but it calls for raw eggs. Sometimes we’ll play it safe with pasteurized eggs, but usually we just use the regular eggs we have. It hasn’t made a difference (yet). ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/16 "2009-11-06T22:47:35Z")
I make my own mayonnaise, although some would claim that the lemon juice “cooks” the raw eggs, and I like my poached eggs very runny indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/17 "2009-11-06T22:51:48Z")
I tried to do a Rocky too. Salt and pepper didn’t help, finally I had to microwave it to quasi-cook it. However, I do love runny eggs sunny-side up. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/18 "2009-11-06T22:55:47Z")
Definitely not by themselves (yecch!) but my family’s homemade ice cream recipe calls for raw eggs and I’ll definitely eat that. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/19 "2009-11-06T23:01:35Z")
Not for smoothies, but whenever I have steak tartare, I prefer it with a raw egg yolk atop. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624/20 "2009-11-07T00:03:27Z")
Yes, I am on board with the eggnog. When I was a kid, my mother made it for me when I was sick. An egg or two, beaten well with some milk, sugar and vanilla. A sprinkling of nutmeg on top. Sheer comfort! Runny-yolk cooked eggs (poached, fried, or soft boiled) are excellent with buttered toast, and I’ve never met a bowl of cookie dough or cake batter that I hesitated to sample. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-eggs-have-you-would-you/516624.md?page=2)