Never had this happen before!

[CapeCodder]

I had a chicken/egg farm nearby that would sell a dozen of juts double-yolkers. I don;t know that on egets more yold per egg, but it sure looks good.

[cape chef]

Originally Posted by kuan

And this is why we should use liquid measure.

Imagine someone at home just starting out learning how to bake and coming across this!

Interesting thought Kuan,

Large grade A eggs are 1 oz white and .67 yolk. I wonder if the doubles change all that. Oh, and yes, I've come across my fair share over the years.

[carrot2502]

I was told about a chicken farmer in Cornwall who maintained that he was not allowed to to sell "double yolked" eggs. I assume he candled them to identify the doubles and they were then put by the farm gates with a notice to "Take some double yolked eggs and leave a donation to the farm if you wish". I have no idea why he was "not allowed" to sell his double yolkers but it would not surprise me in the slightest to hear of an E.U. ruling which forbids their sale!

[Blade55440]

Originally Posted by gonefishin

I'm not sure if they do...but it seems to make sense. There is a restaurant near us that serves all double yolks for breakfast. You get six yolks for three eggs. Mmmmm.

dan

mmm, fried over-easy with some cheese grits and some hashbrowns.

dangit, now I'm craving breakfast!

[Cathy Stapleton]

We used to keep a few laying hens when we had a little hobby farm, and it did happen fairly regularly. It tends to happen more when the hen is getting on in years and her laying days are numbered. You tend to get all manner of strange egg phenomena happening when the hens are just starting out laying, and when they're getting ready to pack it all in.

As for why they don't wind up in the cartons we buy at the store here - yes they do candle the eggs and separate the double yokers from the single yokers. Don't know why they don't sell them in the stores, but it makes sense that they may be sent to commercial food producers.

[mizshelli]

The same thing happened to my daughter the other day while she was making scrambled eggs.....store-bought large Grade-A eggs.

[Ishbel]

Originally Posted by carrot2502

I was told about a chicken farmer in Cornwall who maintained that he was not allowed to to sell "double yolked" eggs. I assume he candled them to identify the doubles and they were then put by the farm gates with a notice to "Take some double yolked eggs and leave a donation to the farm if you wish". I have no idea why he was "not allowed" to sell his double yolkers but it would not surprise me in the slightest to hear of an E.U. ruling which forbids their sale!

Hmmm, I wonder if that's why I haven't noticed the double-yolkers in Waitrose for a while?!

[DevilNuts]

Originally Posted by mredikop

I once cracked an egg and found a partially developed, I guess the proper term would be, chick fetus inside. That was a little less cool. I didn't eat eggs for a really long time after that.

You could make balut! They eat them all the time in the Philippines, but they use hard-boiled duck-fetus instead.

[henry]

When I cooked weekend breakfast at a B&B, we were supplied and used double yolked eggs. They were VERY large eggs and looked nice poached.
We always noted on our menu that we used double-yolked eggs.

We also ordered regular eggs for baking or scrambles.

h.

[kuan]

Originally Posted by DevilNuts

You could make balut! They eat them all the time in the Philippines, but they use hard-boiled duck-fetus instead.

Heh... yeah. Who wants to have a balut party? My house, lutefisk appetizers served.

[DevilNuts]

Don't forget lots of Lumpia!!!

[bluedogz]

Some years ago my GF and I were preparing breakfast and found THREE double-yolkers in a package of a dozen eggs. I've never gotten a double yolked egg again.

So did you buy a lotto ticket that week?