Would you ever try eating raw eggs and is it good or bad in taste and health?

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Ever since the Rocky movie that featured cracking raw eggs into a cup and drinking it, many times over popular tv shows parody that concept during training montage. To be honest, I'm sure most people out there would prefer the eggs cooked before eating, but I wondered if there was brave enough individuals to actually try this.

 

[Scarlet]

Raw egg on rice is a fairly common dish as far as I know, never caused me any harm the times I've had it.

 

[Catsinabucket]

I like the odd raw egg on rice (tamago kake gohan, I believe it is). Tastes similar to, well, egg fried rice

 

[FAST6191]

I have seen salmonella poisoning... I have been in enough nursing homes and the like over the years to be fairly OK with most bodily fluids, salmonella poisoning however was enough to give me pause. I know they are declared safe these days ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41568998 ) but eh.
Equally the digestibility of raw egg as a general ingredient is a bit suspect.

No thanks.

 

[Veho]

Raw egg on rice is a fairly common dish as far as I know, never caused me any harm the times I've had it.

Isn't the egg stirred into hot rice and the heat cooks it?

I'm trying to find the name of a local dish that I used to eat as a kid, I think zabaione comes closest to the recipe. You beat the egg white into stiff peaks, stir a ton of sugar and a splash of rum, cognac or other spirit into the yolk, then fold that into the egg white. I haven't had it in years and I'm not sure I could stomach it now but I used to love it.

 

[Biduleman]

I have seen salmonella poisoning... I have been in enough nursing homes and the like over the years to be fairly OK with most bodily fluids, salmonella poisoning however was enough to give me pause. I know they are declared safe these days ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41568998 ) but eh.
Equally the digestibility of raw egg as a general ingredient is a bit suspect.

No thanks.

Pasteurized eggs are actually coocked enough to kill the salmonella but not enough to change much of the egg's texture. Also, some everyday stuff like mayonaise use raw eggs as ingredients.

 

[DeslotlCL]

It is healthy in the sence that its proteins are intact, since cooking them, or any protein related food, kills most of the proteins it has.

But then there is the risk of salmonella...

 

[VinsCool]

I had fried eggs with leaking yolks. Is that close enough?
Delicious with toasts.

 

[DeslotlCL]

I had fried eggs with leaking yolks. Is that close enough?
Delicious with toasts.

No, not really d: it's kind of similar to soft boiled eggs, it's still cooked at some degree.

 

[GBA rocks]

hot rice + raw egg
hot pasta + raw egg (carbonara)
hot meat + raw egg (fricassee)
acids (lemon or vinegar) + raw egg (mayo sauces)
alcohol + raw yolk (zabaione and similars)
alcohol + raw whites (gin fizz and other cocktails)
cheese + raw egg (tiramisu if completely traditional)
the yolk in many dishes (sunny side up pan fried eggs, soft boiled, etc.) and sauces

raw eggs are definitely “a thing” around the world
also sometime it depends where you draw the line (is the runny part of a proper omelette really cooked? as in sterilized?), as with the hot pasta

also check your local laws about the handling and washing of eggs, I kinda remember reading that in the US raw eggs are more dangerous for some reason

 

[FAST6191]

Mayonaise here tends to be pasteurised in and of itself. Also I am not sure of the last time I saw such things in a supermarket here.

Also https://webcache.googleusercontent....et-and-vice-versa/+&cd=16&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk or https://webcache.googleusercontent....et-and-vice-versa/+&cd=16&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk if the site gives you a hard time.

Edit. Forgot to say I also despise snotty eggs. Fortunately the little fad for doing that to Scotch eggs seems have almost died.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-do-you-like-your-eggs.190644/

 

[sarkwalvein]

I have done that as a kid many times some thirty years ago. Not related to training or Rocky, just a snack. Poke a small hole on one side and drink it from there.

TBH it is not that tasty. And it is safer just to cook them really. If I were really hungry and for god knows what reason I only had eggs and couldn't cook them, sure I'll eat them raw.

Also I've eaten rice with raw egg, whatever the name of that is, not my thing really.

 

[jefffisher]

i definitely wouldn't say it tastes anywhere near good but there are definitely other stuff both food and non food that are way worse.

 

[the_randomizer]

I've tried it, texture is too gross and made me gag.

 

[Clydefrosch]

I have done that as a kid many times some thirty years ago. Not related to training or Rocky, just a snack. Poke a small hole on one side and drink it from there.

TBH it is not that tasty. And it is safer just to cook them really. If I were really hungry and for god knows what reason I only had eggs and couldn't cook them, sure I'll eat them raw.

Also I've eaten rice with raw egg, whatever the name of that is, not my thing really.

that would seem like the quickest way to get salmonella to be honest.

 

[sarkwalvein]

that would seem like the quickest way to get salmonella to be honest.

Perhaps, but here I am thirty years later. No salmonella at all. Never.
Who knows, either my chickens were Salmonella free, or I developed a strong immune system /s

PS: In case some naive kid reads this, I suggest to cook the damn eggs! That I am lucky doesn't mean you will also be!

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I had fried eggs with leaking yolks. Is that close enough?
Delicious with toasts.

If you didn't consume the eggs like he did, it doesn't count.

 

[WiiUBricker]

No, you should absolutely not eat raw eggs. They are a health hazard.

 

[FAST6191]

If you didn't consume the eggs like he did, it doesn't count.

Personally I will also accept

 

[Chary]

Gag. There are way better protein rich foods out there.