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- noun Plural form of
egg . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
egg .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
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Despite FDA inspections that found US hatcheries injecting antibiotics directly into eggs* and studies that detect antibiotic residue in egg yolks of treated chickens even after withdrawal periods and cooking, + antibiotics are not "a food safety issue for eggs" said Blair Van Zetten, on Behalf of United Egg Producers at the hearings.
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I was totally horrified by the teatime set they served – soft-boiled eggs with eggshell fragments, soy sauce bottles with caps that fall off when you try to flavour your eggs
babycartercl Diary Entry babycartercl 2008
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Despite FDA inspections that found US hatcheries injecting antibiotics directly into eggs* and studies that detect antibiotic residue in egg yolks of treated chickens even after withdrawal periods and cooking, + antibiotics are not "a food safety issue for eggs" said Blair Van Zetten, on Behalf of United Egg Producers at the hearings.
Signs of the Times 2009
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Gathering and selling the eggs is also prohibited.
A Guide to Mexican Fish and Shellfish - Part Two: Las Delicias del Mar 2006
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Gathering and selling the eggs is also prohibited.
A Guide to Mexican Fish and Shellfish - Part Two: Las Delicias del Mar 2006
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Gathering and selling the eggs is also prohibited.
A Guide to Mexican Fish and Shellfish - Part Two: Las Delicias del Mar 2006
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The number of birds required to produce the eggs is astounding.
Archive 2005-12-01 2005
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The number of birds required to produce the eggs is astounding.
Medpundit 2005
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For example, the consumption of eggs, which is nearly a perfect food-there are more vitamins in eggs than in any other one food-in Canada is 284 eggs per year per head, in Germany it is only 129 and in Italy, 119.
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Supper consisted of chicory served with the water it had been boiled in, to which was added some oil; there was also bread and wine, then chicken and afterwards poached eggs which they call eggs in their shirtsleeves.
Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889
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Definitely not too much butter. The video you linked used a nonstick coated pan. Scrambled eggs/omelettes absorb the fat, you will not find a video of successful tornado eggs in a steel/iron pan with that little
Not him, it ain’t easy. Tornado egg Neighter_do_I 2025
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The tornado eggs are just one part of a Korean dish called a tornado omurice, where a whirlwind of scrambled egg is placed over a mound of rice, and surrounded with curry.
I Made the “Tornado” Omelette the Internet Went Nuts Over. Here’s How It Went. 2025
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