topic Re: Double yoke eggs in Recipes

Double yoke eggs

Imaoldhippie — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:20:31 GMT

I was given a dozen double yoked eggs yesterday and now I am wondering if they can be used in baking? If the receipe calls for 2 eggs do you use just one? If it calls for 1 egg can you use the double yoked?

Thanks

Re: Double yoke eggs

KingstonsMom — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:24:00 GMT

@Imaoldhippie

Yes! You can use 1 double yolk egg in a recipe calling for 2 eggs.

Here in the deep south, double yolk eggs are considered good luck!

(from another Old Hippie, LOL!)

Re: Double yoke eggs

Tricolor — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:26:06 GMT

I bought a dozen of eggs a few weeks ago from an Italian market near me. They call their eggs Italian eggs. Lol! Everyone of the eggs was a double yoke. I just used it as I would a single yoke.

Re: Double yoke eggs

Imaoldhippie — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:27:28 GMT

@KingstonsMom......................thanks for the info. The man gives the double yoke eggs away (he is a chicken farmer for a large company) because they are not knowingly not allowed to sell them to the grocery stores. ??? Go figure. Peace!

Re: Double yoke eggs

KingstonsMom — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:30:20 GMT

@Imaoldhippie

Re: Double yoke eggs

Kitlynn — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:03:02 GMT

I have had three double yolk eggs this last week and was really surprised. I just go ahead and use two eggs in my baking if it calls for them even though they are double yolked. Just makes it richer.

Re: Double yoke eggs

KingstonsMom — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:39:16 GMT

@Imaoldhippie

Found this:

Have you ever cracked open an egg and found two bright yellow yolks? It’s your lucky day! Eggs with two yolks are perfectly safe and are said to bring good fortune. But why do some eggs get an extra yolk and what does it mean for your breakfast?

Eggs are formed in the hen’s reproductive system, known as the oviduct. Each day, a yolk is released from the hen’s ovary and, over the course of 26 hours, is turned into an egg as it passes through the structure. Young hens, who haven’t fully settled into a laying cycle, will sometimes release two yolks at the same time. In other cases, a yolk will get stuck in the oviduct until the next day when a new yolk pushes it through – forming a double yolk.

When considering the nutritional value of a double egg, remember the yolk is a nutrient goldmine. With 13 essential vitamins and minerals, as well as 40% of the eggs’ high-quality protein. But does a double yolk mean double the nutrition? Not quite. In most cases, each of the yolks in a double are smaller than a fully formed single yolk. While the exact nutritional profile of double yolk eggs may vary slightly, it is likely similar to that of a jumbo egg.

What happens if you come across a double yolk when baking or cooking? While double yolk eggs are usually the same size as the other eggs in the carton, they may have a higher yolk to white ratio. This shouldn’t be a problem for most dishes.

However, a double yolk can cause problems in baking, where the ratio of fat and sugar needs to be carefully measured. If you’re worried about the amount of fat in a double yolk, try comparing it to yolks in other eggs in your carton to see if it’s similar in size.

http://www.eggnutritioncenter.org/blog/double-yolk-lucky/

Re: Double yoke eggs

Lucky Duck — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:21:44 GMT

Ever since I was a small child, I looked at a double yolk egg as being my "lucky egg". Thanks to IG I feel validated!!!! Douible yolks make my day!

Re: Double yoke eggs

Imaoldhippie — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:37:16 GMT

Thanks for the info. Very interesting.

Re: Double yoke eggs

CareBears — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:44:15 GMT

I have never received a double yolk egg when grocery shopping, but when I bought mine from a local farmer, it was quite often, do the grocery store chickens have hormones of some kind maybe where the farmer had just regular chickens?

Re: Double yoke eggs

beckyb1012 — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:28:51 GMT

I know a few times it as happened where I cracked expecting one egg and got two so I did go ahead and count it as two for the recipe.

So far I have never had to take some out when the recipe was calling for only one egg.

Re: Double yoke eggs

Kachina624 — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:09:34 GMT

I've never even seen a double yolk egg let alone used one. They don't seem to exist in grocery store eggs

Re: Double yoke eggs

Citrine1 — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:50:26 GMT

I've never seen a double yolk egg either @Kachina624. I did, however, crack open an egg one time and it had what appeared to be blood inside. I don't know, of course, if that's what it was, but it certainly looked like it. Just a small amount, but I found it disturbing and gross.

Re: Double yoke eggs

Desertdi — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 01:48:38 GMT

They are mostly in jumbo size eggs. Albertson used to sell "super" jumbo eggs (10 to a carton).......but I haven't seen them lately.

Re: Double yoke eggs

BeccaLou — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 07:07:13 GMT

@ImaoldhippieExtra Yolks just make recipes more fluffy. They really look strange when used to make deviled eggs, they have a double dibbet. My neighbor used to get eggs from her Father and sell them in her garage sale, and I bought 3 dozen from her and wouln't You know all were double yolks. I have never heard or seen them ever before that purchase. They must be twin baby chicks un hatched.

Re: Double yoke eggs

BeccaLou — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 07:09:36 GMT

@ImaoldhippieWhy would that be?? But I have never found any in my purchases of store bought eggs. Go figure !!

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BeccaLou — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 07:19:09 GMT

@Citrine1I agree with the blood in the egg being gross. I pitch those out, just made me ill to have used it. I was watching a cook show, a couple of them had bloody egg and continued to move on with their recipe . Yuck! I had to change the channel, and said to my self "I Am Glad I Don't Eat At Your House" And over the years I do think twice when I am at a bake sale, or eating at some one's house what could be going on that we don't see, what they are doing when we are not watching. How naive we used to be, I think.!!

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Foggy morning — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 07:59:19 GMT

At one time I had a dozen chickens for egg laying. When they were mature enough to start laying eggs a lot of those eggs had double yolks.

A sidenote: The white leghorn cickens produced white shelled eggs and the brown Rhode island reds produced brown shelled eggs.

Re: Double yoke eggs

Imaoldhippie — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:00:36 GMT

@BeccaLou.....................I have no idea why, I didnt ask.

Re: Double yoke eggs

Imaoldhippie — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:03:17 GMT

@Citrine1.........................my mom used to tell me never crack the egg in any mixture just in case there is blood in it. Dont know how it gets there, but I think it used to occur a lot more often back in my mom younger days.