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Lucky Eggs?

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Last Saturday I re-created a dish that I had seen on the internet (love Webspoon – if that’s not the definition of food porn, I don’t know what is).  The first step is to whisk 3 eggs with salt and pepper.  When I cracked the second egg into the bowl – double yolks!  I’m not sure but I think the last time I came up with a double yolk was before YA was born.  The internet says the odds are 1 in a 1000.  I don’t understand statistics that well, because we go through eggs at a pretty good rate; I would think I would come across them more often.

Of course, when I’m writing this, I’m not feeling particularly lucky but last Saturday it felt like a good thing.  It was a pretty day.  I made a nice dish using up the last of the tortillas and a jar of my homemade tomato sauce from the freezer – you all know how much I like using up stuff.  And I had a concert on Saturday night (Cantus at Westminster downtown) that was spectacular.

Wish the good luck from those yolks could have lasted longer, but I’ll take any good day I can get!

Tortilla Omelette
3 eggs, whisked together with salt & pepper
Add 4 tortillas, rolled up and cut into strips
Add 2 vegetarian brats, chopped up (Webspoon used ham, rolled up and cut into strips)
Add a cup or so of shredded cheese (I used some mozzarella & some Mexican shred)
Pat is all down in a springform pan
Add a cup or so of tomato sauce and spread evenly over top
Add a bit more cheese if you so desire
25 minutes in a 350° oven.
Let it sit for at least 15 minutes to firm up before cutting.
Yum-O

What makes a lucky day for you?  Any double yolks recently?

36 thoughts on “Lucky Eggs?”

    1. Last night I had one of those nights where I know I had dreams. I know I had dreams that went on and on, but as soon as I woke up, could I remember a darn thing about any of them? Nope.

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      1. I’ve finally remembered that in my dreams I’m almost always working (sometimes feverishly) to make some kind of deadline…
        OT: I was prompted by our Trail discussion to write this down from the other night: Our place is filling up with unfamiliar people, standing room only, and more keep showing up. There are kids who are hungry, I rout through the freezer which has almost nothing familiar in it. WHERE is Michael? Eventually he shows up sitting at the table, but he has morphed into my Dad.

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  2. I’m expecting Ben will have authoritative experience with this, but the statistic of 1 in 1000 for double yolked eggs is a little deceptive. My understanding is that they are rather more common with young hens who are just getting their egg-laying apparatus up to speed but then less common with mature hens.

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  3. I’ve had double-yolked eggs every so often. I think the last time I had one it was one of Ben’s, so not recently.

    Like Renee said, a good night’s sleep always helps make it a good day. Maggie had me up at 3 a.m. She was restless. She’s getting a little sick of being a conehead, but every time I try to take the cone off she gets busy and starts licking her sutures. 25 more hours before the sutures are removed. I hope that will make Maggie’s day much better.

    The days I enjoy most probably sound boring to others. I enjoy peaceful, quiet days doing something creative like cooking, crafting, reading, or knitting. My tolerance for stressful situations has grown thin. So a good day for me is a peaceful one.

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  4. I know I’ve come across a double yolk in the past few months…

    What makes my luck seems to change a lot – I thought it was particularly lucky that our car waited to crap out until we knew of a used Prius dealer… but what do I attribute that to – knowing the right people?

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  6. Morning –
    I can usually bet when I have an extra large egg that it’s going to be a double. They’re unusual, but not unheard of. I move so many eggs I don’t always see how many are doubles.
    The older hens tend to lay the larger eggs, so I assumed they came from them, because their system gets out of whack, too. Isn’t that interesting, young or old. Hmm.

    A lucky day is when I hit all the green lights! Or nothing breaks down. Or I remember my pills in the morning, haha.

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  7. You are playing here with random distribution. 1 in a thousand means some people will have it happen at or near that rate. Some will get them very often and some will get them very seldom. On top of which I doubt the number 1 in a thousand is anything but a guess. Has anyone done a serious observation over many thousands of eggs? I doubt it.
    Clyde
    Sorry, but sloppy use of statistics irritates me. Almost any statistic you hear or read on the news has been badly used.

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  8. Rise and Shine, Baboons,

    Grandma used to like double yolks because they indicated the possibility of two chicks hatching during breeding season. Ben, would that be the case? There was nothing to do with luck regarding double yolks, though. All the luck was tied up in the wish bone of the chicken breast. That we would fight for infinitely. The cook (mom or grandma) would dry it after a chicken dinner, then two kids would each hold one end of the wishbone and break it. Whoever held the longer section could make a wish! Very motivating.

    A lucky day for me? A great shopping bargain, a few quiet minutes to myself, or today, a successful experience with tech support to reactivate husband’s online medical record account. That happened today so I am feeling lucky. WooHoo!

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    1. I’ve never heard of twin chickens… My first reaction would be no. The Internet, as we’ve stated, either highly reliable or never reliable, has mixed results.
      First off, there doesn’t seem like there would be enough room in the shell for two. Or they’d be extra small, which leads to a lot of other problems if they got to hatching.

      What interesting conversations you all come up with!

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      1. How would you know if two chicks are twins? They all look alike. I agree that two chicks can’t survive in a shell and if they did they would not live long.
        In my childhood we always had about 12-15 laying hens. My memory is double yolks we’re much more common than that. We sold some eggs. We candled the eggs to look for blood in the eggs and for double yolks. My mother sold neither.

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        5. That’s obvious, but not the point. Laying unfertilized eggs is not something other birds regularly do. It’s a big tax on resources and not a trait you could select for.

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  9. I’m sure I’ve encountered double yolks, but not in recent history, so someone else is getting my share of that luck😃.

    That said, I realize that every day I get is filled with luck and I am grateful.

    That recipe sounds like a good one!

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  12. OT: I had to make a quick errand to Lakeville today and I took the freeway (unusual for me). On the way up, I saw a convoy of many military vehicles. Many of them were the old Gulf Storm yellow-tan color and others were the typical army green. All were unmarked. No license plates on any of them. I saw more on the way home. I wonder why.

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    1. That sounds like a National Guard convoy. I have heard several reports that the governor has been putting the MN Guard on alert so that he remains in control of them (as opposed to the felonious pres). He may have called them into the city for the No Kings as a reason to remain in control, despite the organizers commitment to peaceful gatherings. He wants to be certain that the felonious one cannot call them up for the election.

      I could be wrong, but I do believe he has a strategy that involves the election. Some of the Dem governors are working on this strategy to preserve a free and fair election.

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  14. Eggs Rated

    These eggs.
    Are eggscellent.
    I’m not eggsaggerating.
    You can tell by my eggspression.
    They’re eggceptional —
    Eggstra fluffy,
    Eggstremely tasty,
    Cooked eggsactly right.
    By an eggspert.
    With lots of eggsperience.

    – Shel Silverstein

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