Freakish Vietnamese Eggs

Living near Westminster, California we passed by a place my wife was
convinced was some kinda new food joint. Two elderly Vietnamese men
sat outside in folding chairs chatting in the night air. We walked in
and it was nothing but counter. The man at the counter had that timid,
frightened look that said either "I don't speak English" or "Please
don't be the INS". On the wall was a sign with five items with prices.

One of the old guys from outside and sidled up to help with his very
crude English. We asked what they sold. Eggs, chicken. We looked
again at the list on the wall and realized there were all varieties of
that pork-cake/lunch meat stuff. Pork? We asked. Yes, he said, pork.

They had these wide cardboard egg cartons, no lids, that held 18 eggs.
They also had raw chicken. "Brown chicken" the old guy was quick to
point out. What the hell, we bought a carton of eggs and a chicken. I
roasted the chicken (almost six pounds) the following day and after
whittling off the head, footies and disemboweling it (all new to me),
it cooked up real pretty and tasted good too.

Particularly in the breat area this was some jaw-working bird though.
The two-bone section of the wing was about six inches long. This was a
working bird. He might have pulled a cart, I don't know.

But the eggs are gargantuan! We've never seen eggs so large. We tried
to put 12 in an empty egg carton. and they wouldn't quite fit. Huge!

So far we've eaten about 8 of them. 7 of them were double-yolks.
Seven! The one that wasn't a double-yoke had the largest single yolk
I've ever seen. I can tell by the odd somewhat stretched or longish
aspect to the egg, that the majority of the eggs remaining are most
likely twin-yolks.

Has anybody encountered so many twin yolks? I'm beginning to worry that
I'll develop breasts or grow a new appendage after eating these.
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On 3/6/2011 10:46 AM, gtr wrote:

I wouldn't worry to much, some of the larger breeds of chicken typically
lay double yolk eggs. We raised some years ago, can't remember the exact
name of them but it started with Polish something, every egg either had
a large yolk or two yolks. The birds were huge too.
 
gtr;1588881 Wrote:

It's a fascinating story. I have never seen an egg with two yolks.
Although I have heard much about it. Actually I only see them on the
photo.




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trung277
 
On Mar 7, 12:37?am, trung277
wrote:

Years ago, my father would occasionally shop at a particular farm
stand, and bring home a dozen eggs as part of his purchase. At least
ten of these would be double yolkers.
 
On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:46:23 -0800, gtr wrote:


Just be careful buying eggs in Asian markets. Make sure you get the
right kind. I don't consider myself to have an abnormally weak stomach
but, if I was to accidentally buy and attempt to use balut I think I
might lose it. http://www.ramendays.com/balut-egg/
Externally, they look no different.
At least the proprietors of the local Vietnamese market warned me away
from that particular stack of eggs in flats.

Ross.
 
On 3/6/2011 10:46 AM, gtr wrote:

My sister has chickens and many of her eggs have double yolks. Her
chickens are a little older, but she has a few new ones. The new
chickens produce eggs that are not very big.

Becca
 
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