Egg whites - in the trash, or in the dog bowl?

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In a message dated 9/13/03 12:16:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

s.fisher22@... writes:

> the " naturalness " argument would hold that in nature, dogs wouldn't be

> eating 6-8 egg whites regularly, if ever. not that this automatically means

> it's bad for your dog, but i think is worth considering as part of the

> larger picture. so, personally, i wouldn't feed that quantity of just whites

> to a dog regularly, and probably not at all. but that's just my personal

> opinion. maybe someone like christie who has a lot more experience in

> homefeeding a large group of dogs has a different idea?

While I have no experience with dogs at all, I'd just point out that whites

*without* yolks, raw, would be extremely harmful in large amounts because of

the biotin issue, I imagine independent of species.

Chris

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In a message dated 9/13/03 1:48:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

heidis@... writes:

> Personally I don't think the whites are " evil " though. Slimy and

> disgusting, yes! And cooked egg yolks are pretty disgusting too, IMO.

> So the ideal cooked egg is over easy or soft boiled, to my taste.

Nowhere near as disgusting as cooked whites, IMO. When I first got NT, I

followed the ridculous suggestion of eating the yolks raw and cooking the

whites.

It took a lot of effort to dress an egg-white ommellette with enough flavor

to make it edible!

Chris

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I appreciate all the input about eating raw eggs. Personally I crack it in a

glass and " shoot " it down. It's easier to eat than an oyster! Recently I

started taking out the whites when making smoothies for the wife & kids and

set them aside in a bowl.

We have 3 dogs (mutts - border collie, lab, springer spaniel, etc, etc).

They live outside year round & hunt & eat their kill. They come inside for

dog food & lounging. I thought I'd feed the egg whites to them, but 2

refused - only a quick sniff and walk away. One dog (Rocket) will eat the

whites - but she eats pretty much anything. She might be part pig.

I was suprised to see the dogs refuse raw egg whites. It also made me think

that they're not good food for me either.

One question though, (for Suze?) Do you think giving Rocket 6 or 8 egg

whites at a time is a bad thing? She's about 55 lbs. and seems fine after

eating them.

Thanks,

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>>>>We have 3 dogs (mutts - border collie, lab, springer spaniel, etc, etc).

They live outside year round & hunt & eat their kill. They come inside for

dog food & lounging. I thought I'd feed the egg whites to them, but 2

refused - only a quick sniff and walk away. One dog (Rocket) will eat the

whites - but she eats pretty much anything. She might be part pig.

I was suprised to see the dogs refuse raw egg whites. It also made me think

that they're not good food for me either.

One question though, (for Suze?) Do you think giving Rocket 6 or 8 egg

whites at a time is a bad thing? She's about 55 lbs. and seems fine after

eating them.<<<<<<<

----->i honestly don't know paul. considering some of the issues with whites

as mentioned by chris and mike (eg; trypsin inhibitors, digestibility and

" naturalness " of the practice), i'd be inclined to *not* feed them. in fact,

i feed egg *yolks* to my dogs regularly, and discard the whites.

the " naturalness " argument would hold that in nature, dogs wouldn't be

eating 6-8 egg whites regularly, if ever. not that this automatically means

it's bad for your dog, but i think is worth considering as part of the

larger picture. so, personally, i wouldn't feed that quantity of just whites

to a dog regularly, and probably not at all. but that's just my personal

opinion. maybe someone like christie who has a lot more experience in

homefeeding a large group of dogs has a different idea?

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>----->i honestly don't know paul. considering some of the issues with whites

>as mentioned by chris and mike (eg; trypsin inhibitors, digestibility and

> " naturalness " of the practice), i'd be inclined to *not* feed them. in fact,

>i feed egg *yolks* to my dogs regularly, and discard the whites.

In the cuisines that eat raw eggs, they seem to eat the yolks and

discard the whites, though the Japanese mix raw whole eggs with hot rice (I'd

imagine that cooks them a bit though!). The French cooks used yolks

so much that they invented merangue as a way to use up the whites!

I do make merangue (the kids love it). Mix some beaten egg whites with

a bunch of coconut, nuts, dried fruit, whatever, and bake it. Also adding

beaten egg whites to bread makes it fluffy and is an excellent gluten

replacement.

Personally I don't think the whites are " evil " though. Slimy and

disgusting, yes! And cooked egg yolks are pretty disgusting too, IMO.

So the ideal cooked egg is over easy or soft boiled, to my taste.

-- Heidi

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yeah, i used to put my whites into the serving of soup i was

reheating for the meal, but they detracted from the flavor too much.

since my soups are the pretty much the only cooked food i eat, i

wasn't very happy to compromise the savory delights of my Indian-

inspired spice combinations.

mike parker

> In a message dated 9/13/03 1:48:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> heidis@t... writes:

>

> > Personally I don't think the whites are " evil " though. Slimy and

> > disgusting, yes! And cooked egg yolks are pretty disgusting too,

IMO.

> > So the ideal cooked egg is over easy or soft boiled, to my taste.

>

> Nowhere near as disgusting as cooked whites, IMO. When I first got

NT, I

> followed the ridculous suggestion of eating the yolks raw and

cooking the whites.

> It took a lot of effort to dress an egg-white ommellette with

enough flavor

> to make it edible!

>

> Chris

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

This seems logical - everything in moderation.

Thanks,

> While I have no experience with dogs at all, I'd just point out that

whites

> *without* yolks, raw, would be extremely harmful in large amounts because

of

> the biotin issue, I imagine independent of species.

>

> Chris

>

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I've solved the problem of cooked white vs raw yolk this way

Saute some onion, pepper, bits of sausage in coconut oil and butter over

gentle heat.

Plop in two eggs. Season the eggs, and with a spatula move the white around

so it spills onto the pan and cooks gently. When most of the egg white is

white, I grate on some cheese, cover the pan, turn off the heat, and let it

sit a bit until the cheese softens. Takes careful timing, but done right I

have gently cooked egg white and nice runny egg yolk. Much easier than

separating white and yolk.

Peace,

Kris , gardening in harmony with nature in northwest Ohio

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Re: Egg whites - in the trash, or in the dog

bowl?

> In a message dated 9/13/03 1:48:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> heidis@... writes:

>

> > Personally I don't think the whites are " evil " though. Slimy and

> > disgusting, yes! And cooked egg yolks are pretty disgusting too, IMO.

> > So the ideal cooked egg is over easy or soft boiled, to my taste.

>

> Nowhere near as disgusting as cooked whites, IMO. When I first got NT, I

> followed the ridculous suggestion of eating the yolks raw and cooking the

whites.

> It took a lot of effort to dress an egg-white ommellette with enough

flavor

> to make it edible!

>

> Chris

>

>

>