Eggs

From the outside, the egg should…

-          be clean and not cracked

-          be any colour (from white to brown) but not at all shiny (stale eggs go shiny)

-          feel solid, not hollow (the older the egg, the more air it has in it)

On the inside (as if cracked onto a plate)…

• -        the egg white should be thick, gel like and see-through - the older the egg, the more runny the egg white
• -        the egg yolk should be firm and translucent (the colour can range from very pale yellow to very bright yellow)
• -        the whole egg should be free from blemishes (blood or black spots, yolk breakage, bits of shell)