Is it true you can get salmonella from eating a fried or scrambled egg? I know you can from RAW. But my friend says you can get salmonella from Fried/Scrambeled as well????
2006-10-07 14:48:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
You can only get Salmonella if you eat an egg that is (1) infected, and (2) undercooked. I would imagine the risk is higher with a fried egg than with a scrambled egg, since the yolk can still be a bit runny when folks eat them. (runny yolk/white=undercooked)
Even if you have an egg that has Salmonella, you many not get sick if it's properly handled: keeping the egg refrigerated will keep the present bacteria from growing higher in numbers, and cooking reduces the number of bacteria present. The more bacteria present when you eat it, the more sick you'll become...the less bacteria, the less sick you'll become. In fact...you may not even get sick at all.
Just treat all eggs with the same precautions...because you'll never know when you'll get "a bad egg!"
2006-10-07 15:30:02 · answer #1 · answered by southernserendipiti 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if cooked until they,re not still runny. And besides, only 1 in 20,000 eggs have salmonella. And, that's only a concern to the very young, the very old, or those with compromised immune systems. So relax and enjoy the cackle fruit!
2006-10-07 14:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by charley128 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/salmonella_food_poisoning.jsp
You probably could get salmonella from fried/scrambled eggs, but it is extremely rare.
Go Vegetarian.
2006-10-07 14:53:06 · answer #3 · answered by jane d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as long as they are thoroughly cooked.
2006-10-07 14:50:19 · answer #4 · answered by starrynight1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋