When you crack an Egg, you have the yolk and stuff, but there's something else in the egg....?

Question

Okay, recently i've been buying a different brand of eggs, I think they're free-range, i haven't a clue.

Anyways since i've started making things with these eggs, i've noticed once i crack the eggs into a jug, theres the yellow yolk, and the slimey clear stuff aswell, and a white ish coloured blob in all the eggs...

At first glance, it looks like a bit of sperm :| And i have to say, i can't eat eggs with that thought in my mind.

Could anyone tell me what that white-ish different bit is when you crack the egg? Because i love eggs, but i will never touch another egg as long as i live if i don't find out what it is.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

These strands are the chalazae which anchor the yolk in the center of the thick white. They are neither imperfections nor beginning embryos. The more prominent the chalazae, the fresher the egg. Chalazae do not interfere with the cooking or beating of the white and need not be removed, although some cooks like to strain them from stirred custard.