June 3, 2026
National Egg Day
National Egg Day: breakfast foods, cooking with eggs, and surprising food facts.
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Calorogus shark Media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's theme
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is National Egg Day, Breakfast Foods, Cooking with eggs and
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surprising food facts. Question one. When a hard boiled egg
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develops a gray green halo around the yolk, what specific
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compound is responsible for that color change? Question two? In
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classic French technique, what visual hallmark tells you a French
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omelet is properly cooked? Question three? Which New York hotel
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is most often credited with popularizing eggs benedict in the
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eighteen nineties after a hungover patron ordered a version of
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it for breakfast. Question four. Chekchuka eggs poached in a spice,
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tomato and pepper sauce originated in which world region before
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spreading across the levant Question five? Despite the name Chinese
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century eggs aren't aged for one hundred years. What preservation
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process actually transforms them into their dark jelly like state.
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We'll be right back with these answers after this break
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Welcome back. Question one? What compound causes the green ring
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on hard boiled eggs? Answer? Iron sulfide, ferros sulfide, overcooking
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or holding eggs hot for too long. Let sulfur in
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the whites react with iron in the yolk to form
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iron sulfide, which looks gray green. Avoid it by not
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overcooking and by cooling eggs promptly in ice water. Question two.
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Signature look of a classic French omelet? Answer no browning, pale, tender,
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just set and rolled. A French omelet is cooked gently
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with constant stirring to create fine curveds and is rolled
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while still custardy, never browned. The smooth, pale exterior distinguishes
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it from the browned, folded American style omelet. Question three
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Which hotel popularized eggs? Benedict answer the Waldorf later the
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Waldorf Astoria. A eighteen ninety four tail credits stockbroker Lemuel
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Benedict with ordering poached eggs toast, bacon and Hollandais at
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the Waldorf, inspiring the menu item. Delmonico's also claims an
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earlier origin, but the Waldorf story is the best known.
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Question four. Shakshuka originated where? Answer? North Africa? The Maghreb,
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often linked to Tunisia and Libya. Shakshuka traveled with Maghrebi
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communities and became beloved across the Eastern Mediterranean, including Israel.
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Its name and style reflect North African culinary roots. Question five,
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What process makes century eggs? Answer? Alkaline Curing Eggs are
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cured for weeks or months in a highly alkaline mixture,
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traditionally clay ash quicklime salt, which raises pH and d
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nature's pre turning the white translucent brown and the yolk
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creamy and dark. The dramatic change comes from chemistry, not
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extreme age. That concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm
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Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help
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of AI technology. See you tomorrow.
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