Old Wives Tale.....Egg Water and Warts!

Sodapop I know that purple stuff (gentian violet) was used for ringworm in those dark ages. Never knew of it being used on warts though.

Not sure about the warts but my MiL told me the water the eggs had boiled in would kill weeds between the slabs and I still pour the water over anything green growing between the slabs and I think of her, a lovely MiL.

I use the water from boiling eggs to nourish plants.

How interesting. Does it kill the weeds?

Science shows that the bacteria from the gut are killed by boiling water. The pores in chicken's eggs are too small for bacteria to get through, so the yolk and white inside are sterile till the shell is broken.

Sorry, this is wrong. Without the bloom, bacteria can enter the egg which is why eggs are unwashed because the "bloom" protects them. If the shells didn't let air and moisture through at the correct rate, developing chicks would suffocate. There are so many reputable places you can look up this information. I only know this because until last year, I was breeding chickens for quite a while.

That’s a new one on me. I was always told to avoid touching the uncooked white of an egg as it would give me warts. I wonder where these stories come from?

My mother told me not to handle egg shells too much as the VIRUSES on the shell would give me warts. Viruses are not killed by boiling water.

My gran & mum always reckoned that getting albumen on your fingers caused warts. To this day I rush to the tap if I touch any raw egg white, how ridiculous ☺️

My mum told me that I would catch worms if I ate the pith of oranges.
Touching raw bacon rind too.

elleks

You are absolutely right. Do you think camomile lotion would have been more effective?

My friend at school had several warts on her
hands.
Even with cream from the doctor She couldn't get them to go.

She ask me to buy one,
I bought on for a penny, low and behold I got a wart on my finger!
As my friend had a cluster of warts, we were
not sure if she did actually have one less.

My wart eventually went by itself.

When I only had one gas ring to cook with,I boiled eggs and made coffee with the same water. Still going strong at 79!

I heard you should save the water from boiled eggs and when cool use it on house plants-----when I remember I do

I never heard the story about warts. My mum told me to let the egg water cool and use it to water plants. I've done it ever since and have lovely plants.

Love that MrsAllboys I have always kept a separate saucepan for boiling eggs. No way would I boil eggs with vegetables knowing where they popped out from. I've just bought an electric boiler and poacher but not tried it out yet.

Talking about JO steaming salmon. It's quicker to cover the salmon with freshly boiled water and just leave it. It will cook itself and, as the water cools, it can just be left until you want to eat it. No over-cooking.

I think there are some unnecessarily fussy people here. The eggs were in boiling water. Hands up all the GNers who handle eggs, whether frying, boiling, scrambling (or any other method) then wash their hands before touching any other food.

Everything we touch has germs on it-money, handles, steering wheel, other people, pets etc. I'm still alive after touching all these things and not sterilising my hands afterwards. I really don't worry about germs.

Has anyone heard of this: my mother always used to keep the water from boiling eggs to wash the eggy spoons in afterwards. Apparently it cleaned them more easily than in washing up water.

I always rinse mine and pop them in with a veg.
Got trout tonight new potatoes, brocalli and two boiled eggs yum

Funny post Saggi

Have none of you ever used egg white as a face mask.
If all this codswollop was true about eggwhites I wouldn't be able to go out in public again

I have always had a bit of a cavalier attitude to all the food hygiene rules. That's probably the reason that I have a cast-iron digestive system. People are just too fussy by half about washing everything!

gonegirl - did you read the bit about the only birds which have a penis are ducks, geese and swans and flightless birds. ?
Fascinating. But irrelevant to the thread.

Just know, I have sometimes wondered.

That was supposed to be - Do you know....