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

We were told it would give us warts. Always thought it was an Irish tale. I always wash my eggs when I take them home.

Greengage

Grammaretto I have a double boiler and always use the lower pan for boiling eggs, as my mother did before me!

When I was a child my Mum put eggs into the kettle to boil them. Afterwards the water would have been used for tea or cooking other things. I did the same when we went camping. Never had any problems and definitely not warts!

You do have to be careful with chicken poo. I once got a bad dose of diarrhoea from it. Mistakenly licking the spoon after scraping some leftovers for them and picking some up in the process.

I have had eggs with poo and feathers stuck to them many a time. Boiling might kill germs but I wouldnt like to eat beans from poopy water!!

Have none of you ever used egg white as a face mask.
Yes petra - it tightens up the skin for a temporary facelift!
and oats and honey mixed together (but not with the egg).

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.
Raw eggs? Then I'll put my hands in the air, but only because my hands are sticky from egg white!

I always have to wash my hands after I've cracked an egg open. Can't get over the salmonella thing. I'm trying to get myself out of doing it. But I am risk adverse.

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

Just know, I have sometimes wondered.

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.

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!

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

Funny post Saggi

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

elleks

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