Two Yolks, One Egg

As you know, I eat six egg whites for breakfast every morning, so I've seen a lot of yolks in my day.

Like finding a four-leaf clover, finding a double yolk is quite exciting (you gotta get your kicks somewhere).

While some may think this is a steroid induced malfunction and a sign of the serious problems with our mass produced food industry, I consider two-yolked eggs to be good luck.

Don't worry, they're safe to eat. Here's what I found out from the Rocking T Ranch's egg info page:

"Double Yolkers appear when ovulation occurs too rapidly. [They] may be by a pullet whose productive cycle is not yet well synchronized. They're occasionally laid by a heavy-breed hen, often as an inherited trait."

And double yolks are just the beginning eggs' oddities. You can also find eggs with no yolk, eggs with no shell, double shells, extremely odd shaped eggs, eggs within other eggs, and even nine-yolkers.

According to Now and Hen, "two yolks equals 1000 years of good luck in Chinese culture, or that a wedding is coming up."

So next time you find two, three, or even nine yolks in your over-easy, don't fret, enjoy the plenitude.

Happy Sunday!