aviculture
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These Spider Web Eggs Are Freaky, and You Just Might Need Them
As Halloween approaches with frantic, last-minute wig purchases, and candy binges, you may find yourself overextended and undernourished. You need some real food, but the spooky times don’t have to stop. Get some of your creepy energy back with these unnerving spiderweb eggs. I first noticed this trick on the Martha Stewart website. For a…
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When Is It Too Late to Freeze Your Eggs?
If you think you might like to get pregnant in the future, but you aren’t ready to do so right now, you might think about freezing your eggs for future use. A few years ago, Facebook and Apple made headlines by offering an egg-freezing benefit to employees, presumably so they could focus on their careers…
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Mayonnaise Makes an Excellent Egg Wash
A couple of days ago, I was making my beloved broccoli stem tart, and I realised I was out of eggs, and therefore did not have anything with which to make an egg wash. I cursed my lack of fridge awareness and stomped around the kitchen, unwilling to go to the grocery store, but not…
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You Should Poke a Hole in Your Eggs Before Boiling Them
Most hard-boiled egg recipes will tell you to cover your eggs with cold water, bring them to a boil, then cover and move them off the heat for 12 minutes or so. In my experience, this has always resulted in eggs that are impossible to peel.