It's not illegal to eat raw eggs.

Hey! That's how we'll pay off the deficit!

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I do see them in some stores now, although they're still not common. If I wanted to make a dish containing raw eggs, that's what I'd use.

on edit: And if I wanted only egg whites (or half an egg white), I'd consider using meringue powder.

Yeah...is there an underlying message that I'm missing?

Her demonstration was intended for personal consumption only. Unless they plan on making eggs a Controlled Substance, you may consume them as you wish when you prepare them for yourself.

seriously? so if i made cookies in my kitchen at home... i couldn't taste the batter? how does the grocery sell raw eggs if they're illegal? Homemade eggnog is illegal?

it's obviously just for restaurants and the like.

if you're so all fired pissed off why don't you call the local heath officials and bust Rachel?

Kinda expensive but... http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Focus_On_Shell_Eggs/index.asp#12

Also see this: http://www.foodsafetysite.com/educators/competencies/general/foodprocessing/processing2.html

And they were perfectly fine. No change in consistency or anything like that.
I don't eat raw eggs except possibly if I tasted cookie dough but that would be rare.
I'd have no qualms about buying them again although I see no need for my purposes but they were a fine egg.

(I hate it when he does that!)

What was the alcohol she used in her "Millionaire"?

No. He broke only eggs.

Even if you ate that 1 in 20,000 egg, the chances of getting sick are even smaller. If you did get sick, salmonellosis is almost never fatal in otherwise healthy adults.

I don't stay up at night worrying about raw eggs. Perhaps some do.

Oh, wait.

I used to LOVE those things!

And she managed to remove the yolk without breaking it.

Besides, I didn't see anyone actually drink anything.

and that's where she got the recipe. So I'm guessing it's legal in New York.

wasn't bad. Ny tighten up on eggs and cooking. I like mine up and they get crazy over temps too.

However, the resurgence of eggs as a cocktail ingredient has been met with stiff resistance from governmental food agencies. The Pegu Club, a high-end cocktail hangout in Manhattan, was recently hit with an infraction serious enough to warrant a court appearance.

The New York City Health Department cited the club for serving its special Earl Gray MarTEAni, a drink containing raw egg white, without telling the customer who ordered it that it contained raw egg.

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/02/nyc-cracks-down-on-eggs-in-cocktails/

http://www.tablematters.com/index.php/bottle-sections/bz/bz3

* note because of Rick Santorumn I gave up searching for the stuff that makes drink foam.

We Left Coasters also remember the good old days of Orange Julius.

When I make a ramen soup or a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle, I still throw in a couple of raw eggs at the end and let them cook just enough to cook the white and leave the yolk runny. A trick that I learned from Vietnamese cooks.