How do you like your eggs in the morning?
Should you wash your eggs? Well believe it or not, there is quite an international debate about this question from CrowdScience listener Susan. In Canada, where Susan grew up, commercially sold eggs are washed before they reach stores, whereas in the UK where she is now living they are not. So what is best to avoid contamination?
It\u2019s one of a number of egg-themed questions that CrowdScience tries to crack in this episode. One of our presenters, Marnie Chesterton, heads over to Susan\u2019s home in London to cook some eggs and explore other egg cooking questions from our listeners, such as what is the science behind frying an egg without it sticking to the pan and why are some boiled eggs harder to shell than others?
Meanwhile this episode\u2019s other presenter, Anand Jagatia, explores questions about eggs after they have hatched. He investigates a case of curious chicken behaviour sent in by listener Laurie, as well as working out how a cuckoo knows it\u2019s a cuckoo when it\u2019s been raised in another bird\u2019s nest.
Presented by Marnie Chesterton and Anand Jagatia\nProduced by Jonathan Blackwell for BBC World Service
Featuring: Dr. Vincent Guyonnet, Dr. Val\xe9rie Lechevalier, Dr. Siobhan Abeyesinghe and Dr. Ros Gloag
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