Rotten egg in my cornbread!

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I was making "bird bread" -- a corn-bread based concoction that I feed my pet birds every morning. The egg that I broke open into the batter was ROTTEN. I have NEVER had that happen before. Yuck! Anyway, I scooped out every bit of it that I could.

Then I didn't know whether it would be safe after baking or not. Instead of just throwing it all out, I decided to finish mixing (all I had left to add was water, so I wasn't "out" any more ingredients) and go ahead and bake it. I can still throw it out.

I baked it at 400*F for more than 30 minutes. Does anyone know if that is sufficient to kill any bacteria or mold? Thanks!

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001

Answers

Well, I'm no expert but I would be willing to bet money that it's safe.

BTW, what are you doing up at this time of night? It's 12:22 a.m. by my clock...

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001


And I see that your Internet access is still working, too.

I was wondering if you'd be cut off from us by now...

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001


Ah, I just re-read your post and saw that this is for your *pet* birds and not for the outside birds.

You know the saying: If in doubt throw it out.

I still think it's safe but I'd hate to give you bad advice when it comes to your pets.

Ok, that's enough rambling from me... time for bed.

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001


Joy, I'm sure you know that in S.E. Asia and a few other countries that they eat rotten eggs. Well, some of them aren't rotten but have half formed birds in them. I don't see how it could hurt your pet birds. If you don't want to feed it to them do you have any neighbors that you're not too fond of? I'd hate to see you waste it.

We had Mexican Redheads for quite a few years and it didn't matter what they got their beaks on, if we didn't feed it to them they'd eat it anyway. In fact, one of them has quite a bit of my blood in him.. .

Wildman, (Happy eating)

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001


Yuck!! Thank you for sharing Jack. Ha!....Kirk

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001


My, maybe they should start the chat around midnight! Kirk, I'm finding out that sometimes knowledge isn't a good thing. I use to do commercial refrigeration and was in a lot of restaurant kitchens. Trust me, after working in some of the kitchens, there were a lot of them I wouldn't eat in anymore. It really hurt because I loved eating there before I went behind the scenes. If I was Joy, I just wouldn't tell the birds!

Wildman (gettin' sleepy)

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001


I'm almost always up late, Jim. Last night I was making the bird bread and getting on the computer while it was baking and while it was cooling enough to be refrigerated. I already made one batch before the 'bad egg' incident, so they'll be having that for breakfast. I'm going to dispose of the suspect batch -- even though it came out beautifully.

Not happy about the lost ingredients, but I am especially UNHAPPY about the lost TIME -- grrrrr.

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001


Oh, I forgot, I do seem to be cut off from my CABLE Internet access. I kept the dial-up, waiting to see if the cable business would actually work -- I was smart for once. [sigh] Another phone call today! Phooey!

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001

Hey JOy, would you care to share the pet bird bread recipe? thanks Tren

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001

If birds eat eggs could they get something like mad bird desiese or is that only with live birth critters?

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001


What kind of birds, Joy? Are you a "BirdFlunky" now :-D??!!

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001

Trennie, I will try to remember to post the "recipe" (I mostly wing it -- ha, ha, I am so punny! :-{ ) later this evening. Do you have birds?

Jay, no, not like that. They can get salmonella (from other sources too, such as dirty bird feeders). I don't know if the rotting egg had salmonella, but it had rot, it was all black (geez, it was ugly -- never seen a rotten egg before). Remember, though, that many birds will eat other birds' eggs -- notably jays, crows, and gulls. So I guess it's "sort of" natural. I know of people who feed their birds little bits of meat, especially poultry. Some birds like it, some don't. My parrot will OCCASIONALLY eat a tiny piece of turkey, so I usually don't even bother offering it to her.

Here's a funny, true story -- hope I don't screw it up -- from a woman with several birds, including an African grey parrot, Bongo Marie, and an Amazon parrot, Paco. Bongo Marie was not very fond of Paco. Both kinds of birds are noted for being excellent talkers, and Bongo Marie had a rather extensive vocabulary. One evening, the owner roasted a Cornish game hen for her own dinner. When she pulled it from the oven, Bongo Marie spotted it and exclaimed "Oh No! Paco!" then laughed maniacally! No one is sure whether this was totally coincidental or if the bird knew she was making a joke. They're very smart! If you've seen Dr. Irene Pepperberg's parrot, Alex, that is an African grey.

Marcia, I've been a BirdFlunky for quite awhile, but I've been a CatFlunky the longest!

I have:

Mariah, African grey parrot
Lily, Sun conure (small parrot native to Central & South America)
Bijou, black-masked lovebird (native to Africa)
Snowy, pale blue budgie (or parakeet, if you prefer--native Australia)
Six cockatiels (also native to Australia):
Gwynn, Merlin, and Merlin's sons, Berry and Chicory -- the boys
Alba and Pearly Everlasting (Merlin's very first baby/daughter)

I had a maximum of 15 birds at one time, but some have died, and including Merlin's 'wife' not too long ago. He's taking it better than I thought he would. He was very upset for awhile, but is better now.

If anyone wants me to track down pictures of what these birds look like, let me know. I don't want to bore you! Now I must go feed them. Back later to post that recipe for Tren -- think I'll make it a separate post.

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001


Yes Joy.........please, post pictures. I would love to see your birds.

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001

Joy...I'd love to see some pics of your birds! I've had several parakeets in the past, a conure or two (can't remember the variety), cocketiels and finches. Those finches would breed quite regularly!! Finally had to give them all away...I was running out of cages! Parakeets have always been my favorites. They are so comical! My best bird of all was a blue jay that I hand-raised. He (or she?) always stayed with me, even outside! He'd fly up into the trees while I was working then would come when I called him to go in the house! Finally, one spring he (or she!!) fell in love and left me for another!

Boring!!!! Right?

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001


Yeah, I'd like to see them, too!

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001


I'm sorry! I wasn't clear. They wouldn't be MY own birds, just examples of what each species looks like. I have pictures of my birds -- somewhere. Even if I could find them, I don't have a scanner. :-( I gotta get one of those or a digital camera. But I haven't had time to research either of those, nor a lot of time to learn to use them! Eventually I will . . . .

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001

Dang! :-(

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001

Joy, when we have had old/rotten/unknown eggs we have just tossed them on the ground for the chickensd to eat. They go crazy for them just likke fresh ones. The dogs and pigs love them too! Since these are raw and we've never had problems, I'd guess that cooked ones would be perfectly safe. Ours are all laid here - maybe factory eggs would be different.

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2001

A friend is coming over tomorrow to help me with something, and I am going to see if she can bring their digital camera. Maybe I'll have pics after all! :-)

-- Anonymous, December 02, 2001

Thanks for the info. I keep it in mind when we get another house bird.

-- Anonymous, December 02, 2001

This is why I open all my eggs in a bowl first. I don't get rotton ones but because they are free ranged, there are usually little bits of ...something in there. Feed it to the wild birds.

-- Anonymous, December 03, 2001

One of the survival tidbits that Dad taught me is that eggs are edible in ANY stage of development. He didn't say if they were edible at any stage of decomposition though.

-- Anonymous, December 24, 2001

Nope, definitely NOT edible, Deb. Welcome back, I was wondering where you were!

-- Anonymous, December 24, 2001

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