Site of the Day for Monday, June 28, 2004 American Egg Board - Recipes Today's site from the American Egg Board offers an excellent collection of, naturally enough, egg recipes. Gentle Subscribers who are a bit skittish about doing more than frying an egg, will find a tempting range of dishes to lure them on to more adventurous culinary fare. "A hen requires 24 to 26 hours to produce an egg. Thirty minutes later, she starts all over again. ... The egg shell may have as many as 17,000 tiny pores over its surface. Through them, the egg can absorb flavors and odors. Storing them in their cartons helps keep them fresh. ... Eggs age more in one day at room temperature than in one week in the refrigerator. ... About 240 million laying hens produce approximately 5.5 billion dozen eggs per year in the United States. ... White shelled eggs are produced by hens with white feathers and ear lobes. Brown shelled eggs are produced by hens with red feathers and red ear lobes. ... To tell if an egg is raw or hard-cooked, spin it! If the egg spins easily, it is hard-cooked but if it wobbles, it is raw." - from the website The site presents its recipes in various categories from basic preparation to egg classics. From main dishes such as Devilled Eggs Florentine to appetizers like Asparagus Crepes, there are egg dishes for a host of menu requirements. The site also rounds up TV and magazine recipes in one convenient location to make finding that Cherry Tomato & Portabella Omelet dish easy. Scramble over to the site for a great selection of egg recipes at: http://www.aeb.org/recipes/index.html A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.