boiled eggs

[chuck-ia]

This might sound dumb to some of you, but. Is it safe to boil eggs with river or creek water? Unpurified. flinch

 

[bnail]

That's an interesting question.
if the water is allowed to boil for a few mnutes, I'd say it's ok, not counting the heavy metal contamination that may be present. but, having said that, an egg is pourous and water is able to flow through the membrane. so I'd make sue the water was boiling a while before you drop in the eggs.
all conjecture on my part thought.

 

[Wart]

I dought you will suffer any ill effects from boiling eggs in river/creek water.
Of course this is just my thoughts :results:

 

[Gary]

My only reservation would be chemical waste. Virtually any bug won't survive 15-30 minutes of boiling (remember the more eggs the longer the boiling and the more the boiling the more the critter killing). The Chinese who built the railroad suffered less sickness than their non-Chinese counterpart because they didn't drink water. Rather, they boiled it to make tea and that made all the difference. However, PETBaM or People for the Ethical Treatment of Bacteria and Micro-organisms may raise the stink and protest at your campsite, but that's why you carry the hatchet and skinning knife, right?

 

[oomcurt]

I think the more important thing to consider is just where the river or creek is located...and where the person is at that place in relation to what surrounds it. I know I wouldn't want to do it right downstream from a sewage treatment plant.. As long as the river or creek was not a sluggish stream and the water was fairly fast flowing, with a creek that had a gravel or rock bottom..I would have no problem using that water to boil eggs. Incidentally, I put the eggs in the water before I put the kettle on the fire or stove. Along with all this...think about how many folks go rafting..with white water rafting you're almost certain to get a mouth full of water occasionally. So what?

 

[graybeard]

We often camp alongside trout streams and use the water for coffee and for dishwashing. Haven't lost anyone yet. several upset tummies have been blamed on the cooking and over-use of certain beverages. :winking: graybeard

 

[whiskey]

We all know the hazards of drinking untreated water, even in the wilds. We think of it as almost a hazardous material. Although it is wise to treat it by filtering, boiling or chemicals if it was so dangerous that the bit of water getting in a boiled egg was risky, everyone who ever swims in a lake, river, pond or ocean would get sick. We always ingest some water while swimming.