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Thursday, September 27, 2012

How Many Ways Can You Break an Egg?

This is the question we recently pondered with Ken Zuckerman of Pete & Gerry's Organic Eggs.

We tested 3 types of their eggs: Organic, Nellies Cage Free, and Marans Heirloom. Testing with a electromechanical testing system using compression platens the breaking force ranged from 37 lbf to 62 lbf. The Organic eggs broke with the least force - 37 lbf, while the Nellies broke with an average of 54 lbf. The mahogany Marans heirloom eggs were the strongest no matter which way we tested them.

Take a look at the video to see the tests.
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