How Do You Like Your Eggs?

OMG!  OMG!  OMG! 

This statement is overused, but I gotta say it: This is one of the coolest things I ever saw.   Seriously, it was.  How many people can say they held the inside of an egg without having the yolk all over their hands?  Well, the Monkey and I can say that now.  We did the Naked Egg experiment that you have probably seen all over Pinterest (cause that’s where I saw it).

Supplies: Egg, vinegar, corn syrup, glass

We aren't wine drinkers, so I figured now was as good a time as any to use the glass.

Place the egg in the glass, and pour in the vinegar until the egg is fully covered.  Here’s the part that was the hardest for the Monkey: WAIT.  Leave the egg alone.  Don’t touch it.  Just observe it.  You’ll notice the egg will float up-and-down, and that bubbles will appear.   That’s normal.   After a day in the vinegar bath, you’ll notice a scummy layer at the top of the surface of the liquid.  That’s part of the shell.  Carefully remove the egg from the vinegar, and gently rub the shell off.   At this point, you should have the naked egg in your hand.  Cool, right?

No clue why she felt the need to decorate her forehead.

Holding the naked egg

So, what do you do with the naked egg?  Well, besides poke at it which is what the Monkey did, you can make it grow big, or you can shrink it.  We did both.

To make the egg grow, you simply put it in a cup of water.   I’m no Bill Nye the Science Guy, so I can’t even begin to explain why it grows.  I just know that it does.  If you want to learn why (it’s called osmosis), check out the explanation on Imagination Station.

To make the egg shrink, you simply put it in a cup of corn syrup and let it soak for a day.  Again, I’m no Bill Nye, so you need to learn the science behind this coolness at Imagination Station.  If you leave the egg in the syrup for a while, it will look like big raisin.

The egg raisin

Proving she held the egg

We decided it was time to throw the egg out, but before we did, the Monkey tried to break the egg.  She held it in the air, about 12 inches away from the plate, and dropped it.  Nothing happened. She did this several times, and it never broke.  Then she poked it with her fingers, and noticed that the yolk was hard as a rock.  It was at this point she got a big freaked out, and tossed it in the trash.

This is a really cool thing that you should try with your kids (small and big).  Chances are you have an egg and vinegar on hand, and if not, you will when it comes time to dye Easter eggs.  I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Until next time.....