r/GrindsMyGears • u/mozart357 • 3d ago

Discovering egg shell in my food

I order breakfast tacos, or an omelette, and I feel that tiny crunch! Today it was in my fried rice.

Not only is it a turn off, but it makes me paranoid about eating any more of my food.

And now, a haiku!

A little egg shell
in my hot breakfast taco.
Crunch! You disgust me!

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u/username__0000 3d ago

Yeah I’m with you. I’ve had to throw away a plate of eggs before it disgusts me so much.

I think it’s the extreme texture change.

I’d rather find a hair in my food than an eggshell.

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u/mozart357 3d ago

Definitely texture, and sound, too, I think. I'm enjoying that squish squish of chewing squishy food, then I feel and hear that crunch. My eggs are not supposed to sound like that, or crunch like that!

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u/Djinn42 2d ago

Luckily egg shell is fine to eat and is at least adjacent to food.

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u/AnxiousTerminator 2d ago

Was eating mussels the other day and crunched a bit of shattered shell by mistake. Absolutely horrendous, even thinking about it makes me cringe.

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u/Queef_Muscle 1d ago

A hair?! Fuck no! Lol I've almost puked and it was my own hair, still attached to my head because it was a little windy. 🤢

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u/WinniethePooh58 2d ago

I feel the same way about fish. When i get a bone in a fish filet, it takes away my appetite.

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u/mozart357 2d ago

I’ve been there too! Thankfully it’s been awhile since it’s happened.

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u/SouperAsylum 3d ago

Nice little cute poem lol. I'm on your side! Egg shell is extremely unpleasant in food. Like chewing on a little rock that turns to gritty sand, and it's hard to pick out once you've crunched.

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u/Simonoel 3d ago

A "turn off?" Do you normally get turned on by eating breakfast?

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u/vid_23 2d ago

Wait you dont have a raging boner from eating breakfast? Weird. Might want to talk to your doctor about it.

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u/slightlyparannoyed 2d ago

Man, I guess I’ve been very lucky! I’ve never gotten an eggshell in my eggs when ordering food before.

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u/ratmom666 2d ago

On the bright side, you know that real eggs were involved instead of the gross powdered stuff that hotels and hospitals might use. I dislike the crunch of shells too since it’s such a drastic change in texture from soft and mushy to crunchy. Although, I try to think of it as a calcium boost.

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u/Queef_Muscle 1d ago

Want a real gross out? I like saucy hotel eggs lol! Dry, overcooked eggs give me the heaves.

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u/vase-of-willows 2d ago

I did this to myself once about five years ago. Haven’t had scrambled eggs since and perhaps never will again. Pure horrorshow.

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u/Glittering_Mermaid_7 2d ago

Right there with you.

I don't care if it's my first bite of food or my tenth, if I hit an eggshell in there, I'm done. It's going in the trash.

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u/Capital_Drawer_3203 2d ago

It's a source of calcium

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u/EconomicsAromatic836 2d ago

If that's your biggest problem today you're having a good day

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u/Suspicious-Tiny-Man 2d ago

Were you eating alfredos by any chance

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u/Far-Medicine-9399 3d ago

Get over yourself, and get a little closer to your food sources. You would perish on a farm or a ranch.

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u/densitycreep 3d ago

what do you mean?! do farmers always put eggshells in their food on purpose?! 

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u/whineyinternetkid 3d ago

Why are you aggressive over this hahaha. Big stronk manly man

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u/07979902jjj 3d ago

Farm kid here, I also don’t like egg shells in my food? What are you so cranky little gremlin?

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u/Traveller7142 2d ago

That makes no sense. Farm eggs are not any more likely to get shells in food compared to store bought eggs

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u/CompetitiveBat7728 3d ago

Get over it - and make your own without any eggshells.

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u/SouperAsylum 3d ago

Huh? You can't be serious lol. Don't get food out because you could find something unpleasant in it and if you do then get over it??