Meh, I get my eggs from a local farmer and I specifically request that they be UNWASHED. They keep longer and fresher when the protective membrane is left intact. Not only that, but the eggs are not inspected by the all knowing and wise federal government (gasp!). I eat poached eggs benedict like it is my job.

I'm more scared of the industrially processed foods. That is where all the ecoli, slamonella, and listeria outbreaks happen.

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much every operation prepares Pasteurized eggs nowadays, considering liabilities. The majority of eggs you purchase in a market are pasteurized. Founding Farmers, who market that they are all natural / local / organic / sustainable may not serve them. This should not be surprising considering the restaurant's brand and mission.

Call someplace and ask.
GM

Probably this. Don't listen to the super critical folks on this thread

People come up with the strangest shit to worry about.

I've eaten countless runny eggs during this pregnancy from my house (all free range/natural/local/prob not pasteurized) and the diner down the street. Now I'm 40 weeks and 3 days waiting for this baby to arrive.

Give yourself a break and eat the egg.

Agree with PP, salmonella will not hurt your baby, and the risk of getting it from eggs is vanishingly small. So small in fact that I have eaten raw eggs regularly for 9 years (about 2 each week in a specific dish I like) and have never once gotten ill.

And yes, that includes when I was pregnant! Go for it, OP, and don't worry. Save the worry for things like listeriosis that are real threats.

I feel pretty comfortable eating runny, unpasteurized eggs, in the large scheme of things. The main risk is salmonella, but unlike other food-borne diseases like listeria, pregnant women are not at an increased risk of getting it. Salmonella also does not cross the placenta and affect the fetus. The exception is apparently the variety of salmonella that causes typhus, but I don't see any indication that this kind is found in eggs primarily. So the only problem with salmonella is it may get the mom sick, and that's not a big enough issue for me.

Source: http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09372.html

THE WOMAN WANTS A RUNNY EGG!! READ, PEOPLE!! OP, I think you'll need to make your own from a pasteurized egg you buy at the grocery store.

It never even occured to me to not eat normal eggs. I ate 2 most mornings when I was pregnant.

Anonymous wrote:Seriously you are making life way harder than it needs to be. Billions of pregnant women have survived the daring act of eating an omlette at a restaurant. Just get over yourself and eat an egg.

She's not asking about eating an omelette. (Note the correct spelling.) She wants something that's less well cooked.

Seriously you are making life way harder than it needs to be. Billions of pregnant women have survived the daring act of eating an omlette at a restaurant. Just get over yourself and eat an egg.

Pretty much every operation prepares Pasteurized eggs nowadays, considering liabilities. The majority of eggs you purchase in a market are pasteurized. Founding Farmers, who market that they are all natural / local / organic / sustainable may not serve them. This should not be surprising considering the restaurant's brand and mission.

Call someplace and ask.
Signed,
Hotel and Restaurant GM

I think this is probably an instance where you have to cook your own, eat a regular egg, or do without. I'd be wary even if the server reported back to you that the eggs were pasteurized.

OMG Just eat a regular egg. An over easy egg should be fine.

My mom recently bought pasteurized eggs at Harris Teeter. We have an elderly relative who likes his eggs sunny side up and he was visiting.

I am 20+ weeks pregnant and DYING for an over easy or poached egg. Frankly I cannot believe I held out this long. Anyone know which restaurants serve pasteurized eggs? I had brunch at Founding Farmers last week and asked the server if they did, and he looked at me like I had three heads and said he had no clue. Fail.