Jornal Arcticle: THE "SECRECT" INSIDE THE EGG

The Reason of Eating Egg

Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have been eaten by mankind for thousands of years. Popular choices for egg consumption are chicken, duck, quail, roe, and caviar, but the egg most often consumed by humans is the chicken egg, by a wide margin. Inside the egg are contain egg white and egg yolk. Egg white consists primarily of about 90% water into which is dissolved 10% proteins and egg white contains almost no fat, and the carbohydrate content is less than 1%. Egg yolk are major source of vitamins and minerals. It contain all of the egg's fat and cholesterol, and about one-half of the protein.As an ingredient, egg yolks are an important emulsifier using in the kitchen.

Although egg color is a largely cosmetic issue, with no effect on egg quality or taste, it is a major issue in production due to regional and national preferences for specific colors, and the results of such preferences on demand. For example, in most regions of the United States, chicken eggs are generally white. In some parts of the northeast of that country, particularly New England, where a television jingle for years proclaimed "brown eggs are local eggs, and local eggs are fresh!", brown eggs are more common.

Egg are high in nutrition value for our daily needs and bring lot of benefits. Next, we discuss the reason of eating egg.

Reason 1: Convenient and easy to cook
Eggs are a staple in most homes. With eggs in the fridge, you can always make a fast, delicious and nutritious meal.It takes just minutes to fry, scramble or microwave an egg. Combine eggs with leftovers, and a little creativity, and you can prepare delicious omelettes, frittatas, scrambled eggs, quiches and more.Egg can be prepared in many different ways, so there is sure to be an egg dish to suit everyone’s taste.

Reason 2: Weight Management
The protein in eggs can help you lose weight by controlling the rate at which your body absorbs calories. A recent study compared an egg-based breakfast to a bagel-based breakfast, each containing the same number of calories. Those who ate eggs for breakfast consumed 163 fewer calories at lunch, felt less hungry and ate 418 less calories over a 24-hour period.(Layman, 2004) When managing your weight, choose foods that provide the maximum amount of nutrition for the least amount of calories. Eggs are great nutritional value for those trying to lose or maintain weight. A large egg contains 14 essential nutrients, but just 70 calories. In addition, eggs come portion-packed, making serving size easy to manage.

Reason 3: Brain Development
Eggs give us brainpower. Choline, a substance found in egg yolks, stimulates brain development and function. Choline has been recognized as an essential nutrient by Health Canada. Since it is necessary for good health, but is not produced by our body in adequate amounts, a continuous new supply must be provided by our diet. Two large eggs provide an adult with the recommended daily intake of choline.

Reason 4: Eyesight Protection
Eggs help to keep your eyes healthy. Lutein and zeaxanthin are antioxidants found in egg yolks and are believed to help protect eyes against damage due to ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Research has shown that these antioxidants may be very important in reducing the risk of age-related macular degeneration (the leading cause of blindness in people over age 65) as well as the risk of cataracts. Those who ate eggs daily were less likely to have cataracts than those who consumed eggs less often.(Moeller,2000)

Reason 5: Lasting Energy
Including protein-rich eggs in your meals and snacks helps sustain your energy level and curb hunger, cravings and unhealthy snacking. Protein is the most filling nutrient. It helps control the rate at which food energy (calories) is absorbed by your body. A large egg contains 6 grams of the highest quality protein found in any food. Protein is found in both the egg white and the yolk; just over half is in the white and the remainder is found in the yolk. Eat the whole egg to benefit from its full energy potential. In addition to supplying energy (calories) for your body to function, protein is essential for building and repairing tissue and keeping your body strong and healthy. Muscles, organs, skin and hair, as well as antibodies, enzymes and hormones are all made from protein. Protein also helps fight infections, keeps body fluids in balance and helps your body maintain a healthy metabolism.

Reason 6: Multivitamin 
One large egg only contains 5 grams of fat, 70 calories and packed with 14 essential nutrients which your body needs, an egg is a nutrient-dense food. Nutritionally, eating an egg is like taking a multivitamin pill. Eggs contain a lot of essential nutrients such as Choline, Folate, Iron, Lutein and Zeaxanthin, Niacin, Omega-3 fats, Protein, Riboflavin, Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Zinc. Research shows that eating eggs every day does not significantly raise LDL (“bad” cholesterol) levels or contribute to the risk of heart disease for most healthy. The saturated and trans fats found in egg are not the dietary cholesterol, so it will not increase blood cholesterol and the risk of heart disease. A large egg contains only 1.5 grams saturated fat and zero trans fats. 

Reason 7: Affordable
Considering how nutritious, delicious, convenient, versatile and quick to cook eggs are, you might expect to pay more for them. The price of eggs makes them very affordable. While you can purchase higher priced specialty eggs and egg products, a carton of classic shell eggs is an inexpensive source of high-quality protein that easily provides a meal for a family of four to six or numerous meals and snacks for just one or two. In Malaysia, a normal egg only cost 35sen.



Bibliography

Layman. 2004, Protein Quantity and Quality at Levels above the RDA Improves Adult Weight Loss. J Am Coll Nutr; 23: 631-636

Moeller et al. 2000, Journal of the American College of Nutrition; (915s): 523s-527s

Personal Essay

New Dished: Curry Spaghetti

On a quiet night, i go to the restaurant near my house like normally eat one of my favourite curry mee with my friend. The curry mee that sell in the restaurant was delicious, the texture of mee is smooth and chewey, the curry soup is smooth ,the spicy taste was not too strong and the taste is perfect.

When we eat the curry mee, my friend asked me that:

   "Eric, why the curry always eat with yellow mee, mee hoon, or kuew tiaw but not other noodles?"
   "En...maybe at the older days there was only have those kind of noodles can find in Malaysia" I replied.
   "Then why don't we trying to do something new? We can try using other noodles!" He said to me excitedly.  
   "But what noodles we want to use?" He is asked me again.
   "Why not we use spaghetti to replace mee, as spaghetti doesn't taste the bitterness that contain in yellow mee" I replied to him.
   "That's a good idea! When we want to try it?" My friend asked.
   "Why not we try it tomorrow as our lunch" I said to him.
   "OK, lets do it" He replied.

Therefore through the conversations, we decided try to making curry spaghetti at next day. This was my first time cooking curry and i have no idea how to cook it. I called to my mother for enquiry on how to cook.

   "Mom, can you teach me how to cook curry" I asked.
   "Son, what are the curry dished u want to making" My mom asked.
   "I want to making new dished, curry spaghetti" I mannerly replied.
   "That sounds interesting. You need to prepare the curry soup first then put the spaghetti in" My mom said to me.
   "Please teach me the proper way to making curry soup" I asked.
   " It is simple, u just need to buy a package of curry paste and follow the method showed on the packaging. I think it's not difficult for you,as you are a culinary student" My mom said to me.
   "But not make it too thick and put more water and santan" She later add on.
   "Ok mom, i try to make it. Thanks for help" I replied.

The next day morning, my friend and I went to morning market to buy the ingredient for cooking curry spaghetti. We have bought some onion, potato, long bean, fish cake, spaghetti, santan and also the main ingredient curry paste. I am very excited and couldn't wait for making curry spaghetti.

When we reached our house, we started to perpare the ingredient. I was making the curry soup and my friend was cutting the ingredient. I make the curry soup step by step follow the method on the packaging. First, I saute the onion the put in the paste. After few minute of saute, i pour in water and the other ingredient such as fish cake, potato and long bean. On the other side, my friend was cooking the spaghetti. After 30 minute, I add in the last ingredient, which is santan to thickening the curry soup and to have a smooth texture.

Finally curry spaghetti was done! The smell of the curry is flutter whole the kitchen. We are happy that we had successful for making curry spaghetti. We couldn't wait for tasting our new creation. we get a bowl and put in some spaghetti and pour int he curry soup. We are very satisfied with our curry spaghetti, the taste is nice and delicious, the spaghetti goes really well with the curry soup. Finally we are creating own new dished which is Curry Spaghetti! My friend said happily:

   "The curry spaghetti is really delicious and maybe we can open a stall to sell it!"

I smiled and nodded.
                

 Asam laksa

~The special food in my childhood memoir~

Asam laksa is a signiture dish from Pulau Pinang. In Pulau Pinang, asam laksa can be found anyway and it is a very popular food which consume by people who live in Pulau Pinang, but because of its savoury taste, not every one malaysian able to accept it.
 
Asam laksa is very special to me and my family as it accupy most of my memory in my childhood. Besides that, when i am 4 years old, my family and i stay in Pulai Pinang and we often consume Asam laksa as our lunch tofether. But after my family move out from pulau Pinang, we could not eat it together.

So every years during school holiday, my family and I will go back to Pulau Pinang. As we come back, my family will work together to preparing our own families secrect recipe af Asam laksa, as it was a tradition for our family to consume Asam laksa when the whole family is back to their hometown from their busy life in the other cities. All of our family like the Assam laksa we made as it have been modifield by ourselves based on our taste.

After enjoying the Asam laksa. My whole family will sit down together and share about their own experience for the adult, and schools problem will be share by children. Asam Laksa is a simbolic food that will made our relationship between family closer although we are not staying together.