When boiling eggs in shell, there is no way to tell ahead of time if the eggs contain a bloodspot. Therefore, there is a minhag to cook three eggs together, so that even if one of the eggs contains a bloodspot, that egg would be batel among the other two eggs and the pot would not need Kashering. At the present time eggs are not fertilized, and even if they contain bloodspots, one need only remove that spot of blood, and the rest of the egg can be eaten. Nonetheless, many maintain the minhag to cook at least three eggs together.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Halacha Yomis - Cooking Three Eggs OU Kosher Halacha Yomis This column is dedicated in memory of Rav Chaim Yisroel Belsky, zt'l, former Senior OU Kosher Halachic Consultant
When boiling eggs in shell, there is no way to tell ahead of time if the eggs contain a bloodspot. Therefore, there is a minhag to cook three eggs together, so that even if one of the eggs contains a bloodspot, that egg would be batel among the other two eggs and the pot would not need Kashering. At the present time eggs are not fertilized, and even if they contain bloodspots, one need only remove that spot of blood, and the rest of the egg can be eaten. Nonetheless, many maintain the minhag to cook at least three eggs together.
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