This Omelet Recipe Is Written On the Egg Itself

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Apr 29th 2011 @ 4:00PM

recipe written on an eggshell Photo: dnewman, Thingiverse.com

Yes, it's a gimmick. But it's a pretty cool one. Who wouldn't like an omelet recipe printed right on their egg? (Never mind that almost everyone knows how to make an omelet.) What's cool here is that artist Dnewman came up with a clever use for the Egg-Bot, a 3D printer that can "draw on spherical or egg-shaped objects from the size of a ping pong ball to that of a small grapefruit." But as one commenter over at Boing Boing points out: "Why print the recipe for two servings on one egg?"

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Tags: egg bot, featured, omelet recipe on egg

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5-01-2011 @7:29AM Al Schrader said... A developing chick embrio breathes air right through the shell. Anything you put on the egg shell will go right into the whites & yolk including odors. I suggest, don't play with your food.
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5-01-2011 @12:04PM Gregory Schwartz said... AL: The eggs we purchase at the grocery store are UNFERTILIZED Eggs!!!!! There is NO embyo living in that egg! If this idea of printing recipes, advertisements, etc. (a brilliant marketing tool!) ever takes off, I am sure they will do their printing on unfertilized eggs only. Jeeez! Gime me a break already, it's Sunday!!!! -gregg in Sarasota, FL

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5-01-2011 @1:00PM Al Schrader said... Sure Gregg. Instead I suggest print the recipe on the egg carton. The egg shell is permiable so that a living embyro "can" breathe and yes the market eggs are unfertilized. Even though a raw egg can last quite awhile, I don't recommend using them more than a week old. The recipe for a pro omlet is: Crack three eggs into a bowl. Add one teaspoon of cream. Beat with wisk to add air. Add a butter pat to a hot non-stick fry pan, pour in the eggs. Flip omlet to cook other side..Serve...Al-

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5-01-2011 @1:01PM Louise said... Gregory - Al said the print, etc will go into the yolk and white of the egg - not the chick. Reread it and you will see he did not imply there are chicks in the eggs we eat.

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5-01-2011 @9:43AM kevin said... What a stupid idea! Copying from the above articles and then slyly putting in your dumb azz advertisements about stuff nobody cares about. Get a life!
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5-01-2011 @10:19AM Bob said... I don't think I'd worry a whole lot about "food coloring" printing on an egg shell Al.... EVERYTHING we eat that is processed has food coloring in it... and even some of "fresh fruits" have been chemically treated... Worry about something else.
And as far as thre problem with "recipe for 2 servings on one egg"... LOL... ever seen a ONE egg omelete and I guess MOST of us can at least divide by two... AND if all the eggs in the container have the same recipe printed on them this idea is a winner....
People worry way too much about moronoc stuff that doesn't matter... it's a cool idea and when safely and responsibly it's an added consumer benefit....
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5-01-2011 @11:10AM Lara said... Next we'll have ads on our eggs. If there's a way to print something on anything that'll be seen by a consumer, some company will rationalize putting an advertisement on it.
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5-01-2011 @11:21AM JustinOpinion2 said... WOW! Really? Why would ANYONE need a recipe for an omelet? Who doesn't know how to make one?
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5-01-2011 @8:20PM Val said... How old were you when you cooked alone for the first time??? I was about 10. Yes I needed a recipe to boil water at that age. If you've never done it, a guide is good. The idea is great!!

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5-01-2011 @11:21AM jaba said... I can see it now. Open your carton of eggs in the morning and be exposed to ads for Viagra, hemorhoids, and hair restoration!
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5-01-2011 @11:35AM Jennifer Slater said... Is everyone missing the entire point here, choosing instead to jump at an opportunity to be critical? "Yay, I can say something nasty about someone and be completely hidden behind the guise of my computer. "

It's not about REALLY printing recipes on eggs, it's not about selling advertisements to egg companies, or even how many eggs it takes to make a stupid omelet.

The guy invented a 3D printer that prints on round objects and came up with a really CLEVER way to demonstrate it. That's pretty cool, and apparently a lot more intelligent then sitting around on a Sunday morning anonymously criticizing others. I surely hope there are more people in the world like him than there are like all of you.
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5-01-2011 @12:08PM Gregory Schwartz said... I completely agree with Jennifer Slater. Well worded comment Jennifer! You obviously are not suffering from a Saturday Night/Sunday Morning Hangover like some of the bozos on this blog
are. You GO! Girl!!! -gregg in Sarasota, FL

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5-01-2011 @1:17PM wllharrington said... Jennifer, you seem to be the only one who gets it. How much do you want to bet that the makers of L'eggs will be one of the first to jump on this(if they still make them).

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5-01-2011 @3:09PM Lara said... Jennifer, you need to think a little deeper on this, not just take what you read at face value. Most inventors will present their invention in some practicial way, demonstrating a profitable use for their product. That plants ideas and creates some type of buzz to make their invention more marketable. The printing on the egg was no accident, it was part of a plan. I can already see eggs coming with decorations on them - Hello Kitty eggs anyone?

Even the fact that AOL points to this 'article' is very telling. Have you ever heard of stereolithography? It blows this spherical printing concept right out of the water, and has been around for decades.

The bottom line is that this spherical printing will come around to us as ads where we don't need to see ads, if it's practical in its application. Time will tell.

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5-01-2011 @1:07PM orlandosb said... They're more than likely using soy ink, which isn't toxic. Don't you think someone already thought this through, or just happyassedly started printing on eggs with toxic ink?
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5-01-2011 @1:30PM BERNIE said... THATS A GREAT IDEA, HERE'S ANOTHER, YOU CAN RENT OUT THE SPACE ON THE EGG TO ADVERTISE A PRODUCT, THEN THEY CAN REDUCE THE PRICE OF THE EGGS.
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5-01-2011 @2:02PM Alexandria said... Soo cool. Now we don't have to have plastice film for bottles the lable can be printed right on the bottle. Same apples for canned food, etc. Think of the enviornmental impact.
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5-07-2011 @7:08AM Girolamo smith said... Oh what a great picture for the egg.Everyone want to be eat a eggs in morning.It is very good for the health and body.there are many varieties for make the eggs.

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