You've probably cracked open an egg and noticed what looks like a white wavy string attached to the yolk — that's the chalazae. These are two fibrous (and completely edible) ropes that run through the ...

As an egg sloshes around—hey, carrying groceries on the subway isn’t easy—the chalaza will balance the yolk’s movements.

If you wondered how the yolk always stays in the same place, despite changes to the rest of the egg, this is because of something called the 'chalazae'. Chalazae is modified albumen and acts a ...

Eggs are actually equipped with thick ropes of protein called chalazae that serve the sole purpose of anchoring the yolk in the center of the egg so it won't break. (You know those cloudy white ...