The white thing in the egg?

Yeah. I hate that too. Here's a link that will show you how to do it right:

http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/004386how_to...

That little white speck is nothing more than the albumin protein where the yolk sack forms. It is NOT an umbilical cord, since eggs are unfertilized- that speck is as harmless as the rest of the egg-no need to be grossed out by it or remove it. Think of an egg like a womans period-if its not fertilized, its not a baby! If you must remove it, perhaps a small turkey baster would work? That way, you could get just the "hocker (lol) out, and leave the rest of your egg in tact? Just rethink what you consider that speck to be-its nothing but the start of where the egg forms-totally harmless, like the root of a tree.

How did you manage to develop that phobia

How freaky

you know the food industry ignores you fear and billions of eggs are in your YOUR daily food they sure did not freak out ...you eat that white stuff like it or not..

I wil not call it an umbilical cord because the shell can not be a uterus but I will consider that it maintain the yoke in the center of the egg and cooks into the white without notice

But freak out and stress what fork or plastic spoon to use

just remember your next sinus problem that you swallow

your phobia is unfounded

Crack egg into strainer? Or, for about 3 bucks you can buy a little device called an egg separator in kitchenwares departments or stores. Makes your life whole lot easier.

That thing is called the "chalaza," and it's a chick's umbilical cord.

Try digging it out with a plastic spoon after the egg is in the skillet but before it cooks all the way through.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalaza

use a spoon