What's the stringy bit in an egg?!
Answers: What do you call the white stringy thing in an egg that is joined to the yolk. I once knew and It's not a 'scientific name'. This has been bugging me for years.
There's 4 parts to an egg: the shell, the yolk(yellow - nucellus) the albumin (the clear part), and the chalaza, which is the little white part attached to the yolk. It's the least familiar part of the egg, so here's a little info:
The chalaza (Greek - khalaze -"hailstone") is a structure inside animal eggs and plant ovules(eggs).It attaches or suspends the yolk (nucellus) within the larger structure.
In animal eggs, the chalaza is composed of one or two spiral bands of tissue that suspend the yolk in the center of the white. It is cloudy and white and if pulled on acts like a spring. The longer the egg ages, the more the tissue eventually breaks down. This is why older eggs have a runny or less pronounced yolk. Also, the chalaza is the agent that makes some of the egg white stick to the yolk when an egg yolk is removed manually.
The white bit is called albumen, is that what you mean?
Is it the albumen?
I think it's what would he the umbilical chord if the egg had been fetilized
It's not the albumin, that is the egg whites.
Its called a chalaza, or chalazae since there are actually two, they hold the yolk in place. I'm not sure that there is a 'non-scientific' name.
And once again, IT IS NOT THE ALBUMIN!!
its the part that would be fertilised and grow into the foetus of the chick
It's the ribbon. Throw it away, and eat the chocolate.
It is correct that it is albumen, but it is a particularly 'stringy' part called CHALAZA. It is a twisted strand that is attached to the membrane at each end of the yolk, holding it in position in the albumen.