something unusual caught my attention.
As I cracked an egg into a bowl, I noticed a strange white strand running through the egg white. It was thin, slightly twisted, and looked almost like a tiny piece of string or a worm. My stomach immediately tightened. I froze, spatula in hand, and stared at the bowl as if it contained something dangerous.
I did what almost everyone does when they’re worried about food: I immediately assumed the worst.
Was it a parasite? A worm? Some kind of contamination?
I thought about
