Why do eggs change when cooked?
Egg's Tangle Trap
Why do eggs change when cooked?
Crack an egg into a hot pan and watch: in seconds, the clear goop turns white and solid. The runny yolk firms up. You can't shake it back to liquid, no matter how hard you try. What just happened?
Inside that raw egg are millions of proteins — long molecules folded up tight like tangled balls of yarn. They're packed so close together in the egg white that light can't get through, but they're small enough that the whole thing stays liquid and see-through.
