Memory Alpha
Register
Memory Alpha
No edit summary
m (lk fix, format, cite fix)
(43 intermediate revisions by 24 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
  +
{{at|xx}}
[[Image:Egg symbol.jpg|thumb|The symbol of an egg.]]
+
[[File:Egg symbol.jpg|thumb|The symbol of an egg]]
'''Eggs''' are a commonly prepared [[food]] stuff, originating from bird (typically), fish or reptiles. The unhatched eggs of fish are known as [[caviar]].
 
  +
{{disambiguation|the probe|The Egg}}
  +
An '''egg''' was an ovum used for [[Reproductive system|procreation]] of many [[lifeform]]s. Eggs that consist of a large embryo surrounded by nutrients are laid by female [[bird]]s, [[fish]] or [[reptile]]s. The unhatched eggs of fish are known as [[caviar]]. Many of these eggs are commonly-prepared as [[food]].
   
Alien varieties of eggs include: [[Ktarian egg]]s, [[Owon egg]]s, [[Porakan egg]]s [[Regova egg]]s, [[Taspar egg]]s and [[Zylo eggs]]s.
+
Alien varieties of eggs include [[Ktarian egg]]s, [['Owon]] [[egg]]s, [[Porakan egg]]s, [[Regova egg]]s, [[Takar loggerhead egg]]s, [[Taspar egg]]s and [[Zylo egg]]s.
   
The [[Horta]], [[Repto-humanoid]]s and [[Xindi-Insectoid]], all lay eggs to reproduce offspring. ([[TOS]]: "[[The Devil in the Dark]]"; [[VOY]]: "[[Parturition]]"; [[ENT]]: "[[Hatchery (episode)|Hatchery]]")
+
The [[Horta]], [[Repto-humanoid]]s and [[Xindi-Insectoid]] all laid eggs to reproduce offspring. ({{TOS|The Devil in the Dark}}; {{VOY|Parturition}}; {{ENT|Hatchery}})
   
  +
==Symbolism==
When the crew of the [[USS Voyager]] was stranded on [[Hanon IV]], they looked for food and found a nest with large white eggs, the size of ostrich eggs. ([[VOY]]: "[[Basics, Part II]]"}
 
  +
[[File:Egg sculptures.jpg|thumb|Two egg sculptures in Dax's quarters]]
 
Eggs can have symbolic meanings; they often stand for the concepts of completion and rebirth. The followers of [[Doctor]] [[Sevrin]] all wore a small insignia consisting of an infinity sign within a yellow egg, itself within a white egg. In order to greet each other, they made an egg-shaped gesture with their hands and spoke the words "''We reach.''" ({{TOS|The Way to Eden}})
   
  +
In [[2369]], when [[Lieutenant]] [[Jadzia Dax]] proposed using the generators of [[Deep Space 9]]'s [[deflector shield]]s to create a low-level field around the station to allow it to move a great distance using only its thrusters, [[Chief engineering officer]] [[Miles O'Brien]] noted that the [[Space station|station]] could crack apart like an egg if the idea didn't work. ({{DS9|Emissary}})
Amongst the animals aboard [[Doctor]] [[Phlox]]'s [[sickbay]] was an egg-laying creature. From time to time this creature would lay a small, light purple egg. ([[ENT]]: "[[Dear Doctor]]"}
 
   
  +
Lieutenant Jadzia Dax kept two [[gemstone|bejeweled]] egg sculptures in her [[quarters]] aboard Deep Space 9. ({{DS9|Dax}})
[[Image:Egg sculpture, Vortex.jpg|thumb|A valuable sculpture of an egg.]][[Miles O'Brien]]'s favorite breakfast was two eggs, over easy with three strips of [[bacon]] and a side of [[corned beef hash]]. [[Rom]] ordered it a one morning at [[Quark's Place]] in [[2373]]. ([[DS9]]: "[[The Assignment]]")
 
 
Eggs can have a symbolic meaning, they often stand for the concepts of completion and rebirth. The followers of [[Doctor]] [[Sevrin]] all wore a small insignia consisting of an infinity sign within a yellow egg, itself within a white egg. In order to greet each other, they made an egg-shaped gesture with their hands and spoke the words "We reach". ([[TOS]]: "[[The Way to Eden]]")
 
 
 
The [[Miradorn]] criminals [[Ah-Kel]] and [[Ro-Kel]] tried to sell a smal egg-sculpture to [[Quark]] who himself wanted to sell the sculpture to [[Croden]]. The [[Miradorn]] demanded 1000 bars of [[Latinum|gold-pressed Latinum]] for the objet d'art. ([[DS9]]: "[[Vortex]]")
+
The [[Miradorn]] [[criminal]]s [[Ah-Kel]] and [[Ro-Kel]] tried to sell a small egg sculpture to [[Quark]], who himself wanted to sell the sculpture to [[Croden]]. The [[Miradorn]] demanded 1,000 bars of [[latinum|gold-pressed latinum]] for the ''objet d'art''. ({{DS9|Vortex}})
   
===Preparations===
+
==As food==
  +
While a prisoner of the [[Cardassian]]s, [[Jean-Luc Picard]] was given Tespar eggs by his interegator. Picard gulped down the live larval creatures inside. ({{TNG|Chain of Command, Part II}})
[[Earth]]
 
  +
  +
''In [[2372]] in an [[alternate timeline]], [[Libby]] served [[Ensign]] [[Harry Kim]] eggs for [[breakfast]], but they got cold because Kim, disturbed by the shift in the timeline, could not concentrate on eating.'' ({{VOY|Non Sequitur}})
  +
 
When the crew of the {{USS|Voyager}} was stranded on [[Hanon IV]], they looked for food and found a nest with large white eggs, the size of ostrich eggs. ({{VOY|Basics, Part II}})
  +
  +
According to Doctor Phlox, eggs are the part of breakfast [[Malcolm Reed]] called one of his favorite food. He liked them [[Scrambled eggs|scrambled]], poached, and over easy. ({{ENT|Silent Enemy}})
  +
 
Among the animals in [[Doctor]] [[Phlox]]'s [[sickbay]] was an egg-laying creature. From time to time this creature would lay a small, light purple egg. ({{ENT|Dear Doctor}}}
  +
  +
[[File:Egg sculpture, Vortex.jpg|thumb|A valuable sculpture of an egg]]
 
[[Miles O'Brien]]'s favorite breakfast was two eggs, over easy with three strips of [[bacon]] and a side of [[corned beef hash]]. [[Rom]] ordered it a one morning at [[Quark's]] in [[2373]]. ({{DS9|The Assignment}})
  +
  +
That same year, [[Neelix]] offered [[Lieutenant]] [[Tom Paris]] eggs for breakfast three different ways-- scrambled, sunny side up or over easy, but Paris refused due to having had a rough night, despite Neelix's entreaty that breakfast was the most important meal of the day. ({{VOY|Waking Moments}})
  +
  +
== See also ==
  +
*[[Caviar]]
  +
*[[Eskarian egg]]
  +
*[[Ktarian egg]]
  +
*[['Owon]] [[egg]]
  +
*[[Porakan egg]]
  +
*[[Regova egg]]
  +
*[[Taspar egg]]
  +
*[[Zylo egg]]
  +
  +
=== Preparations ===
 
* [[Bacon and eggs]]
 
* [[Bacon and eggs]]
* [[Egg drop soup]]
 
 
* [[Eggs Benedict]]
 
* [[Eggs Benedict]]
* [[Purple omelet]]
 
 
* [[Scrambled eggs]]
 
* [[Scrambled eggs]]
 
* [[Steak and eggs]]
 
* [[Steak and eggs]]
 
* [[Omelette]]s:
  +
** [[Cheese omelette]]
  +
** [[Jibalian seven-spice omelette]]
 
** [[Purple omelette]]
  +
** [[Talaxian omelette]]
 
*[[Soup]]s:
 
** [[Egg drop soup]]
  +
** [[Senarian egg broth]]
  +
  +
<gallery>
  +
File:Repto-humanoid egg.jpg|A [[Repto-humanoid]] egg<br />{{VOY|Parturition}}
  +
File:Hanonian egg.jpg|A [[Hanon IV|Hanonian]] egg<br />{{VOY|Basics, Part II}}
  +
File:Sickbay egg, Dear Doctor.jpg|An egg from [[Phlox]]'s [[sickbay]]<br />{{ENT|Dear Doctor}}
  +
</gallery>
  +
 
=== References ===
  +
<div class="appear">
  +
* {{TOS}}
 
** {{e|The Way to Eden}}
 
* {{TNG}}
 
** {{e|11001001}}
 
** {{e|Time Squared}}
 
** {{e|Sins of the Father}}
 
** {{e|Chain of Command, Part II}}
 
* {{Star Trek films}}:
  +
** {{film|7}}
  +
* {{DS9}}
 
** {{e|Vortex}}
 
** {{e|Invasive Procedures}}
 
** {{e|Past Tense, Part I}}
 
** {{e|Destiny}}
 
** {{e|Visionary}}
 
** {{e|Rejoined}}
 
** {{e|Paradise Lost}}
 
** {{e|The Assignment}}
 
** {{e|Far Beyond the Stars}}
 
* {{VOY}}
  +
** {{e|Phage}}
  +
** {{e|The Cloud}}
 
** {{e|Parturition}}
 
** {{e|Basics, Part II}}
 
** {{e|Flashback}}
 
* {{ENT}}
 
** {{e|Broken Bow}}
 
** {{e|Silent Enemy}}
 
** {{e|Cold Front}}
 
** {{e|Dear Doctor}}
 
** {{e|Hatchery}}
  +
</div>
   
  +
===See also===
Other
 
* [[Senarian egg broth]]
+
* The [[Chicken and the Egg]]
   
  +
== External link ==
  +
* {{wikipedia}}
   
{| class="mainpage" "width: 100%"
 
|-
 
! colspan="4"| Alien eggs
 
|-
 
| align="center"| [[Image:Repto-humanoid egg.jpg|140px|center|Repto-humanoid egg.]]
 
| align="center"| [[Image:Hanonian egg.jpg|140px|center|Hanonian egg.]]
 
| align="center"| [[Image:Sickbay egg, Dear Doctor.jpg|140px|center|Sickbay egg.]]
 
|-
 
| class="even" style="text-align: center" | '''A [[Repto-humanoid]] egg'''
 
| class="even" style="text-align: center" | '''A [[Hanon IV|Hanonian]] egg'''
 
| class="even" style="text-align: center" | '''An egg from [[Doctor]] [[Phlox]]' [[sickbay]].'''
 
|-
 
| class="even" style="text-align: center" | [[VOY]]:<br>"[[Parturition]]"
 
| class="even" style="text-align: center" | [[VOY]]:<br>"[[Basics, Part II]]"
 
| class="even" style="text-align: center" | [[ENT]]:<br>"[[Dear Doctor]]"
 
|}
 
   
 
[[de:Ei]]
==References==
 
 
[[Category:Foods]]
* [[TOS]]:
 
** [[The Way to Eden]]"
 
* [[TNG]]:
 
** "[[11001001]]"
 
** "[[Time Squared]]"
 
** "[[Sins of the Father]]"
 
** "[[Chain of Command, Part II]]"
 
* [[Star Trek Movies]]:
 
** ''[[Star Trek: Generations]]''
 
* [[DS9]]:
 
** "[[Vortex]]"
 
** "[[Invasive Procedures]]"
 
** "[[Past Tense, Part I]]"
 
** "[[Destiny]]"
 
** "[[Visionary]]"
 
** "[[Rejoined]]"
 
** "[[Paradise Lost]]"
 
** "[[The Assignment]]"
 
** "[[Far Beyond the Stars]]"
 
* [[VOY]]:
 
** "[[Parturition]]"
 
** "[[Basics, Part II]]"
 
** "[[Flashback]]"
 
* [[ENT]]:
 
** "[[Broken Bow]]"
 
** "[[Silent Enemy]]"
 
** "[[Cold Front]]"
 
** "[[Dear Doctor]]"
 
** "[[Hatchery]]""
 
[[Category: Foods]]
 

Revision as of 14:01, 9 September 2014

AT: "xx"

Egg symbol

The symbol of an egg

For the probe, please see The Egg.

An egg was an ovum used for procreation of many lifeforms. Eggs that consist of a large embryo surrounded by nutrients are laid by female birds, fish or reptiles. The unhatched eggs of fish are known as caviar. Many of these eggs are commonly-prepared as food.

Alien varieties of eggs include Ktarian eggs, 'Owon eggs, Porakan eggs, Regova eggs, Takar loggerhead eggs, Taspar eggs and Zylo eggs.

The Horta, Repto-humanoids and Xindi-Insectoid all laid eggs to reproduce offspring. (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark"; VOY: "Parturition"; ENT: "Hatchery")

Symbolism

Egg sculptures

Two egg sculptures in Dax's quarters

Eggs can have symbolic meanings; they often stand for the concepts of completion and rebirth. The followers of Doctor Sevrin all wore a small insignia consisting of an infinity sign within a yellow egg, itself within a white egg. In order to greet each other, they made an egg-shaped gesture with their hands and spoke the words "We reach." (TOS: "The Way to Eden")

In 2369, when Lieutenant Jadzia Dax proposed using the generators of Deep Space 9's deflector shields to create a low-level field around the station to allow it to move a great distance using only its thrusters, Chief engineering officer Miles O'Brien noted that the station could crack apart like an egg if the idea didn't work. (DS9: "Emissary")

Lieutenant Jadzia Dax kept two bejeweled egg sculptures in her quarters aboard Deep Space 9. (DS9: "Dax")

The Miradorn criminals Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel tried to sell a small egg sculpture to Quark, who himself wanted to sell the sculpture to Croden. The Miradorn demanded 1,000 bars of gold-pressed latinum for the objet d'art. (DS9: "Vortex")

As food

While a prisoner of the Cardassians, Jean-Luc Picard was given Tespar eggs by his interegator. Picard gulped down the live larval creatures inside. (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part II")

In 2372 in an alternate timeline, Libby served Ensign Harry Kim eggs for breakfast, but they got cold because Kim, disturbed by the shift in the timeline, could not concentrate on eating. (VOY: "Non Sequitur")

When the crew of the USS Voyager was stranded on Hanon IV, they looked for food and found a nest with large white eggs, the size of ostrich eggs. (VOY: "Basics, Part II")

According to Doctor Phlox, eggs are the part of breakfast Malcolm Reed called one of his favorite food. He liked them scrambled, poached, and over easy. (ENT: "Silent Enemy")

Among the animals in Doctor Phlox's sickbay was an egg-laying creature. From time to time this creature would lay a small, light purple egg. (ENT: "Dear Doctor"}

File:Egg sculpture, Vortex.jpg

A valuable sculpture of an egg

Miles O'Brien's favorite breakfast was two eggs, over easy with three strips of bacon and a side of corned beef hash. Rom ordered it a one morning at Quark's in 2373. (DS9: "The Assignment")

That same year, Neelix offered Lieutenant Tom Paris eggs for breakfast three different ways-- scrambled, sunny side up or over easy, but Paris refused due to having had a rough night, despite Neelix's entreaty that breakfast was the most important meal of the day. (VOY: "Waking Moments")

See also

Preparations

References

See also

  • The Chicken and the Egg

External link