Why all the eggs in TURN?
So watching the first episode of season 2 of TURN. Why does the spy, Culpepper, need to write on eggs? He has a little hidden notebook and various other hiding spots but wants to use eggs? The whole egg thing makes no sense.
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The main reason he's using eggs is because he knows he and his luggage will be searched every time he enters/leaves New York. Given that the messages on the egg are underneath the shell and not visible, even if they're found, they're less likely to raise suspicions than a notebook or letters--particularly if said documents are in cipher.
I also think that this is, in part, either foreshadowing, or a play on how John André was historically captured--because of documents hidden in his stockings.
Also, you may want to consider that this is a spy show run and written by the same folks who did Nikita, not a show famed for its incisive story logic and sticking to factual elements. :) And they probably really really liked calling back to them beginning to use the eggs in Season 1, (episode 6 "Mr. Culpeper").
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Why do cooked eggs turn GREY?
A greenish-gray ring may appear around a hard-cooked egg yolk. It's unattractive, but not harmful. The ring is caused by a chemical reaction involving sulfur (from the egg white) and iron (from the egg yolk), which naturally react to form ferrous sulfide at the surface of the yolk.Why does the yolk of an egg turn green?
A: The green ring around the yolk of a hard cooked egg happens because hydrogen in the egg white combines with sulfur in the yolk. The cause is most often related to boiling the eggs too hard for too long.Why do eggs turn blue when cooked?
With boiled eggs, the yolk can get a blue/green tint, particularly when over-cooked or cooked at too high a temp a reaction most of us have seen. It is a reaction between sulfur and iron. The same can occur with scrambled eggs. Over cooking and cooking at high temperature is considered a prime culprit.What change happens to egg when heated?
Denaturation is what happens when heat is applied to the eggs. Chemically, this is the process by which the chains of amino acids are changed from their original (or native) state. The heat coming from your stove denatures the protein by disrupting some of its bonds that held the molecule into shape.Why Does Cooking Eggs Make Them Hard? | The Science of Cooking | SciShow Kids
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I haven't actually seen this show yet. However, there is a method by which you mix alum and vinegar and use that as 'ink' to write on an egg. Once you've boiled and peeled the egg, the message appears on egg white. Supposedly this was developed during the Spanish Inquisition by Giambattista della Porta.
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