Egg

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.

Alien varieties of eggs include: Ktarian eggs, Owon eggs, Porakan eggs Regova eggs, Taspar eggs and Zylo eggss.

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

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"}

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"}

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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 gold-pressed Latinum for the objet d'art. (DS9: "Vortex")

Preparations

Earth

• Bacon and eggs
• Egg drop soup
• Eggs Benedict
• Purple omelet
• Scrambled eggs
• Steak and eggs

Other

• Senarian egg broth

Alien eggs
Repto-humanoid egg.		Sickbay egg.
A Repto-humanoid egg	A Hanonian egg	An egg from Doctor Phlox' sickbay.
VOY: "Parturition"	VOY: "Basics, Part II"	ENT: "Dear Doctor"

References

• 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""