We visited our friends who own a B&B in northern Vermont this week and drove back today.

I skipped the B&B breakfast of pancakes and Canadian bacon in favor of a bowl of Lucky Charms, which I probably haven't had since I was about ten, and some coffee. And a thick slice of the Canadian bacon.

Lunch was a turkey sub from a deli in the White Mountains and some Fritos, which I love and also haven't had in ages.

Dinner was leftover bean salad and pasta from the fridge. And the rest of the Fritos. And a Tollhouse cookie ice cream sandwich. And some bourbon. :)

An article on the benefits/side effects of eggs:

One Major Side Effect of Eating Eggs, Says Science

Good article. And I think that most of us were saying that having a few yolks a week isn't bad just not 10. But I also think the big picture is important. If you are told by your doctor that you need to lower your cholesterol, there are lots of other things that you need to cut back on or eliminate and not having a few yolks is not going to help if you eat other bad stuff regularly.

Exactly.

Costco's organic pasture raised eggs are probably the all around best you can buy in a mega mart, and at a great price.

$7.49 for 24! That’s exactly what I buy. I eat the whites. When we use them for baking, I get yolk. My child eats them many days a week. Probably not Fridays as that’s when I bake Trader Joe’s croissants.

Friday breakfast:
Warmed sourdough seeded baguette with chocolate sea salt almond butter
Warmed sourdough seeded baguette with peanut & pecan nut butter
trader joes chocolate croissant
organic strawberries & bananas

Friday luncheon:
corned beef hash topped with chopped parsley and two eggs fried in olive oil (jon & vinnie’s style)
toasted sourdough seeded baguette with butter

Breakfast today!
3 eggs, beans, leftover Rotisserie chicken, jalapeno peppers with toasted TJ's sour bread.

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Caesar salad with blackened salmon. I was thrilled that both of our kids loved it and asked me to make it again

Saturday luncheon:
corned beef hash topped with chopped parsley and two eggs fried in olive oil (jon & vinnie’s style). Minimal yolk - this time I flipped the eggs so that the yolks are mostly fully cooked and easy to avoid eating.
toasted sourdough bread with butter

I've never met anyone (well, anyone without an eating disorder) who went through so many mental gymnastics to justify eating particular foods.

Some kind of disorder, certainly. ;)

eating or avoiding? I’m avoiding the yolk as best possible.
I used to make life easier by buying egg white juice, until my friend scoffed at this and said that I should be eating fresh egg whites and not juiced egg whites. Of course it made sense, which is why I have these extra steps when cooking eggs. I don’t even want scrambled or omelette egg whites - there’s such joy of fried egg whites.

Both. You hope that yolks will break so you can eat them. You claim not to eat certain things for health reasons but then eat horribly unhealthy meals. You don't keep pork in the house because your son asked you not to but you find all sorts of loopholes to justify having it in the house.

As someone who has had an eating disorder, I'll tell you that if you communicate those kinds of messages to your son there is a strong chance he will develop an eating disorder. And personally, once you stop following rule ililogical rules of your own making you will have a much easier and healthier relationship with food. Trust me on both of these points. (PS - Eating disorders aren't limited to teenage girls. Boys can develop them as can adults.)

And once again...compared to the rest of the meals, egg yolks are not the culprit here. Avoiding the yolk but eating tons of sausage and cheese and zero fiber is not helping lower cholesterol.
I don't know when gao last spoke to a nutritionist (other than the one that made the blanket statement that all pork was way worse than any beef) but it is always a good idea to get some professional info if a doctor advises you to make some dietary changes.