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A white to cream colored egg with brown speckles that is laid by a hen turkey. Similar to chicken eggs, except larger, turkey eggs weigh approximately 80 to 90 grams (one and a half times more than a large chicken egg) and are slightly larger than a jumbo chicken egg.

The yellow liquid of an egg making up about 40 percent of the liquid weight of the egg. Egg yolks are an excellent source of protein and iron, but are high in cholesterol.

Eggs cooked by frying them in a pan. Butter or cooking fat is heated in the bottom of the pan. Whole eggs are cracked and opened over the pan.

Eggs that are pasteurized to destroy any bacteria that may be present. The pasteurization process heats the eggs for a period of time to destroy the bacteria, but the process does not cook the eggs.

A meat product made of finely ground light and dark turkey meat, also referred to as MDM or mechanically deboned turkey.

Turkey that has been cured and flavored with smoke from burning aromatic wood. The smoke from the smoldering wood gives the turkey a sweet, delicately smoky flavor and a tender texture.

A wild game bird or domesticated bird (poultry) that evolved from the pheasant family of wildfowl. Wild turkey contains somewhat tougher and darker meat than the domesticated variety of turkey, which is raised to produce a greater quantity of white meat.

Eggs boiled in their shells until the whites are firm and the yolks are partially firm but not completely firm, as they would be in a hard-cooked egg.

A variety of egg that comes from a duck, which is typically raised for its meat and feathers. A duck egg is similar to a chicken egg with a few differences.

An egg cooked in water that is heated to a temperature slightly below the boiling point. There are several methods to poach eggs.

An egg produced by a quail that is small and oval shaped with a speckled outer shell ranging in color from dark brown to blue or white.

An egg product that can be used as a replacement for fresh eggs in order to reduce or eliminate the cholesterol content found in whole eggs or for recipes requiring uncooked eggs.

An egg dish that blends the whites and yolks of eggs with milk and seasonings to be cooked in an open pan.

A food product produced from poultry that is used as both an ingredient and a main dish for baked foods.

A method of cooking an egg in which the egg is cooked more slowly than a boiled egg, but basically yields the same results, except that the egg is more tender.

A turkey product made from finely ground light and dark turkey meat that is mechanically deboned from the bird.

Often referred to as Liquid Egg Whites or pasteurized egg whites, this food item is a replacement for the natural whites of eggs.

A turkey product made from skinless thigh and drumstick meat, which is ground and seasoned. Like other types of pastrami, turkey pastrami is flavored with peppercorns and other seasonings and then cured and smoked.

Powdered whole eggs are another alternative to fresh eggs and are convenient to use and store. They can be used for most types of egg dishes or recipes requiring eggs.

A variety of egg that comes from the large bird known as the ostrich. An ostrich ranges in weight from 250 to 400 pounds at maturity and is generally raised to produce meat, feathers, and skin for specialty items and markets throughout the world.