Egg

You may be looking for the probe known as The 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. Eggs are originally intended for procreation of these lifeforms.

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 small 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""