A Triple Treat for Egg Lover

That's why Palmerston North's Daphne Stern immediately called the Manawatu Standard when her customary poached-egg breakfast gave her the shock of her life yesterday.

From inside the giant shell spilled three perfectly formed yolks.

"I lived on a farm growing up and basically eat an egg every day, but I've never seen this before," Mrs Stern said from her Elliot Street home of 48 years. "I've had plenty of doubles before, but a triple? I was just shocked." Mrs Stern said she purchased the egg from a Feilding farm - a type they called "eggnormous".

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