Why do they call them eggrolls?

[chaska]

There's no egg in 'em.

Gotta run.

[ChickMagic]

1. Call what eggrolls?

:hide:

[Ptah]

2. .

An egg roll is made by wrapping a combination of
chopped vegetables (often mostly cabbage), meat,
and sometimes noodles, in a sheet of dough,
dipping the dough in egg or an egg wash,
then deep frying it. It can be closed or open ended.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_roll

[Xithras]

4. LOL!

Scroll down in your link and read their definition of a Mexican Egg Roll. You have to love Wikipedia!

[Xithras]

3. Because traditional egg rolls are dipped in egg before frying. n/t

Now I'm hungry.

[chaska]

5. No, There not.

I've made eggrolls before. No egg.

Edit: Hmm, maybe the key word is "traditional".

[Xithras]

6. Yep. Traditional is the key word. For it to be an "egg" roll, it needs an egg dip.

If you aren't dipping it in egg, you're making a spring roll, not an egg roll.