You should not eat raw eggs. The danger is salmonella poisoning.

See:
http://www.about-salmonella.com/page2.htm

They are supposedly coming out with pasteurized eggs sometime soon though which will solve this problem:
http://www.davidsonseggs.com/News/ap032000.html

That is why homemade ice cream recipes tell you to cook the eggs first.

However, you can just use egg whites raw without cooking in recipes which reduces the risk of salmonella.

Also, the reason that organic eggs are better is because they come from free-range chickens. This means that the chickens eat natural outside grasses and vegetables. Most ranch chicken eggs come from chickens that are fed grains and corns (do they have to put even the chickens on a high carb diet!?). This means the chickens get their omega-6/omega-3 ratio out of whack like we humans do and their eggs show this same ratio toward the omega-6. If the chickens can eat what they naturally would eat outdoors, their diet balances more toward the omega-3 side. Animals have a better clue than humans about what foods are good for them instinctively.

While both omega-6 and omega-3 are essential fatty acids, we get too many omega-6 in our diet already. Omega-3 helps prevent inflammation, allergies, arthritis, high cholesterol, arteriosclerosis (because it thins the blood) pain from anything, and a host of other stuff so everyone should have a better balance of omega-3s.

Doreen is right: poached, boiled or over-medium please!

But I've got to stick with Deb about the custard thing (you have to make exceptions somewhere)