The origin of the 'egg whites' clip is unclear, but its life online follows a familiar meme pattern: a short, oddly specific phrase gets ripped from a longer video and starts circulating on soundboards, where its randomness becomes the joke. Food-related phrases have long been popular as quick reaction sounds, and this one fits the mould, a single mundane ingredient name with enough deadpan weight to feel like a punchline. It slots easily into compilations and cooking videos, reused precisely because nobody can quite explain why it is funny.