The age old question needn’t be which came first. After all, we know that answer (the egg,duh.) Instead, we at eggslist ponder a deeper question:
Oh egg, thou creature of mystery cloaked in thy shell, what the heck are you?
If your name were Johnny Brittanica, you would declare that the egg is “the content of the hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a bird, considered as food.” And you would then, in fact, go on to reluctantly admit that technically, keeping the bird species alive is the purpose of the egg. But then you would once again switch gears to quickly point out that most eggs laid today are unfertilized and intended for human consumption. Meaning that for Johnny Brit, the egg is primarily food.
Of course, we at eggslist recognize the supreme importance of eggs as food. We love eggs! After all, eggs are so delicious that stubborn people admit they are delicious even when they are green. That is how good they are. So, are eggs food? Heck yeah! Are they also the arbiters of life propelling countless species forward? Heck to the yeah!
But is that all they are? No, it is not. On top of all that, eggs are also perfect objects in their own right, their unique shape having been drawn and painted by countless artists and carved by innumerable artisans. Eggs simultaneously provide the shape for valuable pieces of fine art and serve as a readily available foundation for children’s crafts. Eggs are so important that entire holiday celebrations center around them. This is because eggs are food, art, culture, science, and all-in-one organic systems serving as miraculous vehicles of life. If any one thing is true about the egg, it is this: the egg contains multitudes.
As we lay down our first posts here at eggslist, we find ourselves thinking about something else eggs are: the ultimate beginning. So in that spirit, it is time to get cracking as we set off to explore all of eggxistence and discover the eggstraordinary facts hidden beneath its deceptively simple shell.
Like why does the average American eat 281 eggs per year? I mean, what’s so delicious about eggs?
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