Let’s face it, over the years eggs have gotten a very bad rap but are one food that always seems to bounce back (albeit not literally) onto the tables of nations all over the world.
In the mid-eighties an outbreak of salmonella broke in the UK causing nationwide panic, governments leap onto the bandwagon closely followed by cries of outrage from the press. It seemed like nothing could massage the publics fear of the egg.
Well, nothing but the taste and versatility of the egg (and it’s resilience).
For thousands of years eggs have been included in the staple diet of almost every country in the world and we can safely assume that one of the first dishes on a caveman’s plate would have been an egg – fried, scrambled or poached we can’t say.
Studies show that eggs are preferred differently from nation to nation and a recent study by Egg Monthly magazine show the following preferences:
UK – Boiled egg
USA – Poached egg
Asia – Scrambled egg
Eastern Europe – Fried egg
Amazing that just like language our particular taste for egg recipes varies from continent to continent...