A brief history of eggs


	A brief history of eggs

michellezm

1-25-2008 1:43 PM

773 views

michellezm says:

I found the whole article interesting.

1 Comment |

Add a Comment

2-6-2008 4:13 PM

dorine

Fascinating! Love this stuff.

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from January 25, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/28361a6a-8d12-4bf2-813c-286eb20486df/4B42CB41-F312-4390-9AA3-F6160C6B798F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodeggs.html" href="http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodeggs.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.foodtimeline.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodeggs.html">"Eggs have been known to, and enjoyed by, humans for many centuries. Jungle fowl were
domesticated in India by 3200 B.C.E. Record from China and Egypt show that fowl were
domesticated and laying eggs for human consumption around 1400 B.C.E., and there is
archaeoligical evidence for egg consumption dating back to the Neolithic age. The Romans found
egg-laying hens in England, Gaul, and among the Germans. The first domesticated fowl reached
North America with the second voyage of Columbus in 1493."
---<I>Encyclopedia of Food and Culture</I>, Solomon H. Katz, editor, William Woys Weaver,
associate editor [Charles Scribner's Sons:New York] 2003, Volume 1 (p. 558)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodeggs.html"><B>When did people start using eggs in baking and why? </B>
Food historians tell us the practice was ancient but they do not venture an exact place, date, or
reason. The
domestication of fowl (esp. chicken) greatly increased the availabiltiy of eggs to ancient peoples.
This is
thought by some to have begun in China in 6,000BC</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4B42CB41-F312-4390-9AA3-F6160C6B798F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips