What kind of holidays are not found in different countries and cities. People put on festivals, masquerades, and processions to honor animals, plants, food, and even wardrobe pieces. Egg Day is one of such unusual gastronomic holidays.
Eggs are one of the most popular foods on any table: in a village, a village or a huge metropolis. They are honored for their taste and benefits in different countries of the world and in different cultures.
This is facilitated by their versatility and the possibility of using it as a stand-alone product or in combination with other ingredients of plant and animal origin. An important role is played by the availability and cost of eggs, as well as their useful qualities. This product contains an easily digestible protein; The egg is a source of many vitamins and minerals needed to maintain health. The main thing is not to consume more than a couple of eggs per day.
The emergence of a holiday
In 1996, at a regular conference in the Austrian capital, Vienna, the delegates of the International Egg Commission pointed out a number of reasons for the emergence of the Day of the Egg. The creation of a protein product and its derivatives for this holiday was readily supported by ordinary citizens who eat them, as well as egg producers. At the same time, the commission decided that the day of honoring the egg will be held on the second Friday of October every year.
Traditionally, on this day, it is customary to show culinary programs on television, where dishes are prepared, the main ingredient of which is an egg (scrambled eggs, fried eggs, omelet, scrambled eggs, poached, benedict, scramble, orsini, cocotte). Festivals and comic processions are held on the streets of cities, which, as a rule, end at venues where huge scrambled eggs and omelets are prepared for locals and tourists.
In schools, kindergartens, even in some families, it is customary to hold contests, for example, for the best drawing, the best recipe, etc. Lectures and seminars, charity events, flash mobs and master classes are held in educational institutions and in the open air.
Catering establishments try to surprise their visitors with a specially selected menu with rare recipes or creative names and design.
Americans pay tribute to this protein product with the annual Giant Omelet Day celebration.
Interesting Facts
- According to some reports, the leaders in the consumption of eggs are the inhabitants of Japan.
- The annual volume is over 567 billion eggs.
- The largest eggs in the world are laid by ostriches, and the smallest - by a kiwi bird.
- An ostrich egg is 24 times the size of a regular chicken egg and takes about 2 hours to cook hard.
- There is a disease associated with the fear of eggs - ovophobia. Of the most famous personalities who were exposed to it, the film director A. Hitchcock.
- The color of the yolk does not affect the nutritional value, but indicates the chicken's diet.
- Cloudy white is found in fresh eggs, and transparent in old eggs.
- The record for the number of yolks in one egg is five.
