The Fancy Egg

It is a bit late to talk about Easter where people often paint their own eggs in an Easter theme, however, this is not the only occasion you can paint your egg. Oh yes, decorated eggs are not just for the Easter holidays, they are used for all kinds of cultural reasons across the world.

If you are a House of Cards fan with a good memory you may remember one particular episode where Franciss has a decorated egg that his wife gave him. Apparently all over the USA they have decorated egg shows and every year an egg is selescted from each state and the best eggs get selected.

I found these two particular eggs are from the states of Wyoming and Texas. I think they were from a few years ago because Texas' own Georgey Bush is on one of them.

 

Going a bit off topic because these eggs are not real at all but Fabergé eggs are massive in Russia, rich Russians buy their other halves these eggs as opposed to a standard piece of jewellery. Some of these eggs have most recently sold for as high as 20 million pounds.

Moving back to the good old hard boiled egg, they are not always chicken or duck eggs. For some people they prefer Emu or ostrich eggs. They are so large and strong that the shells may be carved without breaking. They are so thick and strong that some of them have been found in 60'000 years old in South Africa.

Thanks for reading.