Category:
Eggs

The man who hatched an egg on his stomach

We've previously posted about Ella Petry, the British woman who in 1958 became famous when she hatched an egg in her cleavage.

Seven years before she did this, a young man in Germany, Gerd Ruthmann, hatched an egg on his stomach.

He got some media attention for this feat, but nothing like the publicity that Petry received.







Life - July 2, 1951



Life - Dec 12, 1969


Posted By: Alex - Thu Dec 21, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Eggs, 1950s

Exploding Easter Eggs

Happy Easter!

Sioux City Journal - Mar 28, 1983

Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 09, 2023 - Comments (4)
Category: Explosives, Holidays, Eggs, 1980s

Egg Blowing

According to Life magazine (Dec 15, 1952), in the early 1950s the sport of egg blowing (Eieren Blazen) was all the rage in Holland.



The rules of the game:

The game is played with an empty eggshell, windpower and a billiard table with two goal nets at each end. Each team has five players, one of whom acts as goalkeeper. Other team members sit along the sides. The referee places the eggshell in the center of the table and after that it is a blowing free-for-all to get it into the opposing team's net. Players must sit on their hands throughout the game and must keep from touching the egg with their lips. Breaking these rules gives the opposing team a free blow at the goal.



I can't find any references to the game beyond this one article in Life.

I can see why it would be an amusing game at parties. But probably not appropriate for the age of Covid.

"Players and spectators go into convulsions of laughter as a woman blows so hard at egg that she blows out her false teeth on the table"

Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 03, 2023 - Comments (1)
Category: Sports, Eggs, 1950s

Egg Telepathy

Useless Superpower: Mrs. Gertrude Smith of York, Pennsylvania claimed that she was able to project mental images into the minds of hens, causing them to lay eggs with distinctive patterns. For instance, she thought of sunflowers and, sure enough, her hens laid eggs with a sunflower pattern.

Unfortunately it doesn't appear that any pictures were taken of the patterned eggs, even though Mrs. Smith brought some into the offices of the York Gazette and Daily, in order to prove her claim.

York Gazette and Daily - Apr 4, 1940



York Gazette and Daily - May 21, 1940



Related Post: Armpit Reading

Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 16, 2023 - Comments (2)
Category: Human Marvels, Eggs, 1940s

An egg inside an egg

In 1949, farmer Fred Bollman of St. Louis found that one of his hens had laid an unusually large egg. When he picked up the egg, it cracked, revealing a second egg that had formed inside.



The phenomenon of an egg inside an egg is extremely rare. It's caused by the process of "counter-peristalsis contraction." As explained by cbc.ca:

It occurs when a formed egg begins traveling backwards in a hen's oviduct and becomes embedded inside a second egg in the process of developing.
The second egg forms around the first, hence the large size.

In March 2018, Wendy Devuyst found that one of her hens had laid an unusually large egg. She suspected it was an egg-inside-an-egg (because the same hen had previously laid one of these), so she filmed herself cracking it open. And sure enough, it was.

Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 05, 2023 - Comments (4)
Category: Eggs

Long Eggs

Long eggs are either: a) eggs laid by specially bred long chickens; or b) a highly engineered food product created in the 1970s to satisfy the food service industry's desire to have egg slices with a consistent ratio of white and yolk.

You can choose what you want to believe.

source: shemazing.net



The video below shows how long eggs might be engineered. It's in German, but even if you don't speak that it's easy to understand what's going on.

Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 04, 2021 - Comments (5)
Category: Food, Eggs

Raw-Egg Diet

Orlando Sentinel - Dec 12, 1974

Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 30, 2019 - Comments (5)
Category: Eggs, 1970s, Dieting and Weight Loss

Toaster Eggs

A product of the 1970's toaster-cooking craze. Inspired by the popularity of Pop Tarts.

They were introduced in 1972, and by 1975 were off the market.

Pittsburgh Press - Oct 1, 1972



Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 03, 2018 - Comments (3)
Category: Food, Eggs, 1970s

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