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Nature's perfect package: breakfast, miracle, and metaphor for fragile potential, all in one shell.
means The oval reproductive bodies laid by birds, especially chickens, eaten widely and central to cooking.
from From Old Norse egg, which muscled out the native English ey around the 1500s; printer William Caxton famously griped about which word people actually understood.
Shell strengthCurved dome resists pressure from the ends remarkably.
Color sourceHen breed sets shell color, not nutrition.
Freshness testOld eggs float; fresh ones sink flat.