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Engraved Emu egg. Emu leather has a distinctive patterned surface, due to a raised area around the feather follicles in the skin; the leather is used in such items as wallets, handbags, shoes and clothes, [86] often in combination with other leathers. The feathers and eggs are used in decorative arts and crafts.
Egg decoration is particularly popular in Eastern European countries. Some eggs, like emu or ostrich eggs, are so large and strong that the shells may be carved without breaking. Decorations on emu eggs take advantage of the contrast in colours between the dark green mottled outside of the shell and the shell-underlay.
Pheasant eggs and emu eggs are edible, but less widely available; [11] sometimes they are obtainable from farmers, poulterers, or luxury grocery stores. In many countries, wild bird eggs are protected by laws which prohibit the collecting or selling of them, or permit collection only during specific periods of the year. [11]
Eggs binding a filling of vegetables and meat, sometimes with Arabic spices. Egg bhurji: Savory India: Similar to scrambled eggs, mixed with fried onions and spices. Egg kalakki: Savory India "Kalakki" in Tamil means "to mix". It is a soft scrambled egg with a little curry added into it. Kalakki is a famous food from southern Tamil Nadu.
The current world record holder of egg shoeing is the Hungarian József Koszpek, who used 1119 pieces in decorating an ostrich egg. He also holds various related records: 34 pieces of iron on a shoed parrot egg, 146 pieces of iron on shoed chicken eggs, 35 pieces of iron on shod goose eggs, 598 pieces of iron on shoed emu eggs.
Produce company Taylor Farms has issued a voluntary recall on raw onions in connection with a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's quarter pounders. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Some species have common names including emu bush, poverty bush or fuchsia bush, [2] reflecting the belief that emus eat the fruit, their arid environment or a superficial resemblance to the flowers of plants in the genus Fuchsia.
WGN-TV reports, "Some are calling them 'alien eggs' and 'alien. These green balls washed up on the shore of Sydney, Australia's Dee Why Beach last week. And after seeing the photos, many are ...