To say that eggs are an integral part of our lives would be a vast understatement. While it has fluctuated slightly over the years, on average Americans eat roughly 300 eggs per year (via The Washington Post). We enjoy eating eggs alone or as an ingredient in a countless number of dishes, ranging from breakfast to dessert. As a food item they are simply irreplaceable, but even beyond our diets, eggs are a significant part of our culture and language. We have all received early childhood lessons like “don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” or used expressions like “walking on eggshells”. Even the author of our Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, coined the phrase “an egg today is better than a hen tomorrow.”