88 EGGS AS FOOD. 
EGGS AS FOOD. 
on HE use of eggs for food may be said 
oy to be a direct interference with the 
<<} intentions of nature, yet it may like- 
wise be taken as an indication of the 
advance of civilization. 
“Look at the polished nations hight, 
The civilized, the most polite, 
Is that which bears the praise of nations 
For dressing eggs two hundred fashions, 
Whereas at savage feeders look — 
The less refined — the less they cook.” 
Hoop. 
The custom of ancient shepherds in the far 
East was to place the raw egg in a sling, which 
was then whirled round and round until the 
heat produced by the rapid motion had cooked 
the egg within. 
