When we say we’re buying eggs at the grocery store or having eggs for breakfast, we’re almost always talking about one specific kind: chicken eggs. The average American eats more than 270 chicken eggs each year, making them one of the most common foods in the modern diet. They’re so familiar that it’s easy to forget they represent just one option.  Chickens aren’t the only birds that lay edible eggs. Ducks, geese, quail, turkeys, and even ostriches produce eggs that people eat regularly in parts of the world, albeit on a much smaller scale. So ...Read More