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The Incredible Egg (encore)

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CHAPTER

The Taste of Eggs

Ancient Greek scholar Athaneus ranked eggs by taste in his treatise on food. British zoologist Hugh Bamford-Cott started down this path using egg taste test panels made up of animals. Over Cott's human tasting panel, he served three scientists' omelets from 81 different species.

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