Eggs at the workshop

For some reason I can't stop pondering on the perfectness of the egg.

Eggs have been around forever, maybe before. They comprise the very beginnings of life. Eggs come in colors. You can eat them.

I just keep finding myself thinking about eggs.

Recently I conducted some experiments with the whites (or albumen) of eggs. Did you know that if you beat the albumen vigorously, it foams and increases in volume 6 to 8 times. That is what makes cakes like sponge cake and angel food cake rise and taste so delicious. (Beaker and I are getting hungry just thinking about it. We have what you call "a sweet tooth", meaning we sure love sweets!)

I love the feeling of an egg in my hand. It fits very nicely in my palm. Not the easiest thing to carry around, as I discovered when I slipped it into my lab coat pocket and leaned over my microscope. That's what made me decide to find egg shapes made of other materials... something not quite so breakable.

When you visit my home workshop, look in my little gift shop to find my choices.

You can purchase some of your very own...

P.S. Ask Debbi in the gift shop about some remarkable "magic eggs" that are sold for your pleasure. They are fascinating!