Things You Won't See In America - Part 1

There are many parts of everyday life here in Ukraine that are perfectly normal. There is nothing wrong, in general, with these things... they are just, shall we say, different. Definitely not what Americans would be used to. Some of these things I can say are bad... some of these are perfectly good ideas that just aren't used/accepted in the states.


In any case, this is my first post of a series I'd like to do that is dedicated to things that separate our cultures... and in an odd way, bring us together (or something).



Number 1 on my list of things you WON'T see in America.. (drum roll please):

DIRTY EGGS!

To many Americans, it may come as a surprise to find out that eggs are not naturally clean. Chickens are not the cleanest of birds and many people (especially from the Eastern Shore of MD) have a general knowledge in this department due to the amount of hen houses in the Salisbury area (thank you, Perdue) and what they look and smell like (the hen houses, not the people from Salisbury). THIS IS WHERE THEY GET EGGS! They pull them straight of these houses of filth.

We take it for granted that our eggs are bought cleaned, with no exceptions (at least that I've ever seen or heard of).

The pictures may look quite tame... but you must remember, something has to be holding those feathers to the eggs.