The Surprising Ways People Eat Eggs Around the World

Food is often regional and location specific — many of the snacks we love in the United States aren't really popular elsewhere, like peanut butter, for example. But there are some foods that hold up pretty much everywhere, even if they're cooked in different ways. One of those foods is eggs. No matter where you are in the world, you have a good chance of finding some sort of popular egg dish, which is a comforting thought.

Here in the US, we love to eat our eggs for breakfast in a variety of different ways. Popular cooking methods include poached eggs, eggs Benedict, fried eggs, sunny side up eggs, or hard-boiled eggs. We even like to use them as toppings for burgers. But other countries have their own unique way of eating eggs, and it's interesting to learn about. Here are how eggs are eaten around the world.