By Diana Reitz

From the November 2010 issue of Claims Magazine

 The other weekend I participated in a rite that undoubtedly was repeated thousands of times across the country. While eating out, everyone in my group of friends questioned whether they could risk ordering their favorite breakfast food—eggs over easy. Overhearing the conversation, the waitress at this restaurant tried to allay our fears with, “We don't get our eggs from those farms,” and then instructed us to order what we wanted.