From K-QED.

I'm Katrina Schwartz and you're listening to Bay Curious, the podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.

My name is Matthew Tucker.

I go by Tuck, and I'm born in Oakland,

lived in the Bay Area most of my life,

and have been living in Oakland for the last six or seven years now.

Tuck was gardening one day, idly listening to one of his favorite podcasts

when the host mentioned a war fought on the Farallon Islands

back during the gold rush.

What the heck did I just hear and how did I, who grew up in the Bay Area, love looking into the history of the Bay Area,

had never heard of that in any way shape or form before.

So he sent us this question. I'm very curious as to why there is a thing called the War of the Eggs.

Today on the show, we're headed out to the Farallon Islands with poachers and roughnecks

to find out why in the heck anyone would fight a war over eggs. I'm Katrina Schwartz and this is Bay curious.

It's just a crazy story.

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To answer this week's question, we're bringing you an excerpt of a story produced by the Kitchen Sisters,

Nicki Silva and Davia Nelson.

When the egg pickers went in for the first time they would smash every egg that way they could be assured that the next day when they returned every egg gathered would be fresh.

The kitchen sisters present the A-Cours.

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