Go in search of eggs in most foreign countries and you might encounter a strange scene: eggs on a shelf or out in the open air, nowhere near a refrigerator. Shock and confusion may ensue. What are they doing there? And are they safe to eat? We Americans, along with the Japanese, Australians and Scandinavians, tend to be squeamish about our chicken eggs, so we bathe them and then have to refrigerate them.

Kentucky for Kentucky has created a line of candles designed to recreate “Kentucky’s finest scents,” fried chicken, Ale8, and the Kentucky Derby. Kathy Werking created the fried chicken candle by frying actual chicken in wax and adding “an infusion of family secrets.” The Ale8 candle mimics the regional soft drink with grapefruit and lime oils, and the Kentucky Derby candle smells like a mint julep.