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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 20 points 6 months ago

As an American, I can't afford eggs. 😔

[-] Squorlple@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

And even if you could, you’d get RFKitis

[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Saw someone buying eggs the other day and asked them what they did for a living

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

"Egg broker"

[-] NeedyPlatter@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I saw the ridiculous prices just after whatever bill that passed made them more expensive. Have the prices gotten worse or stayed the same?

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 1 points 6 months ago

The eggs have gone back to 5 bucks a dozen where I'm at, at least in the store I was last in. Still haven't bothered getting any recently, but they're not at like, 8 or 9 like they were at the same store a month or two ago. Not sure if that's a change in the bird flu situation or if they've just been pushed down with some kind of subsidy or something.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

That's crazy. I paid 2.80€ for 12 the other day. And that were the higher quality ones

Was 5 bucks a regular price in the US?

[-] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I just bought 2 dozen for $2.78 each.

[-] fargeol@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago
[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Even after something like ~15 years of exposure to XKCD, I still get one of 10 thousand'd

[-] twice_hatch@midwest.social 12 points 6 months ago

Eegan bo beegan I'm vegan

2 ounces of plain applesauce is one egg for simple baking recipes

[-] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Amateurs.

(90-packs due to two bodybuilder household – amateurs, as in not professional :)

[-] stinky@redlemmy.com 1 points 6 months ago
[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Always eggs in the middle. Because when I pick it up I always want the center of the weight to be in the same place. If all the weight is to one side and I grab the opposite side I'm more likely to drop it. Yes this is how I live my life, by overanalyzing everything.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago

You at least have to keep it symetrical.

[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I also over analyze everything, which is why I always remove my eggs from the right side of the carton.

The left side of the carton is always towards me in the refrigerator, and I also always have the left side towards me on the counter.

As a result my first grab out of the fridge is always the most stable grab possible.

The way I figure it is, the most dangerous time is pulling it out of the fridge when I don't always remember where the eggs are and where I have to grab it from one end. I don't want to be surprised by it being heavy away from me.

Once I have it safely in my hand, I no longer have to consciously think about how to hold it, as that can all be done unconsciously.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I have a wife and kid so I can't guarantee it goes back in how I want it to. But it's good you have a system.

[-] WatDabney@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago

That's the same reason that I do the opposite - I take an equal number from each end, so the remaining eggs are centered in the carton, so I'm never surprised by a carton that's unbalanced in an unexpected direction.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think we do the same thing. I meant I leave eggs in the middle I pull from the outside edges.

[-] WatDabney@fedia.io 1 points 6 months ago

Ah... yeah... I see it now. I took it wrong.

And yeah.

[-] OCATMBBL@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Normally, I work from one side to the other in pairs like below:

XX

OO

OO

OO

OO

OO

I face the heavier side toward the door so that I will have the majority of the weight in my hand as I pick it up.

[-] incogtino@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

Exactly the same, except the reason is that the eggs at the back can freeze if the carton is pushed back in the fridge, so I work from the far end to near

[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 9 points 6 months ago

We have backyard chickens. The huge one was a double yoker and delicious 😋

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Almost out, picking up three more cartons tomorrow from my supplier of eggs from free range, grass fed, goat harassed happy hens.

The cartons are usually whatever my supplier happen to have there and then. Pretty standard egg cartons as sold at the store.

I usually use pairs as it's fastest to mentally intuit how many eggs remain that way.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Lol "goat harassed", time stamped and everything lmao

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

A couple of goats share the same forest as the hens. And knowing goats, there's bound to be some harassment involved.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Currently full, but I work my way in from the outside corners to the inside by the hinge so it is balanced when I pick it up one handed. It might be slightly lopsided because I always pull multiple eggs next to each other with one hand, but mostly centered.

So it frequently looks something like this:

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

This is the way.

[-] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

We use this thing instead of the carton.

[-] judgyweevil@feddit.it 1 points 6 months ago

Let me guess, European? Or at least not from US

[-] embed_me@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

The design is very human

[-] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, European :)

But the egg dispenser is something I once 3d printed when it was still a hobby.
Can't seem to find the original design anymore though.

edit
Oh, I think it's this one: https://www.printables.com/model/70036-fridge-spiral-egg-holder

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Checkerboard! Keeps it level if I keep the pattern.

I did once replaced half the brown eggs with white eggs and visa versa to screw with my partner. It didn't work. I was just weird.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 months ago

I remove eggs opposite each other (front right, rear left and so on) so that it remains level for weight and balance. My partner doesn’t subscribe to my logic and just sprays a machine gun of bullets around the carton, grabbing whatever like she’s blindfolded. It’s not a hill I wanna die on, so I don’t say anything.

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

That is a hill I died on, and luckily everyone else in the household got in line so I didn't actually die. I do most of the baking, we're keeping that box balanced for me otherwise no more cookies damnit.

[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago
[-] Acamon@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Eggs in a bowl Normally like this, but we ate them all yesterday.

[-] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

Any particular reason for the markers on the eggshell?

[-] Acamon@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It's the dates they're laid!

[-] Waffle@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Id be cautious about using sharpies on eggs. The shell is pourous. It looks like you're using a regular pen. You're probably fine but we avoid out of an abundance of caution

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

pencil would probably work

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[-] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 6 months ago

Of all the things I could have been embarrassed about today I was not expecting this

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

My eggs are notarized homie, $10 each.

https://lemmy.world/post/25286184

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

USA. I have a ceramic egg holder for my fridge. it holds 18 flat.

[-] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

We don't have one.

[-] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago

No clue why, but I always work from the outside edges and work into the center.

[-] Matticus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago
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