I get that the point is inflation, but why eggs? If they went to $12/dozen, it would cost me like $4 extra dollars per week.

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    When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs every morning to help me get large. And now that I’m grown I eat five dozen eggs, so I’m roughly the size of a barge.

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    I get that the point is inflation, but why eggs?

    It’s because the current avian flu, chicken and egg farms are having to kill a metric fuck ton of their chickens. 😢 Meanwhile spray tan is already vowing to gut the CDC and leave WHO.

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        You know, if you spent your entire life living underground and never saw the sky, you’d never worry about silly little things like asteroids crashing into the planet and killing everyone.

        It doesn’t mean you’ll survive any better, you just get to die ignorant.

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        I’m sure the entire problem is government over-regulation. If we fire half the cdc and not allow them to use the word “gender”, they won’t be ble to enforce regulations and the price will come down

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    When our household was at full bore with the kids home, we could go through three dozen per week. It’s not just eating them, it’s cooking. Two eggs for a some cake, brownies, etc. one day of french toast (not doing that into the foreseeable future), if I did breakfast with eggs it would take anywhere from 6 to 10.

    At our height of consumption we had four teenage boys, one teenage girl and a 10 year old who could out eat anyone at the table.

    I’m just fortunate that our kids are mostly grown, but now they’re struggling to keep food on their own tables.

    I actually kept a small flock of chickens for a while because we would go through so many eggs.

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    Eggs themselves, not many if at all. The issue is when it comes to baking, while not often, can consume through a whole dozen or more in a single week, specially in the winter. Wanting to find alternatives, I hear applesauce is good.

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    None, I’ve never particularly liked them. I know some people love them, but to me they don’t smell great, kinda sulfurous farts and they have an odd smushy consistency when cooked.

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    I don’t really eat eggs. I have ducks that lay eggs and if I really want some, I eat what they produce. I might try selling their eggs as a side hustle but a lot of people are grossed out by the concept of eating duck eggs for some reason lol

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        Mostly yolk, a richer flavor, and GREAT for baked goods. My girls are a variety of breeds, so I get an assortment of different sizes. Used to get blue eggs from my mallard until she stopped laying when she hit duck menopause lol

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    Around 12.

    Eggs are incredible nutrition value and I’d still pay 12$ for 12 eggs. In fact I do splurge on local market eggs that come from free range chickens and here they are around 5$ for 12 which is double the factory price but still and an incredible steal.

    That’s why the great American egg whine of 2024 is so confusing. Min wage in the US is still like 24++ eggs an hour which is an insane thing to complain about. Y’all need financial literacy not cheaper eggs.

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        Avg 12 egg price in US seems to be around 4$ and federal min wage is 7.25$ and that’s extremely generous cause federal min wage is not even remotely representative of actual min wage. So 24 eggs / hour is the bare minimum an American earns.

        It doesn’t matter cause no amount of math or finance logic will make you guys whine less.

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    I make a bunch of deviled eggs maybe once or twice a year. I don’t care for most other types of “easy” egg preparations and there are plenty of cheap beans, chicken, and cheap bits of pork for my protein needs.

    Tbh I don’t understand why people don’t just buy something else. There are several good alternatives available.

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      Other things aren’t “breakfast”. While I understand that it’s only tradition that makes foods be for a specific meal, it’s hard to get around. Chicken is not a breakfast food.

      So where do you get protein in foods that identify as breakfast? Cereals and grains are mostly carb or fiber, not good sources of protein. Sausages and bacons are not lean and are not healthy foods. then there are eggs, and there are many ways to prepare eggs

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        Sure, butterfly a chicken breast and fry it over high heat. Or eat cheese. Or make succotash, or lentil soup.

        All of our cultural defaults for breakfast are terrible for us anyways, we need to eat other things regardless.

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    About 14. I’m not particularly price-sensitive about it given the absolute cost is low relative to many food options.

    Eggs keep getting cited by people trying to blame their political opponents for increases in food prices because they have increased to about 2.5x from five years ago, which is a bigger increase than most foods. The bulk of the increase is due to the ongoing bird flu outbreak, but that fact doesn’t seem to have great distribution among the general public.

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      There! I’ve been looking for a demographic upon which to lay blame, and here you are!

      Keto!?! It’s been the keto bros all along? Hoarding all those delicious eggs for your own woke ass diet? No wonder eggs are so pricey.

      Jk. Good luck with the diet though. And try not to fart in any enclosed spaces!

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      Yeah. We made a lot of egg bites when we were low carbing. Probably need to go back to that.

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    5-6, and eggs aren’t expensive yet. I guess wherever we get eggs from don’t have avian flu yet …. Although it’s here in the wild

    I have a bowl of cereal (yogurt and fruit) during the week, but usually make something with eggs on the weekend.