Eggs float because the air bubble has enlarged with time. Also the reason they are easier to peel, the membrane separates from the shell easier with age.
Egg prices - OMG!
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rodentraiser
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@rodentraiser so I guess your next project is to convert one of those dollhouses into a chicken coop?
I suggest getting 5. Yes, 5 eggs a day is a bit much for a single person, but you have neighbours who will love the excess. So when you lose 2 to some disaster you will still have 3 that will keep you very happy.
or you get 7 or 10 and the extra's you sell to your neighbours will pay for their feed. Not accounting for initial cost, you now have your eggs for free.
Where would I keep them that the bears, cougars, eagles, coyotes, and bobcats wouldn't get them? My neighbors already had chickens. They used to let them sort of free range until a coyote came up right in front of them, grabbed a chicken, and took off. I don't think they keep chickens anymore. Besides, it's all I can do to feed the birds I have out here. I was thinking of stopping that but then one morning I went out and they mobbed me. I felt so bad I started feeding them again.
Anyway, like I said, two cartons will keep me going for a couple months. After that, the price will be down or I will be boycotting eggs. And Casey, I know exactly what you're talking about when you said you know why you think other food will go up. I'm bracing myself for that, too.
jennyema
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Maybe 15 years ago I was with my former partner’s family in NJ for an extended period of time. They’re Korean and the food and family were excellent… but their food safety practices not up to my standards. I ate eggs that were more than a year out of date without incident. And who knows? But their cooking was/is the best ever.
pepperhead212
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The only time I need to buy eggs is for Christmas cookies! 
Granted, there are other things I make with eggs, like that death by chocolate bread I just made, but that's not something I have to make.
When I have some old eggs, which are floaters, but still good, I use them in some baked good, but I weigh them, adding enough water to bring the weight up to 2 oz., since that's what a standard large egg is.
Granted, there are other things I make with eggs, like that death by chocolate bread I just made, but that's not something I have to make. When I have some old eggs, which are floaters, but still good, I use them in some baked good, but I weigh them, adding enough water to bring the weight up to 2 oz., since that's what a standard large egg is.
pictonguy
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I pay 6 bucks a dozen from 2 local farms. 3.00 5 years ago.
Badjak
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I eat a lot of eggs and luckily they are still affordable here.
I have no idea about the best before dates and all. Doesnt bother me
They float, they go
They just leave the bottom of the water bath, they get hard boiled.
Eggs are not washed and are kept out of the fridge here and in most of Europe
I have no idea about the best before dates and all. Doesnt bother me
They float, they go
They just leave the bottom of the water bath, they get hard boiled.
Eggs are not washed and are kept out of the fridge here and in most of Europe
Marlingardener
Sous Chef
Aunt Bea, the price of chicken feed has gone up. The cost is no longer "chicken feed" (sorry, I couldn't resist!). The housing was here when we bought the farm, and the ladies have an outdoor coop that we built from scrap lumber and chicken wire. All in all, having a supply of eggs that we know came from happy, healthy hens, and having the enjoyment of watching their antics is well worth the small investment we make. Plus, table scraps are treats to them, and keep the garbage less.
Steve Kroll
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I don't buy a carton of eggs very often, maybe once every couple of months. I've also noticed the price creeping up. I realize food budgets can be tight, but even at $8/dozen it still only comes out to $2 to make a 3-egg omelet for breakfast. Where else can you have a meal for 2 bucks?
Sir_Loin_of_Beef
Chef Extraordinaire
Mom's house!!!
No, no - Mom's house was cheaper.... it was free! Well, if you don't count the cleaning up after, but still worth the price.
blissful
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On the nextdoor.com application, we're out in the country a bit, not close to a big grocery store. Someone listed their eggs for $3.50/dozen. Medium eggs/3.99/dozen, large eggs $4.19/dozen at the in town big-store.
Or if you can substitute 3 T water and 1 T ground flax seed, for baking.
Or if you can substitute 3 T water and 1 T ground flax seed, for baking.
Good to know!
any special instructions to go with that? Like as in for cookies and baking? A direct substituet? eg. Calls for 2 eggs just double the flax and water?
Does the ground flax substitute for eggs work in pancake mix and stuff like that? It could be really handy when making up your own pancake mix, instead of having to buy powdered eggs or having to note on the container that it needs eggs when you mix it up. That's what Stirling always used to do, as well as listing the need for milk. That just wouldn't be handy in a back packing mix.
you going back-packing this weekend?
Why? Do you want to come along?
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rodentraiser
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Think your mom will feed me? Mine would, but she'd always have to get in her digs about my tremendous weight. You'd think I was going to bend the floor boards when I walked across the ktichen or something.
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Yes just double the 3 T water and 1 T Ground Flax seed. Mix them and give them 5 minutes to sit and become sticky. It will stick things together, like in cookies. But it won't help anything rise. I've also made a fruit/nut bread mostly fruit and nuts, and very little WW flour with ground flax/water to hold it together.
Kathleen
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I absolutely love eggs. As long as the egg whites are cooked through, I like eggs any way they are made. Though I have pushed the boundaries of our HOA pretty far, they would balk (or bawlk) if I housed chickens to feed my egg addiction. Plus, we have a fox that seems to have taken up residence beneath the shed. I like the fox though.....but....chickens are a pipe dream for me.
I guess I will be paying the price for eggs.
I guess I will be paying the price for eggs.
caseydog
Master Chef
Here is what eggs sell for at the Kroger near me. The first is the cheapest eggs, the second is the eggs I actually buy...
I checked a Kroger store on the West coast, and they were over 7 bucks, minimum. The ones I buy were 12 bucks.
I can't raise chickens on my property. It is against zoning laws.
CD
I checked a Kroger store on the West coast, and they were over 7 bucks, minimum. The ones I buy were 12 bucks.
I can't raise chickens on my property. It is against zoning laws.
CD
