I don't eat eggs much; I usually have some on hand, but not having them available for months wouldn't bother me. But I do sympathize with those who buy them regularly and are dismayed at the high prices current and recent bird flu forces have created.
I wonder, though, if it might help get over the sticker shock to keep in mind that eggs are still a good buy even at higher-than-usual prices. For example, $7/dozen for large eggs (24 ounces a dozen) is $4.67/lb, for a food with a protein, vitamin, and mineral profile different in some details but on par in nutritional quality, as far as I can tell, with beef and pork. While you can buy some kinds of beef and pork for less than $4.67/lb, many of us don't think twice about paying more, sometimes much more, than that. Sure, $7/dozen for eggs is a shock, but $2 for a dozen large eggs was $1.33/lb, and what beef or pork products are selling for $1.33/lb any more? Again, I do sympathize with those for whom high egg prices range from inconvenient to problematic, especially to the extent eggs were substituting for more expensive sources of protein.
I also wonder -- and those who use eggs more than I do could say better than I could -- can you make a pound and a half of beef or pork go as far, mealwise, as a dozen eggs?
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Katie on February 8th, 2025, 11:18 am, edited 2 times in total.
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