I stock up when I see them at a reasonable price. They'll last a few weeks.
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They should last for at least 6 weeks in the fridge!
"Last". Yes. In practice, I found eggs in a fridge age by weeks. I would still call them "fresh" within a week. After that, they don't taste as well. Another week after that, visual changes happen on the shell. I can see as if the fluid inside is "breaching" the membrane thus dark spots on the outside. This is the last stage I would still be willing to consume them. After that I would throw them away.
Not much if at all. It's around $3 for a dozen eggs, not $10+ like in some places in the US right now.
Where?
Canada. A dozen eggs is worth around $3 USD
Yeah, 25Β’/egg would be a reasonable price.
It's about the same price where I am in Australia. We had a bird flu outbreak last year which meant there was some shortages but prices haven't gone crazy.
They more or less cost the same as before.
But I'm also not from the US
It has certainly been annoying, the shortage perhaps more than the price.
My wife and I were keto before the pandemic. Years of struggling just to be less overweight, and all of a sudden with keto we just dropped pounds easily. She has epilepsy too, so animal protein is a key piece of her nutrition. We were actually able to continue through the pandemic at first, but eventually a combination of outbreaks at meat packing plants, the bird flu, and of course the collusion of the major agricultural corporations, meant that we stopped because it was just too expensive. Even our protein powder went from ~$30 for a 10lb package to now $85 for a 3.4lb package.
So we stopped and gained weight. I tried to get us to start again later, but my wife had a hard time sticking to it and kept on buying more bread and rice. We finally managed to make the switch in December. I entered ketosis, started dropping weight, and was really the best I felt in years... Then we got influenza type A. I tried to stay keto through it but eventually had to stop (could not find any keto cough drops).
Okay so that's all done and finally we can get back on keto. Go to buy some chicken and eggs and.... Out of stock everywhere. And since then when it is in stock it's even more expensive than before.
At this point we've already seen the mega food corporations get slaps on the wrist for colluding on reducing supplies and hiking prices for profit- we usually find out a few years after the fact and the news usually gets buried. If only there were a way to truly hold the CEO's and board members of those companies accountable.
If you can't do full keto, skip rice and use lentils. They have a lot of fibre and protein. They will make you feel full the next day also due to fiber. Some are 20% protein but the ones I can get locally are 30% protein. For us the brown ones are a substitute for dishes that want ground beef. Like a meatloaf, or chilli. The red ones break down nicely in a thickened soups and stews.
You can get lentil flour from Indian stores, for trying out recipes that ask for wheat flour. Takes some adjusting.
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WE EAT EGGS
In Europe tho price off eggs are still stable. Even if they rise I live rural so I know some local egg producers so I'll always have access to cheap eggs.
I eat fewer eggs
Like eggs, but I can live without.
I have a pregnant wife who eats eggs every morning and it sucks. That and a ton of foods being prepped with eggs at some point makes the rest of food go up in price as well, Iβd assume.
Not at all. I don't eat eggs. Never knew the prices went up (beyond just general inflation) till I saw this post.
Half the time I go to the store there arenβt any eggs. The highest ones are 10$ a dozen. The reg ones are $5 a dozen. But again thatβs when theyβre available in the first place.
Nothing. My local area has a lot of chicken in peoples back yards.
I barely use eggs, maybe one or two every once in a while to make something but in the morning I'm in a hurry so it's breakfast shakes for me!
Locally they've gone up to 50cts an egg, because most chicks died in last month's cyclone.
I can't get the cheapest eggs near me which is disappointing
A little bit yeah. Really just all food is a lot more expensive.
I used to not have to check my bank account. Now my savings account is slowly shrinking. And it's almost entirely because of the cost of food.
Inflation sent me from adding to savings each month to pulling from it instead. Just hope my wife or I get a decent promotion before the savings run out I guess.
I think buying Eggs is Illegal. (Bad Trans Egg joke)
Not at all. Eggs were never a significant experience to begin with.