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submitted 2 months ago by Today@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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[-] coaxil@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Depends where I am with training, but up to 70 a week.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Wow! That's a shitload of eggs! Do you do anything with the shells, like composting?

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[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Varies a lot. Sometimes weeks can go by without me eating a single egg. But when I start, I go hard. It's not unheard of that I go through an entire carton as a late night snack with boiled eggs.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 4 points 2 months ago
  1. Eggs are not worth what they charge.
[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

I haven’t had eggs since they were $2/dozen, so zero in like 8+ months, but when I have eggs (starting chickens and quail) I’ll be eating probably 2-4/day. When they were cheap I was averaging 3/day, including baked goods and such.

I really don’t eat much meat (can’t afford that either, but my digestive system doesn’t do well with a lot of meat anyway), and my mushroom cultures are taking foooooooorrrrrreeeeeeevvvvvvveeeerrrrr, so.. need protein somewhere.

[-] BigBenis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Zero. I used to have a fried egg for lunch every day but many years ago something switched in my brain and now the flavor of them really puts me off.

[-] Majorllama@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Probably like 2 dozen a week. I like eggs lol.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

It depends. Eggs are part of cakes and pancakes, and a very quick to cook healthy thing to eat. Family of 4 now, we go through between 8 eggs on a light week and 32 eggs on a week I make a lot of egg stuff, or if someone is bulking, like today I made shakshuka for supper and a cake, that's eight eggs in one meal.

I think they are a commodity and historically a cheap source of animal protein, that's why they are talked about.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Protein is not a nutrient that anyone is deficient in. Any plant that humans eat provides enough protein if you consume enough to meet your calorie requirements. You have never met a person who is in protein deficiency who was not also literally in starvation from not having eaten. The whole "we need a cheap source of protein" thing is a myth. It's everywhere, it's inescapable. It's literally the building blocks of all life on Earth. It's like people in the 50s extolling the health virtues of smoking, it's pure marketing bullshit that we have become completely steeped in.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago
[-] Today@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That's a lot of eggs!

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Most weeks maybe just un oeuf. I think since I stopped eating breakfast and found out my body hates gluten (so heavily reducing baked goods, my other main use of eggs), my egg consumption went way down. The one weekly is generally from going to get sushi and there being some tamagoyaki in there. I guess the odd exception is throwing one (boiled or raw) into soup and the rare occasion that I knock out a fried rice.

Edit: I think 10 local eggs are around 500 yen, at least the last time I checked. More expensive than non-local, and the price has definitely gone up generally in the last few years.

[-] Alenalda@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

12ish if were talking simply fried eggs, if you consider all the baked goods and stuff it probably closer to 24

[-] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Zero now that the price has gone up.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

How much had the price changed where you are?

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[-] Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Tends to be around 4 per week, I'm just one person and eggs are usually a weekend breakfast thing for me.

But.. I also try to budget meals to be close to $1, so I might just stop buying eggs if a dozen get to $6+ (around me they have been in the $5-$8 range for now)

[-] NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

A few a week, apparently 3 to 4 a week is optimum for health.

[-] Unlearned9545@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

When I was younger about 14 eggs a week. Now about 9.

Where I am eggs have only gone up about $0.20 in the last few months. Still under $6 per dozen for cage free eggs. Maybe $3.50 for caged eggs?

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