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Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by tyre »

skeeter2020 wrote: post #90
ksherlock wrote: post #22

Lydon Johnson had an answer (via George Will): In 1966, the price of eggs rose to a level that President Lyndon Johnson judged, God knows how, was too high. There were two culprits – supply and demand – and Johnson’s agriculture secretary told him there was not much that could be done. LBJ, however, was a can-do fellow who directed the US surgeon general to dampen demand by warning the nation about the hazards of cho…

Is the fact that Johnson died at 64 of a heart attack somewhat ironic, or was he speaking from personal experience about the dangers of eggs (and the bacon everyone ate daily)?

He was a chain smoker who had had multiple serious heart attacks before taking office. He quit cold turkey to save his own life, then lit a cigarette the minute he stepped out of the White House. Smoked until it killed him.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by allisdust »

voisin wrote: post #29

It would be nice to see more people allowed to keep backyard chickens (hens at least, since roosters can be noisy). Since getting some at our place I’ve been surprised how fun they are to have around and easy to care for. Our compost from the kitchen goes to them too, which could help people divert scraps from the landfill or from being picked up (big gas usage) for municipal composting. Their waste is also great fer…

They are also much more ethical compared to the factory farms and caged chickens. Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if the eggs are of higher quality.

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Post by coding123 »

mynameisash wrote: post #98
bigtex wrote: post #36

My wife has a cottage baking business and would buy 15 dozen eggs from Costco Business Center. Already high, a few months back in cost about $45 for the box. Just last week it was $110. She doesn't recall but it fairly certain the box was between $20-30 before inflation hit. However she said they had chicken legs that were .49/lb which is a great price but hard to reconcile with the narrative that avian flu is the ca…

I do a good deal of baking, and I buy a lot of my supplies from Costco. I also have spent a fair amount of time very diligently tracking my family's grocery expenses. (I have a spreadsheet of almost 3 years of just about all groceries we bought.) In 2019, I picked up 15 dozen eggs for $8.69, and the 5 dozen was $8.99 at that time. (There were times when they didn't stock the 15 dozen, so I had to opt for 5 -- a much…

Since you have done this, are you convinced inflation is what they say it is?

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Post by RosanaAnaDana »

mariambarouma wrote: post #94

Apparently the reason the price of eggs is so high is because A LOT of chickens had to be destroyed this year due to avian flu. We're talking millions of birds. Fewer chickens, less eggs, higher prices.

I mean that the published answer. There is another narrative where due to weak central governments that aren't interested in protecting consumers, companies have realized there is quite a bit more meat on the bone when it comes to margin if consumers have no real choice.

Companies see the federal line that we're in an inflationary environment and raise prices re-actively.

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Post by stefan_ »

ksherlock wrote: post #22

Lydon Johnson had an answer (via George Will): In 1966, the price of eggs rose to a level that President Lyndon Johnson judged, God knows how, was too high. There were two culprits – supply and demand – and Johnson’s agriculture secretary told him there was not much that could be done. LBJ, however, was a can-do fellow who directed the US surgeon general to dampen demand by warning the nation about the hazards of cho…

I remember when they tried the same thing with salt.

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Post by makerofspoons »

I've been using flaxseed and tapioca flour egg replacers for years- they're easy to use and cheap. They're also great if you're looking to reduce cholesterol. This could be a time to shine for egg replacement products like JUST Egg, however it is quite simple to make your own at home.

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Post by NineStarPoint »

wolfprogramming wrote: post #101
jstx1 wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eggs every day don't contribute to high cholesterol either. Dietary cholesterol in general doesn't lead to high blood cholesterol.

Most people who switch to a mostly red meat diet do see a rise in blood cholesterol. I certainly did. The real question is, does that even matter? High cholesterol is also associated with longevity. The ratio of cholesterol is more important. The ratio of waist to shoulder width is more important. Also your blood a1c is more important for bad outcomes than high cholesterol.

The secondary question is if the quantity of cholesterol in a food causes the body to have higher cholesterol, or if it’s more complex than that. Because yes, per gram eggs have many times more cholesterol than red meat. But what if it’s something else present in red meat that increases metabolization or production of cholesterol? We just don’t really understand the body well enough to say for sure.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by roflyear »

skeeter2020 wrote: post #120
roflyear wrote: post #73

You guys know the conditions chickens live in, right? We basically torture these animals to get their eggs and meat. It is awful.

and now it's expensive too! Financial outrage > Moral outrage You're of course welcome to your position, but it's going to drown in this sea that is mostly about the cost. Also, there are many options for both eggs and meat that are absolutely not torture, so you've kind of put yourself at odds right out of the gate.

Well, there are options - but it isn't like they are popular.

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Post by onlyrealcuzzo »

wolfprogramming wrote: post #87
amalgamated_inc wrote: post #50

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There have been several studies that have shown eggs to be healthy. There are several studies that show they are unhealthy. Bias is a real problem in nutrition science. There are zero interventional studies that show eggs to be unhealthy. In other words no one has given eggs to one group, observed another group not eat eggs and shown that eggs CAUSE a negative health outcome. Instead people have made statistical calc…

> There have been several studies that have shown eggs to be healthy. There are several studies that show they are unhealthy. Bias is a real problem in nutrition science.

Mostly because "healthy" is a bit subjective.

If some study finds a correlation between egg consumption and a +1% chance of developing a rare cancer - who really cares? When you look at how rare the cancer is, when you might develop it, and the small increase in probability - you're looking at maybe a -1 day life expectancy for a life-time worth of consuming eggs.

Why is living 1 less day "unhealthy" - especially compared to all the other ways one can be "unhealthy"?

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