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Post by christophilus »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #548
camel-cdr wrote: post #314

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One packet of Kala Namak salt goes a long way.

This tofu scramble recipe became an instant staple in my diet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc5pZ-PY-H8 Tastes more eggy and hearty than real eggs. And, like eggs, it's a good base for throwing in other ingredients like chopped tempeh, seitan, some sort of grain, mushrooms, etc. It's a good gateway recipe into eating tofu in general.

Gonna try that out. I just made her latest Chinese-style tofu and rice... super good.

Derek Sarno has some really good vegan breakfasts, too, if you haven't tried them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7sIBlpnAvQ

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Post by raminf »

nemo44x wrote: post #565

I was at a local Costco and the eggs were just completely raided and people were lined up grabbing as many cartons as allowed (3). Organic eggs were all gone and only free range were available. It makes you really realize how fragile supply can be, even for domestic products.

Costco people recommended showing up early. Went there right at opening in the morning and there was plenty. To their credit, they haven't raised their prices.

Also, shocked to see people hoarding multiple boxes of 50 eggs. Hoping it was for a commercial purpose and not someone panic-buying like they were for TP during the pandemic.

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Post by nearbuy »

mrguyorama wrote: post #626
ars wrote: post #404

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I've left them for 2 months (I found a big sale, so I bought a bunch). The yolk broke easily when I opened the egg, but it was perfectly fine to eat. And it was not small and dried out as implied by someone in the thread.

Food borne illnesses are not a guarantee, and doing the thing the FDA calls dangerous a hundred times might still mean you never get sick, because you got lucky or some other safety caught you. I have eaten genuinely year old (and older) eggs with no issues. That doesn't mean it is a myth that eggs only last 5 weeks in the fridge, it just means that I was putting myself in extra danger out of a weird sense of frugali…

This is true, but the FDA doesn't back up the original claim that unwashed eggs don't need to be refrigerated. They say to put all eggs in the fridge.

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aucisson_masque wrote: post #599

Lots of people suggesting to build chicken coop. i have one, sure it's not much work. 2 minutes every day to grab the egg and bring the food and water, but then every 3 year you got to take the hatchet, grab each chicken, cut right on the neck and then hang it with it's feet while it's bleeding out and flapping its wings. then there are the few occasion where you miss with the hatchet and it cuts half its neck, its h…

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Post by acdha »

danem wrote: post #448
misantroop wrote: post #280

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And the reason why it spreads so well is still concentrated industrial farming.

So you're suggesting there's some other viable model of egg production that would deliver eggs at 2021 prices? People want cheap eggs. Saying, "well if we just adopted a decentralized, more resource intensive model we wouldn't have problems with bird flu" doesn't address that concern.

People want lots of things to be cheap but that doesn’t mean it’s sustainable. Here in the mid-Atlantic we’ve seen the same thing others mention: the local, non-factory farms prices haven’t changed in years but the supermarket stuff went from being cheaper to more expensive.

The theory that optimizing for the lowest price might other negative effects isn’t exactly novel: we’ve seen that in many other areas, and if you’ve ever been anywhere near a factory farm it’s enough to put you off of eating eggs.

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Post by cjohnson318 »

bluedino wrote: post #118

Michigan here, this is has been made worse by a new law requiring all eggs to be 'cage-free'. I think I paid $9 for the cheap store-brand eggs (18) last week. And that is, if they even have any eggs at the store. I've been to Wal-mart and Kroger when the entire section is empty with a sign saying there are egg supply issues. It's also winter so my 'chicken farmer friends' are low on eggs, when it's cold the chickens…

The Target brand Good & Gather eggs were $9.49 in Boulder Colorado this week.

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Post by russdill »

simple10 wrote: post #206
themaninthedark wrote: post #37

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My understanding is that free range law have recently gone into effect in CA. Were the organic eggs already free range? That would explain the price stability there and variation of the non organic.

AFAIK, free-range and cage free are not heavily regulated terms like organic, which is a registered and trademark enforced term. At best they just mean the hens have a bit more room to move around. Neither of them actually mean there is no cage. It's why we see "pasture raised" as the more premium marketing term. It still doesn't mean much without looking into the specific farm.

Certain 3rd party certification systems exist, such a https://certifiedhumane.org/

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Post by russdill »

aucisson_masque wrote: post #599

Lots of people suggesting to build chicken coop. i have one, sure it's not much work. 2 minutes every day to grab the egg and bring the food and water, but then every 3 year you got to take the hatchet, grab each chicken, cut right on the neck and then hang it with it's feet while it's bleeding out and flapping its wings. then there are the few occasion where you miss with the hatchet and it cuts half its neck, its h…

The solution to an potential cross species epidemic is probably not to have a bunch of people live in closer proximity to the primary disease vector

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Post by Sparkyte »

I can still get local farm eggs for the same price. Perhaps the monopoly egg places should learn to do better with their strategies. I can get 18 eggs for $5.40. I typically buy only 18 eggs lasts me a month an a half.
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