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.
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.
12ish if were talking simply fried eggs, if you consider all the baked goods and stuff it probably closer to 24
Eggs themselves, not many if at all. The issue is when it comes to baking, while not often, can consume through a whole dozen or more in a single week, specially in the winter. Wanting to find alternatives, I hear applesauce is good.
I feel like it all depends on what you’re cooking and what the egg is meant to do. For brownies/cake applesauce is pretty good, when I make desert breads I use a flax egg. If whole point of the egg is to help hold things together (which it usually is) and i know my fake egg isn’t gonna cut it I’ll throw in a dash of corn starch along with whatever egg substitute I’m using.
I don’t really eat eggs. I have ducks that lay eggs and if I really want some, I eat what they produce. I might try selling their eggs as a side hustle but a lot of people are grossed out by the concept of eating duck eggs for some reason lol
How are they compared to chicken eggs?
Mostly yolk, a richer flavor, and GREAT for baked goods. My girls are a variety of breeds, so I get an assortment of different sizes. Used to get blue eggs from my mallard until she stopped laying when she hit duck menopause lol
Richer flavor, they have higher levels of fat and protein. I much prefer them to chicken eggs.
Yes
I know what I’m about, son
Somewhere between 4 to 8, depending on how productive we are in the morning.
8 per day so 56 per week; please keep them cheap
you eat 8 eggs EVERYDAY?
We are chatting with a dead person’s sentient cholesterol.
LOL
Fun fact: the main source of cholesterol in the human body is said body’s liver.
Yet there are nutritional and behavioral actions that significantly affect blood cholesterol level and proportions.
Eggs are a great example, my understanding:
- eggs have a lot of cholesterol
- cholesterol is mostly broken down when you eat eggs - however is also a significant source of saturated fat
- liver “balances” blood cholesterol by making it and digesting it
- saturated fats, such as from eggs, increase liver production of cholesterol
Gaston just doxed himself
lol yep, every day for breakfast; scrambled with some butter, sour cream, salt and pepper 😋
Feta and jalapenos
Yum!
You ever try throwing some green onions or mushrooms in there? I used to eat almost the same except for the sour cream
I’ve mixed in different stuff over the years though I usually don’t as I’m after a quick and filling breakfast to get me through the work day
8 eggs for breakfast alone? Daily?
Correct. I have a minimal lunch and moderate supper with no snacks or desserts. Breakfast is my primary meal of the day.
If it’s your primary meal, why the lack of variety?
I like eggs! Also it’s quick and easy and filling and I’m half asleep anyways lol. I use lunch and supper for variety.
42 a week, or 6 a day.
However, 30 eggs is only $3 where I live.
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.
I just don’t really like the taste, so about 1 per week in my fried rice.
About 12 every 2 days on my keto diet. I buy 18packs for like $5
What’s your favorite way to prepare the eggs?
Favorite way, steamed. Eggs are delicate and deserve to be treated like it.
I’m waiting for the day I can try making chowanmushi.
There! I’ve been looking for a demographic upon which to lay blame, and here you are!
Keto!?! It’s been the keto bros all along? Hoarding all those delicious eggs for your own woke ass diet? No wonder eggs are so pricey.
Jk. Good luck with the diet though. And try not to fart in any enclosed spaces!
Yeah. We made a lot of egg bites when we were low carbing. Probably need to go back to that.
It’s not just inflation. Eggs are experiencing a supply problem due to avian flu.
Probably about 6 to 8. Poached eggs on toast drizzled with sriracha and baked beans with a dollop of chipotle paste is my go to lunch.
I make a bunch of deviled eggs maybe once or twice a year. I don’t care for most other types of “easy” egg preparations and there are plenty of cheap beans, chicken, and cheap bits of pork for my protein needs.
Tbh I don’t understand why people don’t just buy something else. There are several good alternatives available.
Other things aren’t “breakfast”. While I understand that it’s only tradition that makes foods be for a specific meal, it’s hard to get around. Chicken is not a breakfast food.
So where do you get protein in foods that identify as breakfast? Cereals and grains are mostly carb or fiber, not good sources of protein. Sausages and bacons are not lean and are not healthy foods. then there are eggs, and there are many ways to prepare eggs
Sure, butterfly a chicken breast and fry it over high heat. Or eat cheese. Or make succotash, or lentil soup.
All of our cultural defaults for breakfast are terrible for us anyways, we need to eat other things regardless.
When our household was at full bore with the kids home, we could go through three dozen per week. It’s not just eating them, it’s cooking. Two eggs for a some cake, brownies, etc. one day of french toast (not doing that into the foreseeable future), if I did breakfast with eggs it would take anywhere from 6 to 10.
At our height of consumption we had four teenage boys, one teenage girl and a 10 year old who could out eat anyone at the table.
I’m just fortunate that our kids are mostly grown, but now they’re struggling to keep food on their own tables.
I actually kept a small flock of chickens for a while because we would go through so many eggs.
I have two boys. I can’t imagine feeding twice that!
