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Check price diff between medium, large eggs

novamc1 — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:20:22 GMT

Once again today at Publix, I bought a carton of medium eggs for 65 cents, versus around $1.50 for large.

Got a real shock one day a few weeks ago when I actually happened to look at the price of eggs in general and saw the huge difference for medium size.

We don't know the difference in size at our house. It has always seemed that Georgia eggs are larger, anyway, than what I was used to further north.

So now you know to look and compare, if you never did so before (which was my ignorant shopping habit until recently).

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Goldengate8361 — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 10:48:36 GMT

What about Jumbo? At either price, eggs are one if the best bargains in the grocery store! Love eggs!

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ID2 — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 10:49:30 GMT

I only buy my eggs locally from the Amish. These eggs are still warm in the carton and are jumbo size. No extra price. Support your locals ladies.

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Foxxee — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:23:41 GMT

If I purchased medium, I'd have to use two eggs for every large. So, the savings isn't that great for me.

I remember eggs being larger in the past, the large looking more like medium now. I always buy jumbo.

I pay around $1.89 a doz for jumbo.

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software — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:42:33 GMT

This is true about the extra large or jumbo

In some of the baking blogs I read, a few times it's been mentioned when the older recipes were written, eggs were larger, it's recommended to add an additional egg to compensate,, or an additional yolk. If that makes sense

A medium egg looks like a quail egg to me.

If I was on a dietary restriction but still needed a daily egg, I might buy medium.

But I do a lot of baking, a medium egg is of no use to me. Maybe I could use medium as the extra egg or yolk in some of my recipes.

@Foxxee wrote:
If I purchased medium, I'd have to use two eggs for every large. So, the savings isn't that great for me.

I remember eggs being larger in the past, the large looking more like medium now. I always buy jumbo.

I pay around $1.89 a doz for jumbo.

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PINKdogWOOD — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:01:46 GMT

The price variance b/t non-organic and organic is also astronomical. I still reach for the organics though.

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LilLadyNJ — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 23:53:58 GMT

I usually buy large eggs from the grocery store. I have never understood why there is such a big difference in prices for eggs due to size. I understand why organic is more expensive.

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Sooner — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 23:56:57 GMT

I never see medium eggs in stores around here. Even if it is $6 a carton that's 50 cents an egg. What please tell me can you get for 50 cents? Nothing!

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Kachina624 — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:56:43 GMT

I buy a dozen eggs, never eat them (don't like eggs), keep and use them for cooking. After about 3 weeks I throw them out and buy another dozen. They're cheap here.

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ECBG — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 03:15:33 GMT

As far as baking goes, I really don't want to be measuring slightly beaten eggs to get the right amount.

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Sooner — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 03:40:50 GMT

Went for breakfast at a small conference once and extra eggs were 25 cents. A colleague stood up and yelled "EGGS ON THE HOUSE!"

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homedecor1 — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 03:57:09 GMT

@novamc1

wow I'm coming to your Publix!!! Our store A dozen large eggs is $2.34 and ex-large are $2.95. I never buy medium so never look at price.

Today, I bought 18 large eggs at WM for $1.24. No difference in taste to me. Last week they were .44/dozen.

I bake a lot and of course, go thru them quickly.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 23:04:49 GMT

Sidebar question: Do y'all know if those brown eggs are different from the white ones?

I was at the store today and went to get eggs but not only was the display about 3/4 empty but the only ones where I could just buy 6 were brown. All the rest were dozens and I cannot use that many. I need 4, so it's bad enough that 2 will probably go to waste.

I hope the brown ones will work ok.

TIA for any advice.

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LilLadyNJ — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 23:41:52 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
Sidebar question: Do y'all know if those brown eggs are different from the white ones?

I was at the store today and went to get eggs but not only was the display about 3/4 empty but the only ones where I could just buy 6 were brown. All the rest were dozens and I cannot use that many. I need 4, so it's bad enough that 2 will probably go to waste.

I hope the brown ones will work ok.

TIA for any advice.

I don't think that there is a discernable difference in the flavor of brown vs. white eggs.

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aroc3435 — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 02:45:16 GMT

@chickenbutt No difference. The egg color is determined by the breed of hen that is producing the egg. In New England the brown is more common/popular except at Easter when white eggs are in demand to dye them.

aroc3435

Washington, DC

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DiAnne — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 03:38:14 GMT

The market I shop at (now have delivery from) gets farm fresh eggs every other day. They are large brown eggs, 35 cents each and you can buy as many or few as you want. Beautiful dark yellow yolks.

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chickenbutt — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:09:29 GMT

Thank You, Ladies! I sincerely appreciate the advice and feel a better level of comfort that I won't go to all that trouble to end up with an inferior product.

I didn't have an opinion at all about the different eggs because I know zip, since I really don't deal with eggs unless it's for a baking recipe.

While I don't like knowing that 2 of the 6 eggs will go to waste, I'd really have a hard time with wasting 8 of them, so the brown ones won out.

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lork — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:55:22 GMT

I live in south central Kansas. All summer our large eggs have been 65 cents a dozen at Aldies. I've bought douzens! This week they're 85 cents a dozen, a bargin still!!!