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.

  • Codilingus@sh.itjust.works
    24·
    18 days ago

    I get that the point is inflation, but why eggs?

    It’s because the current avian flu, chicken and egg farms are having to kill a metric fuck ton of their chickens. 😢 Meanwhile spray tan is already vowing to gut the CDC and leave WHO.

      • Godnroc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        18 days ago

        You know, if you spent your entire life living underground and never saw the sky, you’d never worry about silly little things like asteroids crashing into the planet and killing everyone.

        It doesn’t mean you’ll survive any better, you just get to die ignorant.

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
        2·
        17 days ago

        I’m sure the entire problem is government over-regulation. If we fire half the cdc and not allow them to use the word “gender”, they won’t be ble to enforce regulations and the price will come down

      • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        18 days ago

        That is 100% how he’ll deal with egg prices, if he ever cares enough to pretend to help the common man.

        • hinterlufer@lemmy.world
          1·
          17 days ago

          Jokes aside, over here in Europe a dozen large eggs cost between 5.16 and 7.80 € (for cheap barn eggs and pricey organic eggs respectively. Cage eggs have been outlawed for quite some years already)

    • Zelaya@lemmy.todayEnglish
      21·
      18 days ago

      Asintomatic avian flu chickens are being sacrificed? Poor creatures.

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
        1·
        17 days ago

        Realistically, how can you control the spread? Even assuming there are treatments, in what world is it practical to provide repeated direct medical attention to millions of chickens?

  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
    13·
    18 days ago

    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

      • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
        2·
        17 days ago

        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

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
    141·
    18 days ago

    Eggs because:

    Vance gave a quote bashing the price of eggs, but he cited a number much higher than the sign he was standing next to.

    Dems pounced on this, mocking the blatant exaggeration and dismissing any concerns about a cost of living crisis.

    It stuck around because it’s emblematic of the overall situation:

    Repubs don’t give a shit about facts, just vibes, and wanna paint as dark of a picture as possible.

    Dems only care about being correct on paper, and don’t give a shit about listening to the problems of ordinary people or doing anything that could be called “radical”.

  • Zak@lemmy.world
    13·
    18 days ago

    About 14. I’m not particularly price-sensitive about it given the absolute cost is low relative to many food options.

    Eggs keep getting cited by people trying to blame their political opponents for increases in food prices because they have increased to about 2.5x from five years ago, which is a bigger increase than most foods. The bulk of the increase is due to the ongoing bird flu outbreak, but that fact doesn’t seem to have great distribution among the general public.

  • azimir@lemmy.ml
    111·
    18 days ago

    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.

          • AA5B@lemmy.world
            1·
            17 days ago

            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
      • s3rvant@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        18 days ago

        lol yep, every day for breakfast; scrambled with some butter, sour cream, salt and pepper 😋

  • happydoors@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    18 days ago

    Don’t forget that most baked goods and other foods rely heavily on the eggs in their recipes. Most food sectors are affected.

    • reddig33@lemmy.world
      5·
      18 days ago

      ??? Did you mean to say eggs instead of gas?

      It’s possible premade baked goods will switch to substitutes. And if those substitutes turn out to be cheaper, then the egg industry is really screwed.

  • FireTower@lemmy.world
    7·
    18 days ago

    Because eggs are seen as a very reasonable weekly purchase that a consumer can see a price delta in over a short period of time.