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From: Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Eggs and ethics
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:17:14 +1100
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On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 21:12:10 -0500, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

>I never thought about this before, but should we eat eggs every day? 
>Should we share?
>
>All of my life, eggs have been plentiful and cheap.  I like eggs and 
>most days have two for breakfast.  The bird flu has caused millions of 
>chickens to be destroyed, this eggs are in short supply.  Of course, 
>supply and demand had driven up the price.  I went to BJs and bought my 
>usual xtra lg eggs, two packs of 18.  Been buying them like that for 
>many years.  36 eggs at a time.  Not long ago, they were about $^, then 
>$8.50, then $12, and today, $18 or 50 cents an egg.
>
>Sure, I can afford them, but should I keep up consumption or reduce?  I 
>happen to like blueberry pancakes and when I make a batch, I get four 
>breakfasts from them.  I have them every other day, thus cutting egg 
>consumption in half.  Oh, I also bought enough blueberries to make two 
>batches.  I'll make some Sunday.
>
>Waffle House announced they are charging an extra 50 cents per egg until 
>prices go down.

Why would they charge 50 cents extra if an egg costs 50 cents in the
supermarket (and probably less for them)? It's not as if eggs were
free before this egg crisis.

-- 
Bruce
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