On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:23:07 -0500, Doris Night > wrote:

>On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 07:49:27 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:35 -0500, wrote:
>>
>>>Is it my imagination or are eggs getitng smaller? I have always bought jumbo
>>>size eggs as opposed to extra large. It seems lately that the eggs are smaller
>>>than they used to be. Is this possible? Wouldn't size of eggs be regulated by
>>>some government agency? Dept. of Agriculture or some such.
>>
>>Graded by weight. X-Large must be 2.25 ounces or more. They are 1/4
>>ounce increments. Maybe your hands are getting bigger.
>
>I just weighed a couple of my jumbo eggs, and they were 2.6 ounces.
>
>I recall a brief period a couple of years ago when the jumbo eggs were
>HUGE. I'm talking at least 3 ounces. And you'd sometimes get a carton
>where most of them were doubles.
>
>Doris

Yes! I used to get many eggs with double yolks. No more now.