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Jean B.[_1_]

Sqwertz 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.
>
> The sizes of eggs in the U.S. have not changed since 1948 (set into
> law in 1955).
>
> If anything, they would have gotten BIGGER, not smaller. With the
> bigger-bred chickens and selective breeding would come bigger eggs (or
> so one would assume).
>
> -sw
>
I disagree. That may be the law, but one always sees the 1/4-cup
measurement for large eggs in old (not antique) cookbooks. Try
measuring the contents now without deliberately selecting eggs that look
to be about the size of what you remember.