James Silverton wrote:
> On 1/31/2015 1:23 PM, 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
>>
> The weights of the various named types of eggs have been regulated in
> the US for years. I wish people who reminisce about ostrich-size
> "Jumbos" would give their addresses and say when they last saw such
> monsters.
>
Did we put the dates on our calendars? No. You see the measures in a
lot of old cookbooks. Try that now.