or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph into
yesterdays medium sized eggs?

...fred

"kuvasz guy" > wrote in message
...
> or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph into
> yesterdays medium sized eggs?
>

I hae noticed this. However .... last week I found large (medium looking)
eggs for a buck a dozen, and they were fresh, too! I got four dozen.

I love eggs.

On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 08:25:55 -0800 (PST), kuvasz guy >
wrote:

>or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph into
>yesterdays medium sized eggs?
>
>..fred

nah, the chickens themselves are shrinking.

your pal,
blake

kuvasz wrote:
> or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph into
> yesterdays medium sized eggs?

"Large" eggs are still the same, eggs are sold by weight per dozen,
usually the weight and date is printed on the carton... you may weigh
a carton if you doubt. Naturally eggs are not uniform in size so each
carton is comprised of a range of sizes totaling the weight for the
specific size. Since egg cartons are not sealed I sometimes wonder if
anyone swaps the smaller eggs with the larger... perhaps that's
occuring where you shop... it's illegal but who knows what goes on at
a store behind closed doors... next time weigh your eggs.

Also, check the math, often that carton of medium eggs is a better buy
than that carton of large eggs... restaurants often use medium eggs.

http://www.aeb.org/LearnMore/Eggcyclopedia/S.htm#Size

Sizes are classified according to minimum net weight expressed in
ounces per dozen.

Jumbo 30 oz.., Extra Large 27 oz., Large 24 oz., Medium 21 oz., Small
18 oz. and Peewee 15 oz.
---

Sheldon

"kuvasz guy" > wrote in message
...
> or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph into
> yesterdays medium sized eggs?
>
> ..fred

Funny, that's just what my mom and I were talking about the other day. Luckily, we
have a great egg guy at the farmer's market, so we don't have to buy the supermarket
ones!

kimberly

kuvasz guy wrote:
> or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph into
> yesterdays medium sized eggs?
>
> ..fred

I have thought this for a while. A large egg was once 1/4 c....

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." > wrote in
:

> kuvasz guy wrote:
>> or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph
>> into yesterdays medium sized eggs?
>
> I have thought this for a while. A large egg was once 1/4
> c....

no, eggs have always been sold by weight.
Size or weightclass Minimum net weightper dozen
Jumbo 30 ounces
Extra Large 27 ounces
Large 24 ounces
Medium 21 ounces
Small 18 ounces
Peewee 15 ounces

according to the USDA, there are 5 large eggs in a cup, not 4.
lee <whose chickens are mostly on winter vacation>

enigma wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in
> :
>
>> kuvasz guy wrote:
>>> or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph
>>> into yesterdays medium sized eggs?
>> I have thought this for a while. A large egg was once 1/4
>> c....
>
> no, eggs have always been sold by weight.
> Size or weightclass Minimum net weightper dozen
> Jumbo 30 ounces
> Extra Large 27 ounces
> Large 24 ounces
> Medium 21 ounces
> Small 18 ounces
> Peewee 15 ounces
>
> according to the USDA, there are 5 large eggs in a cup, not 4.
> lee <whose chickens are mostly on winter vacation>

Well, if you look at old cookbooks, they say 1 large egg = 1/4 c.

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." > wrote in
:

> enigma wrote:
>> "Jean B." > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> kuvasz guy wrote:
>>>> or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph
>>>> into yesterdays medium sized eggs?
>>> I have thought this for a while. A large egg was once
>>> 1/4 c....
>>
>> no, eggs have always been sold by weight.
>> Size or weightclass Minimum net weightper dozen
>> Jumbo 30 ounces
>> Extra Large 27 ounces
>> Large 24 ounces
>> Medium 21 ounces
>> Small 18 ounces
>> Peewee 15 ounces
>>
>> according to the USDA, there are 5 large eggs in a cup,
>> not 4. lee <whose chickens are mostly on winter vacation>
>
> Well, if you look at old cookbooks, they say 1 large egg =
> 1/4 c.

how old? my 30s & 40s ones don't. my 1800s farm cookbook
doesn't either. they just say X eggs (assuming large & with
notes for converting other sizes). granted none of these are
really mass market cookbooks...
i measure my eggs by weight, mostly because i have a mixed
flock & they lay eggs from peewee (the Silkies) to Jumbo
(Kate, who is old & lays rarely but usually double yolkers
when she does). a large egg is 2.4 to 2.6 ounces (per USDA
regs). obviously my eggs are fresher than supermarket eggs,
which may be 2 or more months old on the shelf. they'd weigh
less/appear smaller because the albumin shrinks (evaporates
through the shell) and the air sac gets larger the longer they
sit. the regs weigh the eggs fresh, so a dozen at the store
can legally weigh less than the USDA guidelines because
they're old.
lee

"Jean B." > wrote

> Well, if you look at old cookbooks, they say 1 large egg = 1/4 c.

I usually buy the store brand large eggs. For whatever reason, one
day I bought a different brand of eggs in extra large. They were
noticably smaller than the large eggs I normally buy, it was strange.

nancy

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:27:15 +0000 (UTC), enigma >
wrote:

>"Jean B." > wrote in
:
>
>> kuvasz guy wrote:
>>> or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph
>>> into yesterdays medium sized eggs?
>>
>> I have thought this for a while. A large egg was once 1/4
>> c....
>
> no, eggs have always been sold by weight.
>Size or weightclass Minimum net weightper dozen
>Jumbo 30 ounces
>Extra Large 27 ounces
>Large 24 ounces
>Medium 21 ounces
>Small 18 ounces
>Peewee 15 ounces
>
>according to the USDA, there are 5 large eggs in a cup, not 4.
>lee <whose chickens are mostly on winter vacation>

that's very sweet of you. where do you send them?

your pal,
blake

blake murphy > wrote in
:

> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:27:15 +0000 (UTC), enigma
> > wrote:
>>4. lee <whose chickens are mostly on winter vacation>
>
> that's very sweet of you. where do you send them?

well, mostly they get to stay in the barn instead of being
out in the snow. they aren't big fans of snow
i toss the hay & crud out the chicken door when i clean in
the coop, which gives them an area (which gets bigger weekly
if it doesn't snow more) to pick around outside without
getting their feet all icy.
if it's windy & sub-freezing i keep the door closed though.
my rooster got a nasty frostbite comb last winter from being
out in the cold wind (we didn't get much snow, but had -30
windchill days & the stupid chickens went out.
OTOH, one of my llamas went for a sled ride & she rather
enjoyed it, probably much more than i did (i was pulling the
sled)
lee

enigma wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in
> :
>
>> enigma wrote:
>>> "Jean B." > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> kuvasz guy wrote:
>>>>> or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph
>>>>> into yesterdays medium sized eggs?
>>>> I have thought this for a while. A large egg was once
>>>> 1/4 c....
>>> no, eggs have always been sold by weight.
>>> Size or weightclass Minimum net weightper dozen
>>> Jumbo 30 ounces
>>> Extra Large 27 ounces
>>> Large 24 ounces
>>> Medium 21 ounces
>>> Small 18 ounces
>>> Peewee 15 ounces
>>>
>>> according to the USDA, there are 5 large eggs in a cup,
>>> not 4. lee <whose chickens are mostly on winter vacation>
>> Well, if you look at old cookbooks, they say 1 large egg =
>> 1/4 c.
>
> how old? my 30s & 40s ones don't. my 1800s farm cookbook
> doesn't either. they just say X eggs (assuming large & with
> notes for converting other sizes). granted none of these are
> really mass market cookbooks...
> i measure my eggs by weight, mostly because i have a mixed
> flock & they lay eggs from peewee (the Silkies) to Jumbo
> (Kate, who is old & lays rarely but usually double yolkers
> when she does). a large egg is 2.4 to 2.6 ounces (per USDA
> regs). obviously my eggs are fresher than supermarket eggs,
> which may be 2 or more months old on the shelf. they'd weigh
> less/appear smaller because the albumin shrinks (evaporates
> through the shell) and the air sac gets larger the longer they
> sit. the regs weigh the eggs fresh, so a dozen at the store
> can legally weigh less than the USDA guidelines because
> they're old.
> lee

I think some of my 40s, 50s, and 60s books said that. Maybe
even later.

--
Jean B.

Nancy Young wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote
>
>> Well, if you look at old cookbooks, they say 1 large egg = 1/4 c.
>
> I usually buy the store brand large eggs. For whatever reason, one
> day I bought a different brand of eggs in extra large. They were
> noticably smaller than the large eggs I normally buy, it was strange.
>
> nancy
>
>
I recently started going to an egg farm for eggs, and their
eggs are noticeably bigger, but that's not when I started
noticing the difference.

--
Jean B.

"enigma" > wrote in message
. ..

> blake murphy > wrote in
> :
>
>> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:27:15 +0000 (UTC), enigma
>> > wrote:

>>>4. lee <whose chickens are mostly on winter vacation>
>>
>> that's very sweet of you. where do you send them?
>
> well, mostly they get to stay in the barn instead of being
> out in the snow. they aren't big fans of snow
> i toss the hay & crud out the chicken door when i clean in
> the coop, which gives them an area (which gets bigger weekly
> if it doesn't snow more) to pick around outside without
> getting their feet all icy.
> if it's windy & sub-freezing i keep the door closed though.
> my rooster got a nasty frostbite comb last winter from being
> out in the cold wind (we didn't get much snow, but had -30
> windchill days & the stupid chickens went out.
> OTOH, one of my llamas went for a sled ride & she rather
> enjoyed it, probably much more than i did (i was pulling the
> sled)
> lee

OK, folks, this year's award for the most unusual sentence start goes to Lee
for:
"OTOH, one of my llamas went for a sled ride ... "

Felice

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:02:15 +0000 (UTC), enigma >
wrote:


> OTOH, one of my llamas went for a sled ride & she rather
>enjoyed it, probably much more than i did (i was pulling the
>sled)
>lee

you seem to be a little unclear of the whole 'beast of burden'
concept.

your pal,
blake

"blake murphy" > wrote

> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:02:15 +0000 (UTC), enigma >
> wrote:
>
>
>> OTOH, one of my llamas went for a sled ride & she rather
>>enjoyed it, probably much more than i did (i was pulling the
>>sled)
>>lee
>
> you seem to be a little unclear of the whole 'beast of burden'
> concept.

(laugh!)

nancy

In article >, "Nexis" >
wrote:

> "kuvasz guy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > or did todays large sized eggs become smaller and morph into
> > yesterdays medium sized eggs?
> >
> > ..fred
>
> Funny, that's just what my mom and I were talking about the other day.
> Luckily, we
> have a great egg guy at the farmer's market, so we don't have to buy the
> supermarket
> ones!
>
> kimberly

The previous dozen we bought looked more medium than large. The dozen
currently in our fridge look large.

When I was still teaching, one of my students brought me a dozen eggs
from her mother's truly free-range hens. (She had one of the highest
grades in the class to begin with, so there was no question of brownie
points.) Not only were the yolks bright orange, but the shells were
strong. They didn't crumble when I cracked them as supermarket eggs do.

I wouldn't mind having a couple of hens if I had a more secure back
yard. Seattle does allow a maximum of 3 hens per household (not condos
or apts, of course). Unfortunately, we have too many raccoons,
opossums, and coyotes in our neighborhood. My grandfather had chickens
when I was growing up (after he sold the dairy cows), and I used to
enjoy collecting the eggs and watching him candle and weigh them.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

blake murphy > wrote in
:

> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:02:15 +0000 (UTC), enigma
> > wrote:
>
>
>> OTOH, one of my llamas went for a sled ride & she rather
>>enjoyed it, probably much more than i did (i was pulling
>>the sled)
>>lee
>
> you seem to be a little unclear of the whole 'beast of
> burden' concept.

she had an ear infection, which caused loss of balance. she's
been down for 3 weeks & we're having to do physical therapy to
get her to be able to stand again.
the sled ride was to move her out of a shed that was where
the new barn is going.
but saying she went sledding is more humorous
lee

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:21:34 +0000 (UTC), enigma >
wrote:

>blake murphy > wrote in
:
>
>> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:02:15 +0000 (UTC), enigma
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> OTOH, one of my llamas went for a sled ride & she rather
>>>enjoyed it, probably much more than i did (i was pulling
>>>the sled)
>>>lee
>>
>> you seem to be a little unclear of the whole 'beast of
>> burden' concept.
>
> she had an ear infection, which caused loss of balance. she's
>been down for 3 weeks & we're having to do physical therapy to
>get her to be able to stand again.
> the sled ride was to move her out of a shed that was where
>the new barn is going.
> but saying she went sledding is more humorous
>lee

i was just teasing, lee. i hope your llama gets better. (jeez, i
don't often type that sentence.)

your pal,
blake

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:21:34 +0000 (UTC), enigma >
> wrote:
>
>>blake murphy > wrote in
m:
>>
>>> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:02:15 +0000 (UTC), enigma
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> OTOH, one of my llamas went for a sled ride & she rather
>>>>enjoyed it, probably much more than i did (i was pulling
>>>>the sled)
>>>>lee
>>>
>>> you seem to be a little unclear of the whole 'beast of
>>> burden' concept.
>>
>> she had an ear infection, which caused loss of balance. she's
>>been down for 3 weeks & we're having to do physical therapy to
>>get her to be able to stand again.
>> the sled ride was to move her out of a shed that was where
>>the new barn is going.
>> but saying she went sledding is more humorous
>>lee
>
> i was just teasing, lee. i hope your llama gets better. (jeez, i
> don't often type that sentence.)
>
> your pal,
> blake

I'm considering acquiring a sick llama just so you can say it again.

Felice

In the latest episode of the Great Sick LLama Saga, enigma wrote:

>> she had an ear infection, which caused loss of balance. she's
>>been down for 3 weeks & we're having to do physical therapy to
>>get her to be able to stand again.
>> the sled ride was to move her out of a shed that was where
>>the new barn is going.
>> but saying she went sledding is more humorous

How come someone hasn't come up with the Ogden Nash standard:

The one-L lama, he's a priest
The two-L llama, he's a beast
And I would bet a silk pyjama
There isn't any three-L lllama

(Nash later appended a footnote to this poem: "The author's attention has
been called to a type of conflagration known as a three-alarmer. Pooh."

Felice

blake murphy > wrote in
:

> i was just teasing, lee. i hope your llama gets better.

me too. she's got great fiber & a sweet temper (or i wouldn't
be doing all this for her).
i'm just hoping she didn't like that sled ride *too* much!i'm
not going to make a habit of it!

> (jeez, i don't often type that sentence.)

yeah, i don't think there's much call for those sentiments
among most folks...
lee

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:49:09 -0500, "Felice" >
wrote:

>
>"blake murphy" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:21:34 +0000 (UTC), enigma >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>blake murphy > wrote in
:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:02:15 +0000 (UTC), enigma
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> OTOH, one of my llamas went for a sled ride & she rather
>>>>>enjoyed it, probably much more than i did (i was pulling
>>>>>the sled)
>>>>>lee
>>>>
>>>> you seem to be a little unclear of the whole 'beast of
>>>> burden' concept.
>>>
>>> she had an ear infection, which caused loss of balance. she's
>>>been down for 3 weeks & we're having to do physical therapy to
>>>get her to be able to stand again.
>>> the sled ride was to move her out of a shed that was where
>>>the new barn is going.
>>> but saying she went sledding is more humorous
>>>lee
>>
>> i was just teasing, lee. i hope your llama gets better. (jeez, i
>> don't often type that sentence.)
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
>I'm considering acquiring a sick llama just so you can say it again.
>
>Felice
>

i'm betting it's possible to get one. they bring out all the weird
shit for the holidays, like the clapper and chia pets.

your pal,
blake