I don't eat a lot of eggs. My SO eats scrambled eggs every day. My
mother used to eat scrambled or soft boiled "egg a cup" every day.
That's just not me.

I've heard many people here say they used to be able to break a carton
of eggs in half... back in the good old days. Until yesterday I'd
never *seen* a half a carton of eggs.

I'm thrilled! I can buy a half a dozen and not have to worry about them
sitting there getting old.

Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL

Jill

On 2017-01-30, jmcquown > wrote:

> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL

This has been an option fer decades. One dozen egg cartons have
almost always had perforated cartons that can be torn in half, to
facilitate half-doz eggs purchases.

Some stores even do it for you! I bought half dozen eggs fer yrs.
Other stores, harder to find pre-torn, but the cartons.....

nb

"jmcquown" wrote in message news
I don't eat a lot of eggs. My SO eats scrambled eggs every day. My
mother used to eat scrambled or soft boiled "egg a cup" every day.
That's just not me.

I've heard many people here say they used to be able to break a carton
of eggs in half... back in the good old days. Until yesterday I'd
never *seen* a half a carton of eggs.

I'm thrilled! I can buy a half a dozen and not have to worry about them
sitting there getting old.

Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL

Jill

==

We have cartons that hold only half a dozen eggs) I often buy just
those)

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On 30 Jan 2017 17:21:40 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2017-01-30, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
>
>This has been an option fer decades. One dozen egg cartons have
>almost always had perforated cartons that can be torn in half, to
>facilitate half-doz eggs purchases.
>
>Some stores even do it for you! I bought half dozen eggs fer yrs.
>Other stores, harder to find pre-torn, but the cartons.....
>
>nb

I do know what you're talking about. But, I've never seen such a
carton out here. Here eggs are sold by the dozen or 1.5 dozen or 2
dozen. Egg lifetime isn't that short. I always buy the 1.5 dozen and
I only use eggs for cooking and baking except every once in awhile.

Janet US

On 2017-01-30 12:21 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2017-01-30, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
>
> This has been an option fer decades. One dozen egg cartons have
> almost always had perforated cartons that can be torn in half, to
> facilitate half-doz eggs purchases.

I have not seen egg cartons with perforations in decades.

> Some stores even do it for you! I bought half dozen eggs fer yrs.
> Other stores, harder to find pre-torn, but the cartons.....

I don't eat many eggs myself but my wife does. I don't think I would
bother with a half dozen. They keep long enough to use them up.

On 1/30/2017 12:12 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> I don't eat a lot of eggs. My SO eats scrambled eggs every day. My
> mother used to eat scrambled or soft boiled "egg a cup" every day.
> That's just not me.
>
> I've heard many people here say they used to be able to break a carton
> of eggs in half... back in the good old days. Until yesterday I'd
> never *seen* a half a carton of eggs.
>
> I'm thrilled! I can buy a half a dozen and not have to worry about them
> sitting there getting old.
>
> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
>
> Jill

I saw that recently, the first time in many years.
When I worked in a grocery store in high school, early 60s it was common.

In Italy I was surprised to find two-packs of eggs.

On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 4:31:24 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> On 1/30/2017 12:12 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > I don't eat a lot of eggs. My SO eats scrambled eggs every day. My
> > mother used to eat scrambled or soft boiled "egg a cup" every day.
> > That's just not me.
> >
> > I've heard many people here say they used to be able to break a carton
> > of eggs in half... back in the good old days. Until yesterday I'd
> > never *seen* a half a carton of eggs.
> >
> > I'm thrilled! I can buy a half a dozen and not have to worry about them
> > sitting there getting old.
> >
> > Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
> >
> > Jill
>
> I saw that recently, the first time in many years.
> When I worked in a grocery store in high school, early 60s it was common.
>
> In Italy I was surprised to find two-packs of eggs.
>
>
My local Kroger has the 1/2 dozen cartons but I haven't seen any
cartons where you can separate them yourself. I was somewhere
and saw 4 egg cartons but I have no idea what store it was.

On 1/30/2017 1:52 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-01-30 12:21 PM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2017-01-30, jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>>> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
>>
>> This has been an option fer decades. One dozen egg cartons have
>> almost always had perforated cartons that can be torn in half, to
>> facilitate half-doz eggs purchases.
>
> I have not seen egg cartons with perforations in decades.
>
>> Some stores even do it for you! I bought half dozen eggs fer yrs.
>> Other stores, harder to find pre-torn, but the cartons.....
>
> I don't eat many eggs myself but my wife does. I don't think I would
> bother with a half dozen. They keep long enough to use them up.
>
>
>
The last time I bought a dozen eggs was right after hurricane Matthew
(last October). I'd only used a couple of them. I figure four months
was pushing it.

Jill

On 1/30/2017 1:50 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On 30 Jan 2017 17:21:40 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>> On 2017-01-30, jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>>> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
>>
>> This has been an option fer decades. One dozen egg cartons have
>> almost always had perforated cartons that can be torn in half, to
>> facilitate half-doz eggs purchases.
>>
>> Some stores even do it for you! I bought half dozen eggs fer yrs.
>> Other stores, harder to find pre-torn, but the cartons.....
>>
>> nb
>
> I do know what you're talking about. But, I've never seen such a
> carton out here. Here eggs are sold by the dozen or 1.5 dozen or 2
> dozen. Egg lifetime isn't that short. I always buy the 1.5 dozen and
> I only use eggs for cooking and baking except every once in awhile.
>
> Janet US
>
nb is talking about the cartons I've heard about but have never seen.
This little carton is Styrofoam. I haven't seen a corrugated egg carton
in at least a decade; if they had perforations it wasn't obvious.

Jill

On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 5:25:06 PM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
>
> I haven't seen a corrugated egg carton
> in at least a decade; if they had perforations it wasn't obvious.
>
> Jill
>
>
Target and Aldi eggs come in corrugated cardboard. If they have
perforations I haven't noticed, not that I was looking for a perf.

On 2017-01-30 6:36 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 5:25:06 PM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>
>> I haven't seen a corrugated egg carton
>> in at least a decade; if they had perforations it wasn't obvious.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
> Target and Aldi eggs come in corrugated cardboard. If they have
> perforations I haven't noticed, not that I was looking for a perf.
>


I remember the perforations from decades ago. They were very obvious.

On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:36:52 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 5:25:06 PM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>
>> I haven't seen a corrugated egg carton
>> in at least a decade; if they had perforations it wasn't obvious.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>Target and Aldi eggs come in corrugated cardboard. If they have
>perforations I haven't noticed, not that I was looking for a perf.

Ours all come in cardboard, by the dozen but people often buy a half
dozen and there is usually a half carton there if I want them.

On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:40:34 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2017-01-30 6:36 PM, wrote:
>> On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 5:25:06 PM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>
>>> I haven't seen a corrugated egg carton
>>> in at least a decade; if they had perforations it wasn't obvious.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>>>
>> Target and Aldi eggs come in corrugated cardboard. If they have
>> perforations I haven't noticed, not that I was looking for a perf.
>>
>
>
>I remember the perforations from decades ago. They were very obvious.

So do I, but don't see them now. However they are quite happy to sell
you less than a dozen.

On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 8:50:56 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On 30 Jan 2017 17:21:40 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
> >On 2017-01-30, jmcquown > wrote:
> >
> >> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
> >
> >This has been an option fer decades. One dozen egg cartons have
> >almost always had perforated cartons that can be torn in half, to
> >facilitate half-doz eggs purchases.
> >
> >Some stores even do it for you! I bought half dozen eggs fer yrs.
> >Other stores, harder to find pre-torn, but the cartons.....
> >
> >nb
>
> I do know what you're talking about. But, I've never seen such a
> carton out here. Here eggs are sold by the dozen or 1.5 dozen or 2
> dozen. Egg lifetime isn't that short. I always buy the 1.5 dozen and
> I only use eggs for cooking and baking except every once in awhile.
>
> Janet US

I get the 18 egg pack too because it's a total bummer to run out of eggs!

On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:50:49 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On 30 Jan 2017 17:21:40 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2017-01-30, jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>>> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
>>
>>This has been an option fer decades. One dozen egg cartons have
>>almost always had perforated cartons that can be torn in half, to
>>facilitate half-doz eggs purchases.
>>
>>Some stores even do it for you! I bought half dozen eggs fer yrs.
>>Other stores, harder to find pre-torn, but the cartons.....
>>
>>nb
>
>I do know what you're talking about. But, I've never seen such a
>carton out here. Here eggs are sold by the dozen or 1.5 dozen or 2
>dozen. Egg lifetime isn't that short. I always buy the 1.5 dozen and
>I only use eggs for cooking and baking except every once in awhile.
>
>Janet US

I bought the 18 count carton today... and I usually do unless the one
dozen cartons are on sale at a better price. And just because I cook
egg foo yong with six eggs doesn't mean its all for one serving.

On 2017-01-31, > wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:40:34 -0500, Dave Smith

>>I remember the perforations from decades ago. They were very obvious.

> So do I, but don't see them now. However they are quite happy to sell
> you less than a dozen.

I must admit, even I buy eggs by the 1-1/2 doz, these days. Even
worse, not even the organic eggs!

I cook breakfast for a couple. Friends of mine. They buy, I fry!

What I've seen --of every brand of organic egg!-- is crappy shells
covering crappy eggs! I know what premium eggs can be. I usta buy
'em from my boss. Now, it is so bad, even I went back to non-organic
"battery cages" eggs. Yes, the real trade is abominable, but what can
I do!? No way can I believe these "organic" eggs are anything like
what I've previously experienced. 8|

nb

"l not -l" wrote in message ...


On 30-Jan-2017, U.S. Janet B. > wrote:

> On 30 Jan 2017 17:21:40 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
> >On 2017-01-30, jmcquown > wrote:
> >
> >> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
> >
> >This has been an option fer decades. One dozen egg cartons have
> >almost always had perforated cartons that can be torn in half, to
> >facilitate half-doz eggs purchases.
> >
> >Some stores even do it for you! I bought half dozen eggs fer yrs.
> >Other stores, harder to find pre-torn, but the cartons.....
> >
> >nb
>
> I do know what you're talking about. But, I've never seen such a
> carton out here. Here eggs are sold by the dozen or 1.5 dozen or 2
> dozen. Egg lifetime isn't that short. I always buy the 1.5 dozen and
> I only use eggs for cooking and baking except every once in awhile.
>
> Janet US
I haven't seen perforated cartons in many years; however, our dominant
regional chain offers eggs in cartons of several sizes. 6, 12 and 18 are
the ones I recall seeing every week. the 6 egg cartons are the pasteboard
kind and appear to be half of a 12 egg pasteboard carton; but, no perf,
clean-cut sliced.--

Change Cujo to Juno for email.

==

Our supermarkets sell packs of 10 in clear plastic carton.


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On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:00:50 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"l not -l" wrote in message ...
>
>
>On 30-Jan-2017, U.S. Janet B. > wrote:
>
>> On 30 Jan 2017 17:21:40 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>
>> >On 2017-01-30, jmcquown > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
>> >
>> >This has been an option fer decades. One dozen egg cartons have
>> >almost always had perforated cartons that can be torn in half, to
>> >facilitate half-doz eggs purchases.
>> >
>> >Some stores even do it for you! I bought half dozen eggs fer yrs.
>> >Other stores, harder to find pre-torn, but the cartons.....
>> >
>> >nb
>>
>> I do know what you're talking about. But, I've never seen such a
>> carton out here. Here eggs are sold by the dozen or 1.5 dozen or 2
>> dozen. Egg lifetime isn't that short. I always buy the 1.5 dozen and
>> I only use eggs for cooking and baking except every once in awhile.
>>
>> Janet US
>I haven't seen perforated cartons in many years; however, our dominant
>regional chain offers eggs in cartons of several sizes. 6, 12 and 18 are
>the ones I recall seeing every week. the 6 egg cartons are the pasteboard
>kind and appear to be half of a 12 egg pasteboard carton; but, no perf,
>clean-cut sliced.--
>
>Change Cujo to Juno for email.
>
>==
>
>Our supermarkets sell packs of 10 in clear plastic carton.

Metric chickens. <g>

On 1/31/2017 7:41 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:00:50 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:

>> Our supermarkets sell packs of 10 in clear plastic carton.
>
> Metric chickens. <g>

Ha!

A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't last.

nancy

"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:00:50 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"l not -l" wrote in message ...
>
>
>On 30-Jan-2017, U.S. Janet B. > wrote:
>
>> On 30 Jan 2017 17:21:40 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>
>> >On 2017-01-30, jmcquown > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
>> >
>> >This has been an option fer decades. One dozen egg cartons have
>> >almost always had perforated cartons that can be torn in half, to
>> >facilitate half-doz eggs purchases.
>> >
>> >Some stores even do it for you! I bought half dozen eggs fer yrs.
>> >Other stores, harder to find pre-torn, but the cartons.....
>> >
>> >nb
>>
>> I do know what you're talking about. But, I've never seen such a
>> carton out here. Here eggs are sold by the dozen or 1.5 dozen or 2
>> dozen. Egg lifetime isn't that short. I always buy the 1.5 dozen and
>> I only use eggs for cooking and baking except every once in awhile.
>>
>> Janet US
>I haven't seen perforated cartons in many years; however, our dominant
>regional chain offers eggs in cartons of several sizes. 6, 12 and 18 are
>the ones I recall seeing every week. the 6 egg cartons are the pasteboard
>kind and appear to be half of a 12 egg pasteboard carton; but, no perf,
>clean-cut sliced.--
>
>Change Cujo to Juno for email.
>
>==
>
>Our supermarkets sell packs of 10 in clear plastic carton.

Metric chickens. <g>

===

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"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

On 1/31/2017 7:41 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:00:50 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:

>> Our supermarkets sell packs of 10 in clear plastic carton.
>
> Metric chickens. <g>

Ha!

A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't last.

nancy
===

I can remember when, eons ago I bought eggs from the local shop. In those
days they came in a paper bag. I remember carefully holding them in one
hand and the shopping bag in to other ... I tripped ...

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Nancy Young wrote:
>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>Ophelia wrote:
>
>>> Our supermarkets sell packs of 10 in clear plastic carton.
>>
>> Metric chickens. <g>
>
>Ha!
>
>A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
>visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
>filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
>looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't last.

Where I live about a quarter of the residents raise chickens and will
sell the eggs as many or as few as you want... most are on the honor
system and typically it's 10¢ per... if I need just one egg all I need
do is walk across the road, pick out my egg and drop a dime in the
jar.

On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:00:09 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
>On 1/31/2017 7:41 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:00:50 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
>
>>> Our supermarkets sell packs of 10 in clear plastic carton.
>>
>> Metric chickens. <g>
>
>Ha!
>
>A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
>visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
>filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
>looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't last.
>
>nancy
>===
>
>I can remember when, eons ago I bought eggs from the local shop. In those
>days they came in a paper bag. I remember carefully holding them in one
>hand and the shopping bag in to other ... I tripped ...

Scrambled eggs for dinner. . . .

On 1/31/2017 9:00 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

> A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
> visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
> filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
> looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't last.

> I can remember when, eons ago I bought eggs from the local shop. In those
> days they came in a paper bag. I remember carefully holding them in
> one hand and the shopping bag in to other ... I tripped ...

Ooops! Hence the invention of the egg carton.

I just pictured things falling on the eggs when people leaned over,
etc. The good part would be you know none of the eggs are broken
without having to open the container. Or give it a rattle to make
sure they're not stuck to the carton by broken egg.

nancy

"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:00:09 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
>On 1/31/2017 7:41 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:00:50 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
>
>>> Our supermarkets sell packs of 10 in clear plastic carton.
>>
>> Metric chickens. <g>
>
>Ha!
>
>A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
>visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
>filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
>looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't last.
>
>nancy
>===
>
>I can remember when, eons ago I bought eggs from the local shop. In those
>days they came in a paper bag. I remember carefully holding them in one
>hand and the shopping bag in to other ... I tripped ...

Scrambled eggs for dinner. . . .

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"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

On 1/31/2017 9:00 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

> A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
> visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
> filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
> looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't last.

> I can remember when, eons ago I bought eggs from the local shop. In those
> days they came in a paper bag. I remember carefully holding them in
> one hand and the shopping bag in to other ... I tripped ...

Ooops! Hence the invention of the egg carton.

I just pictured things falling on the eggs when people leaned over,
etc. The good part would be you know none of the eggs are broken
without having to open the container. Or give it a rattle to make
sure they're not stuck to the carton by broken egg.

nancy

===

All hail egg cartons



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On 1/31/2017 11:33 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
> On 1/31/2017 9:00 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
>> A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
>> visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
>> filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
>> looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't last.
>
>> I can remember when, eons ago I bought eggs from the local shop. In
>> those
>> days they came in a paper bag. I remember carefully holding them in
>> one hand and the shopping bag in to other ... I tripped ...
>
> Ooops! Hence the invention of the egg carton.
>
> I just pictured things falling on the eggs when people leaned over,
> etc. The good part would be you know none of the eggs are broken
> without having to open the container. Or give it a rattle to make
> sure they're not stuck to the carton by broken egg.
>
> nancy
>
> ===
>
> All hail egg cartons
>
>
>
Yep! But I still open a cart of eggs and touch them, regardless of size
or composition, to make sure the eggs are not cracked or broken/leaking.

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message news
On 1/31/2017 11:33 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
> On 1/31/2017 9:00 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
>> A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
>> visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
>> filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
>> looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't last.
>
>> I can remember when, eons ago I bought eggs from the local shop. In
>> those
>> days they came in a paper bag. I remember carefully holding them in
>> one hand and the shopping bag in to other ... I tripped ...
>
> Ooops! Hence the invention of the egg carton.
>
> I just pictured things falling on the eggs when people leaned over,
> etc. The good part would be you know none of the eggs are broken
> without having to open the container. Or give it a rattle to make
> sure they're not stuck to the carton by broken egg.
>
> nancy
>
> ===
>
> All hail egg cartons
>
>
>
Yep! But I still open a cart of eggs and touch them, regardless of size
or composition, to make sure the eggs are not cracked or broken/leaking.

Jill

==

The plastic ones we get we can see through. Turn it upside down and you can
see the bottom including any leakage.



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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
news
> On 1/31/2017 11:33 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>>
>> On 1/31/2017 9:00 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>>
>>> A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
>>> visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
>>> filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
>>> looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't
>>> last.
>>
>>> I can remember when, eons ago I bought eggs from the local shop. In
>>> those
>>> days they came in a paper bag. I remember carefully holding them in
>>> one hand and the shopping bag in to other ... I tripped ...
>>
>> Ooops! Hence the invention of the egg carton.
>>
>> I just pictured things falling on the eggs when people leaned over,
>> etc. The good part would be you know none of the eggs are broken
>> without having to open the container. Or give it a rattle to make
>> sure they're not stuck to the carton by broken egg.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>> ===
>>
>> All hail egg cartons
>>
>>
>>
> Yep! But I still open a cart of eggs and touch them, regardless of size
> or composition, to make sure the eggs are not cracked or broken/leaking.
>
> Jill


Me too as far as opening them, but I don't touch them, just look.

Cheri

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Yep! But I still open a cart of eggs and touch them, regardless of size
> or composition, to make sure the eggs are not cracked or broken/leaking.

Grocery store Jill germs.

I always buy eggs in cartons 12 or 18 - whatever is the best price.
They last for weeks and I always manage to use them up.

Either eating plain (fried or scrambled) or many used in recipes.

When I was a food pantry director and did our weekly shopping, I used to buy a carton of 8 eggs for $1 at the local Dollar Tree store.

Denise in NH

On 1/31/2017 2:36 PM, wrote:
> When I was a food pantry director and did our weekly shopping, I used to buy a carton of 8 eggs for $1 at the local Dollar Tree store.
>
Oddly enough, today I saw for the first time, 8-packs of eggs.
The market had packs of 6, 8, 12, and 18.
Some of the 12-packs were made to _look_ like the old tear-apart boxes.
Last week I bought a box of 30 eggs. Some markets also have 24-packs.

On 2017-01-31 1:43 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 1/31/2017 2:36 PM, wrote:
>> When I was a food pantry director and did our weekly shopping, I used
>> to buy a carton of 8 eggs for $1 at the local Dollar Tree store.
>>
> Oddly enough, today I saw for the first time, 8-packs of eggs.
> The market had packs of 6, 8, 12, and 18.
> Some of the 12-packs were made to _look_ like the old tear-apart boxes.
> Last week I bought a box of 30 eggs. Some markets also have 24-packs.
>
Brits of a certain age will perhaps remember the hilarious photograph of
an artfully lit egg carton, the shadow created was a profile of General
DeGaulle, a much vilified figure in the UK at the time.
Graham

On 1/31/2017 3:55 PM, graham wrote:
> On 2017-01-31 1:43 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 1/31/2017 2:36 PM, wrote:
>>> When I was a food pantry director and did our weekly shopping, I used
>>> to buy a carton of 8 eggs for $1 at the local Dollar Tree store.
>>>
>> Oddly enough, today I saw for the first time, 8-packs of eggs.
>> The market had packs of 6, 8, 12, and 18.
>> Some of the 12-packs were made to _look_ like the old tear-apart boxes.
>> Last week I bought a box of 30 eggs. Some markets also have 24-packs.
>>
> Brits of a certain age will perhaps remember the hilarious photograph of
> an artfully lit egg carton, the shadow created was a profile of General
> DeGaulle, a much vilified figure in the UK at the time.
>
I am of a 'certain age', but missed that photo.

Ophelia wrote:
>jmcquown wrote:
>Ophelia wrote:
>>Nancy Young wrote:
>>Ophelia wrote:
>>>Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
>>> visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
>>> filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
>>> looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't last.
>>
>>> I can remember when, eons ago I bought eggs from the local shop. In
>>> those
>>> days they came in a paper bag. I remember carefully holding them in
>>> one hand and the shopping bag in to other ... I tripped ...
>>
>> Ooops! Hence the invention of the egg carton.
>>
>> I just pictured things falling on the eggs when people leaned over,
>> etc. The good part would be you know none of the eggs are broken
>> without having to open the container. Or give it a rattle to make
>> sure they're not stuck to the carton by broken egg.
>>
>> All hail egg cartons
>>
>Yep! But I still open a cart of eggs and touch them, regardless of size
>or composition, to make sure the eggs are not cracked or broken/leaking.
>==
>The plastic ones we get we can see through. Turn it upside down and you can
>see the bottom including any leakage.

In Belize eggs are sold loose, plastic egg containers cost extra. Some
carry eggs in one of those woven mesh shopping bags. The native women
stuff eggs in their bra... perfect padding for eggs... if I were an
egg I'd hatch!

On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:32:02 -0500, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 1/31/2017 3:55 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 2017-01-31 1:43 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
>>> On 1/31/2017 2:36 PM, wrote:
>>>> When I was a food pantry director and did our weekly shopping, I used
>>>> to buy a carton of 8 eggs for $1 at the local Dollar Tree store.
>>>>
>>> Oddly enough, today I saw for the first time, 8-packs of eggs.
>>> The market had packs of 6, 8, 12, and 18.
>>> Some of the 12-packs were made to _look_ like the old tear-apart boxes.
>>> Last week I bought a box of 30 eggs. Some markets also have 24-packs.
>>>
>> Brits of a certain age will perhaps remember the hilarious photograph of
>> an artfully lit egg carton, the shadow created was a profile of General
>> DeGaulle, a much vilified figure in the UK at the time.
>>
>I am of a 'certain age', but missed that photo.

Me too, maybe Graham is much younger?

On 2017-01-31 12:26 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/31/2017 11:33 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>>
>> On 1/31/2017 9:00 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>>
>>> A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
>>> visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
>>> filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
>>> looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't
>>> last.
>>
>>> I can remember when, eons ago I bought eggs from the local shop. In
>>> those
>>> days they came in a paper bag. I remember carefully holding them in
>>> one hand and the shopping bag in to other ... I tripped ...
>>
>> Ooops! Hence the invention of the egg carton.
>>
>> I just pictured things falling on the eggs when people leaned over,
>> etc. The good part would be you know none of the eggs are broken
>> without having to open the container. Or give it a rattle to make
>> sure they're not stuck to the carton by broken egg.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>> ===
>>
>> All hail egg cartons
>>
>>
>>
> Yep! But I still open a cart of eggs and touch them, regardless of size
> or composition, to make sure the eggs are not cracked or broken/leaking.
>
Me too. I open it up, look for cracks and signs of leaks and I jostle
every egg to make sure they aren't stuck to the bottom of the carton.

On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 5:25:06 PM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
> On 1/30/2017 1:50 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> > On 30 Jan 2017 17:21:40 GMT, notbob > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2017-01-30, jmcquown > wrote:
> >>
> >>> Obviously it doesn't take much to get me excited. LOL
> >>
> >> This has been an option fer decades. One dozen egg cartons have
> >> almost always had perforated cartons that can be torn in half, to
> >> facilitate half-doz eggs purchases.
> >>
> >> Some stores even do it for you! I bought half dozen eggs fer yrs.
> >> Other stores, harder to find pre-torn, but the cartons.....
> >>
> >> nb
> >
> > I do know what you're talking about. But, I've never seen such a
> > carton out here. Here eggs are sold by the dozen or 1.5 dozen or 2
> > dozen. Egg lifetime isn't that short. I always buy the 1.5 dozen and
> > I only use eggs for cooking and baking except every once in awhile.
> >
> > Janet US
> >
> nb is talking about the cartons I've heard about but have never seen.
> This little carton is Styrofoam. I haven't seen a corrugated egg carton
> in at least a decade; if they had perforations it wasn't obvious.
>
> Jill

I;ve seen them sawed in 1/2 with a bread knife!

John Kuthe...

On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 11:26:55 AM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
>
> I still open a cart of eggs and touch them, regardless of size
> or composition, to make sure the eggs are not cracked or broken/leaking.
>
> Jill
>
>
Me, too!

"S Viemeister" wrote in message ...

On 1/31/2017 3:55 PM, graham wrote:
> On 2017-01-31 1:43 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 1/31/2017 2:36 PM, wrote:
>>> When I was a food pantry director and did our weekly shopping, I used
>>> to buy a carton of 8 eggs for $1 at the local Dollar Tree store.
>>>
>> Oddly enough, today I saw for the first time, 8-packs of eggs.
>> The market had packs of 6, 8, 12, and 18.
>> Some of the 12-packs were made to _look_ like the old tear-apart boxes.
>> Last week I bought a box of 30 eggs. Some markets also have 24-packs.
>>
> Brits of a certain age will perhaps remember the hilarious photograph of
> an artfully lit egg carton, the shadow created was a profile of General
> DeGaulle, a much vilified figure in the UK at the time.
>
I am of a 'certain age', but missed that photo.

====

I don't remember it either.

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