Price of eggs

agreed...lol some people have money to blow, but im not one of them..regardless, you are eating their babies so just because marketing has made you think that your somewhat better because you only eat the babies of chickens who are treated well is idiotic...Im not believing the hype, they taste the same to me too.

Some of us have pointed out that taste ISN'T the important part. They taste the same to me, too.

I don't just eat the babies--I also eat the chickens themselves! Yum, chickens! And yeah, ethically, if I'm taking a life I'd like to show some respect for it, and for the human beings who work in the food industry. And, like, the planet. Sorry.

I don't have money to blow. So I don't eat huge amounts of eggs and meat. I eat what I can afford to.

I'm not sure how you can be "respectful" to a chicken, dead or alive. It's a chicken. :huh:

I'm an egg snob, too. I buy local eggs and depending of who I get them from run anywhere from $3-5 a dozen.

After reading this post, I am having breakfast for dinner.

The duck eggs I go after are $3 per half dozen.

Depends where you live. I have a store called Aldi's that I go to, eggs are .69 cents a dozen. Milk was $1.99/gallon last time too :happy: Not every place has them though ... they're mostly in the southeast and midwest. The local grocery store has eggs for 1.48/dozen, and that's more than my broke butt is willing to pay!

Aldi must vary from place to place. I'm in Missouri and the Aldi store near me sells eggs for $1.29 or $1.39/dozen! Milk there is around $2 for a HALF gallon. Still not bad, though.

I'm so lucky to have friends with chickens! Mine are fresh and FREE! :bigsmile:

agreed...lol some people have money to blow, but im not one of them..regardless, you are eating their babies so just because marketing has made you think that your somewhat better because you only eat the babies of chickens who are treated well is idiotic...Im not believing the hype, they taste the same to me too.

To believe that the environment in which an animal lives has no bearing on the quality of the food it produces seems a little naive.

It's more than naive, it's ignoring well known realities. I raise both free range organic chickens and pork - the difference in taste in the meat is astounding. I use our neighbour's eggs, also organic free-range - the colour, consistency, texture and taste of the eggs is markedly different than typical grocery store eggs.

If the differences are not important to someone, that's totally fine, eat what you like. But to pretend they aren't there is ridiculous.

I'm a self confessed egg snob too. I go for the pastured eggs. You pay through the nose for them (5$ per dozen) but they are so good, and healthy. The yolks are bright orange!

this.

I pay $4.99 for the pastured raised eggs. They really do cook/taste better.

Me too. Worth every cent.

I buy Egglands best eggs. They are 4.00 or more for 18 eggs. I LOVE them though. They taste significantly different to me than any other eggs. I hate how much they cost but nothing else compares. Bleh.

Come to alberta and pay up to $5 a dozen. I get them fresh from the neighbor, farm fresh at $2 a dozen.

I rarely look at the cost of the food I put in my cart, if I need something I get it. Tonight I picked up a dozen eggs. When the heck did they jump to $2.08?!?!?!? Is this the going price these days?:ohwell:

You're shocked at the price of those eggs (I am too, frankly, as that's almost twice as much as my cheapest store sells them for!), but I'm shocked that someone actually grocery shops without paying one whit of attention to the price of the food that's going into her cart! I'm 100% the opposite of that and I could not shop like you do. I know down to the dollar amount what my total will be before I even get in line at the store. It comes from a history of frugality--how I was raised, and then from necessity, and now it's because of all our bills we have to pay every month, our food bill is the most flexible, so I play a game with myself each month to see how little I can pay for my family's food.

I pay ~$4/dozen for eggs from a local farm where the chickens are pastured and able to forage. Delicious.

#EggSnob

You sir are FABULOUS!!! :drinker: I'm an egg snob too!

That being said, near me (supermarket) or local farm- both about $2.50. Hurts too...love me some eggies!

Same here. I really wish I could keep my own chickens.

No, you don't, they're a giant pain in the *kitten*.

Trust me on this...

:laugh:

No they're not. Trust me on this....

I already know this...my parents have laying hens. Unless you consider the fight to keep coons from taking them, they're less PITA than my wife's dog...or cat...or guinea pig. In fact, I'd say they're the easiest pet/livestock/producer to raise/tend.

I currently have two chooks in the backyard (built the coop myself from reject wood from the local sawmill and recycled bits of this and that - I think the only thing I paid for was the nails and roofing screws - and a roast dinner to the friend who helped me dig the holes for the footings and put the roof on [can't stand heights].

The chooks eat layer pellets (about $15 for a 20 kilo bag) enough to keep two chickens very happy for quite a while plus kitchen scraps and leftovers.

And every day I collect two beautiful fresh eggs.

But yes I've noticed the prices at the local shop - absolutely ridiculous.

Price quoted in AU$ I'm guessing

Good guess - what gave it away? Because I call a chook a chook?