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Showing Original Post only (View all)In baking, 1/4 cup plain yogurt substitutes for one egg. [View all]
The egg industry price gouging could come back to bite them.
There are many other egg substitutes out there, as well.
And many people are investigating becoming vegan....
My point is, we can learn to get by without eggs.
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The price hikes are due to the culling of many millions of egg-laying hens.
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#2
I'm aware that the far-left group "Farm Action" is feeding a conspiracy theory.
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#8
2021 figures indicate the population of egg-laying hens in the USA at 389 million.
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#44
Do you prefer a group that denies the basic economic reality of the avian flu epidemic and inserts
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#15
Or one could side with reason and the basic laws of economics when they come into conflict
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#17
Absolutely. In no reasonable world does the culling of 40 million egg-laying hens
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#24
Are you going to deny that millions of egg-laying hens have been culled due to the avian flu
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#26
Not 40 million in a few months due to one of the worst avian flu outbreaks ever.
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#28
Sure it does. That's what happens with low cost high-demand products with few viable subsitutes
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#52
Yes, because the rise in egg prices is fully predictable by the laws of economics.
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#22
We've raised backyard flocks (sadly none at the moment) and I know the cost of housing,
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#6
We lost our last flock to a racoon attack. Someone (and I believe it was me) failed to
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#32
Not often. Not because it is hard anymore, rather it just doesn't keep as long as bottled mayo.
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#63