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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 74 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Who has the ability to fence 100K eggs before they go bad?

[–] Custard@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

I wonder if this was before or after they wash the eggs. AFAIK they last longer and can be left unrefrigerated before they're washed

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

You underestimate how many deviled eggs I can eat.

[–] Kyuuketsuki@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I had actually thought about this sort of scenario happening, and wondered the same about a week ago. My conclusion was freeze drying to make powdered eggs that can be shelf stable for years.

Also might end up with a serious market for that as prices continue to climb with no end in sight.

Last I bought powdered egg prior to this recent skyrocketing, it was about a dollar per egg in equivalence. I don't know what it is now, but I'm sure that will go up too.

(I use powdered egg for baking because I just don't go through eggs enough to justify buying fresh. I actually save money by not having to throw away unused product)

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In the news today:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/food/waffle-house-egg-surcharge/index.html

Waffle House is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells

“The continuing egg shortage caused by HPAI (bird flu) has caused a dramatic increase in egg prices,” Waffle House said in the statement to CNN. “Customers and restaurants are being forced to make difficult decisions.”

[–] bilb@lem.monster 3 points 1 day ago

Lol, "difficult decisions."

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago

"I got a guy for that"

The guy:

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

This sounds like a line from Trailer Park Boys

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago

Someone who already has a buyer, most likely an industry.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Bro I got hard boiled, cage-free, and century. I can get my hands on Balut but it’ll take a couple days, and it’ll cost you.

[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

This is America. Those eggs are going to the black market.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

Maybe start marking eggs with some kind of dye pattern to make it harder.