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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

It's fairly common in my neck of the woods for ranchers to also have a few chicken houses, but I doubt that's the reason the two are conflated. But my area is one of the major chicken farming areas in the state.

I think it's just people assuming they're related because they're in the same section of the store, but really that's just so they don't have to have a separate cooling setup just for eggs.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe before supermarkets, eggs and milk were the main items being refrigerated in the grocery store. Meat would have come from a butcher until the 50s or 60s, I think? (my back hurts, but not THAT much)

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Eggs actually don't need to be refrigerated outside of the US. The reason why we have to is because the government requires eggs to be washed so they lose the protective coating that prevents them from going bad quickly.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, I alluded to that in my original comment. I don't know if bleaching the shell is an issue other than for storage but it wouldn't surprise me.

It is sad how much we've allowed Agribusiness to decide what we eat and how we live.