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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

USA. I have a ceramic egg holder for my fridge. it holds 18 flat.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

I have 4 eggs left and they're all right in the middle, 2 in the top row, 2 in the bottom row, to create balance in the flimsy container they came in.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Even after something like ~15 years of exposure to XKCD, I still get one of 10 thousand'd

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

I guess I'm neutral good when it comes to eggs.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We have backyard chickens. The huge one was a double yoker and delicious 😋

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

For a second I thought you had some kind of crazy triangular egg carton until I realized it was just foreshortening.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

I had to read your comment to realize it wasn't some cool home-chicken-owner egg holder.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

I don't use eggs like that, but my housemate does. Looks like they take em from the carton one row at a time, the carton currently looks like:
1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Eegan bo beegan I'm vegan

2 ounces of plain applesauce is one egg for simple baking recipes

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Amateurs.

(90-packs due to two bodybuilder household – amateurs, as in not professional :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

Had to look it up XD Just regular papa and mama bear with cubs :)

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago (6 children)

As an American, I can't afford eggs. 😔

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

And even if you could, you’d get RFKitis

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Saw someone buying eggs the other day and asked them what they did for a living

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

"Egg broker"

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

Bunch of rich people or non Americans on here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Eggs in a bowl Normally like this, but we ate them all yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Any particular reason for the markers on the eggshell?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It's the dates they're laid!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Id be cautious about using sharpies on eggs. The shell is pourous. It looks like you're using a regular pen. You're probably fine but we avoid out of an abundance of caution

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

pencil would probably work

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

Of all the things I could have been embarrassed about today I was not expecting this

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

We use this thing instead of the carton.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Why do companies refuse to tessellate their eggs?! You could have 3x rows of 3-4-3 for 10 eggs, 5-6-5 for 16 eggs or 7-8-7 for a 22-pack.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

I'm assuming they want extra cushioning and don't want the complexity that would bring. Maybe there would be issues where they would fall into each other's pits and get stuck or smash into eggs beneath.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Normally, I work from one side to the other in pairs like below:

XX

OO

OO

OO

OO

OO

I face the heavier side toward the door so that I will have the majority of the weight in my hand as I pick it up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

Exactly the same, except the reason is that the eggs at the back can freeze if the carton is pushed back in the fridge, so I work from the far end to near

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Always eggs in the middle. Because when I pick it up I always want the center of the weight to be in the same place. If all the weight is to one side and I grab the opposite side I'm more likely to drop it. Yes this is how I live my life, by overanalyzing everything.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

You at least have to keep it symetrical.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's the same reason that I do the opposite - I take an equal number from each end, so the remaining eggs are centered in the carton, so I'm never surprised by a carton that's unbalanced in an unexpected direction.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Almost out, picking up three more cartons tomorrow from my supplier of eggs from free range, grass fed, goat harassed happy hens.

The cartons are usually whatever my supplier happen to have there and then. Pretty standard egg cartons as sold at the store.

I usually use pairs as it's fastest to mentally intuit how many eggs remain that way.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol "goat harassed", time stamped and everything lmao

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Currently full, but I work my way in from the outside corners to the inside by the hinge so it is balanced when I pick it up one handed. It might be slightly lopsided because I always pull multiple eggs next to each other with one hand, but mostly centered.

So it frequently looks something like this:

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Checkerboard! Keeps it level if I keep the pattern.

I did once replaced half the brown eggs with white eggs and visa versa to screw with my partner. It didn't work. I was just weird.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remove eggs opposite each other (front right, rear left and so on) so that it remains level for weight and balance. My partner doesn’t subscribe to my logic and just sprays a machine gun of bullets around the carton, grabbing whatever like she’s blindfolded. It’s not a hill I wanna die on, so I don’t say anything.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I normally eat scrambled eggs for breakfast so I always grab two at a time. So next time I make breakfast I'll grab the next eggs from the right side.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Guilty, your honor!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

In my defence, I was super hungry.

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