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Easter Eggs Are So Expensive Americans Are Dyeing Potatoes

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Unless you live in Canada, where eggs are under a supply management system. Prices are controlled and family farms are sustainable. Prices today are approx $5.00 ($3.50 USD) a dozen

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This is a little overblown - one business is going to plastic eggs, and one "influencer" is showing a (I bet more expensive) candied peanut butter concoction.
 
joestein said:
Lets not too crazy here. Eggs are expensive vs what they were, but really $6/dozen? Are we missing the mortgage payment if we buy a dozen a week?
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Maybe not. Its not just eggs that are the problem. I think it adds up. Lots of people in this country are living week to week.
 
The article talks about a company using 10,000 eggs to dye for an easter egg hunt
A couple of bucks extra a dozen can certainly count up fast
Especially if the company is seeing reduced revenues
Eggs are not blowing out my budget
Yet!
 
Today at Walmart - 18 for $10. much lower than a couple weeks ago.
 
Plastic eggs are still better. Have you ever left an egg out (a kid did not find it)? It rots and stinks! Last year, my brother and sister decided to change the Easter Egg hunt (they are 11 and 12) to where the parents throw the eggs with candy in them into the pool and the kids have to fetch them. You should not do that with chicken eggs!

TS
 
jp10558 said:
This is a little overblown - one business is going to plastic eggs, and one "influencer" is showing a (I bet more expensive) candied peanut butter concoction.
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We went to plastic eggs years ago when our daughters were young. We weren't using all of the hard boiled eggs and many would go to waste. We would put small candies, or sometimes coins, into the eggs. It also helps that if they don't find them all the ones not found don't stink.

Our eggs are down to $5.89 for a dozen jumbo eggs.
 
Luanne said:
We went to plastic eggs years ago when our daughters were young. We weren't using all of the hard boiled eggs and many would go to waste. We would put small candies, or sometimes coins, into the eggs. It also helps that if they don't find them all the ones not found don't stink.

Our eggs are down to $5.89 for a dozen jumbo eggs.
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We do the plastic eggs filled with candy and money. The eggs aren't really hidden but are scattered all over the boundary of a huge lawn. The kids really like this egg scramble game.

Bill
 
$8.99/ 2 dozen in Thornton, Colorado at Costco, limit 3.
 
simpsontruckdriver said:
Plastic eggs are still better. Have you ever left an egg out (a kid did not find it)? It rots and stinks! Last year, my brother and sister decided to change the Easter Egg hunt (they are 11 and 12) to where the parents throw the eggs with candy in them into the pool and the kids have to fetch them. You should not do that with chicken eggs!

TS
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When our kids were young, we would hide the dyed eggs the night before and write down the locations so that "no egg would be left behind".

One year, oldest DD woke up and found all the eggs and REHID THEM! :eek::eek::eek: Fortunately, we were able to find them all :clap:and we told her that the Easter Bunny was not pleased with what she did:LOL:
 
18 pack at Walmart is 7.34 bucks, 12 is 4.97. So figure a breakfast with two eggs, 80 cents with buttered toast, all in under a dollar. That is still very cheap. Yea it used to be cheaper, but lets be honest 2 bucks a dozen was unfeasible anymore if you account for costs farm to table.

Saw a recipe for deviled potatoes for the same reason, really just tangy twice baked. I'll stick with eggs, they're still a bargain.
 
@DRIless, I like dying some eggs like that from our farmers’ market…the colors can get so rich on the brown eggs. We tend to do one dz each (mixed market and regular white)


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Forget about using real eggs for Easter. You can purchase 3 dozens plastic eggs at any retailer for under $5.00 dollars. Plus, they can in all colors and sizes. LOL
 
pedro47 said:
Forget about using real eggs for Easter. You can purchase 3 dozens plastic eggs at any retailer for under $5.00 dollars. Plus, they can in all colors and sizes. LOL
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Sadly, my mother is very very insistent on some traditions. That said, we'll be travelling this easter so no searching for eggs this year!
 
I get around this by not celebrating Easter.

The comedian Gallagher had a great bit about Easter eggs. "It's ridiculous. Why do you give a bunch of eggs.... to an animal that HOPS?!?!?!?" He then hopped around like a maniac shouting, "Gimme the eggs! Gimme the eggs!"

That being said, I use three dozen eggs each week for baking. It's a good thing I built a hen house last year. Chickens are lovely animals who turn insects and kitchen scraps into protein. They're almost zero maintenance.
 
Wingo99 said:
18 pack at Walmart is 7.34 bucks, 12 is 4.97. So figure a breakfast with two eggs, 80 cents with buttered toast, all in under a dollar. That is still very cheap. Yea it used to be cheaper, but lets be honest 2 bucks a dozen was unfeasible anymore if you account for costs farm to table.

Saw a recipe for deviled potatoes for the same reason, really just tangy twice baked. I'll stick with eggs, they're still a bargain.
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Egg prices jumped a bit in my area this week. Yesterday, they were just under 10 bucks a dozen at Safeway. For some reason, the organic eggs have been cheaper than the non-organic for the past month or two here. The generic Safeway brand was over 11 a dozen.
 
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