# Price of Eggs **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 16, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185 "2004-12-16T18:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/21 "2004-12-17T03:14:01Z")
I usually get my eggs free from the Pig, but I was at Costco and needed eggs. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/22 "2004-12-17T03:37:06Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Quick, someone tell me again why I live in a big city? Eggs are normally right around $2 here. Jewel just had their big holiday sale and the eggs went all the way down to 99 cents. ☹ Quick, you love in a big city so you can make lots of money and be able to afford those $2 eggs. _And_, you get your choice of dozens of movies later that Saturday, after you eat those eggs. Many chefs say that eggs are better after resting for a few days. I agree. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/23 "2004-12-17T08:05:47Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > “Three eggs,” he thought to himself. “Not bad.” “But what about the money?” he asked. > > “Well, every time I reached a dozen eggs, I’d take them to the market and sell them.” I betcha there’s a much dirtier version of that joke floating around somewhere. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/24 "2004-12-17T08:32:06Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Quick, someone tell me again why I live in a big city? Eggs are normally right around $2 here. Jewel just had their big holiday sale and the eggs went all the way down to 99 cents. ☹ Probably because you can find a job that enables you to pay $2 for eggs while you would have trouble finding a job so you could pay $1 out where the eggs are laid. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/25 "2004-12-17T13:02:12Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Quick, you love in a big city so you can make lots of money and be able to afford those $2 eggs. _And_, you get your choice of dozens of movies later that Saturday, after you eat those eggs. > Many chefs say that eggs are better after resting for a few days. I agree. > Peace, > mangeorge > [@David Simmons](#): > > Probably because you can find a job that enables you to pay $2 for eggs while you would have trouble finding a job so you could pay $1 out where the eggs are laid. Heh. That theory would work so much better if I wasn’t unemployed and ineligible for unemployment benefits. 😛 But I do get great theater and restaurants right outside my front door, practically, and the window displays this time of year are fabulous. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/26 "2004-12-17T14:41:04Z")
Will try to cite, but several studies show that egg consumption does not lead to an increase in one’s cholesterol levels. Eggs have taken a beating because they are relatively high in cholesterol, but some believe that other factors prevent the cholestoral from being absorbed. Eggs have gotten some new life outta the low-carb craze. ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/27 "2004-12-17T20:07:10Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Will try to cite, but several studies show that egg consumption does not lead to an increase in one’s cholesterol levels. Eggs have taken a beating because they are relatively high in cholesterol, but some believe that other factors prevent the cholestoral from being absorbed. > > Eggs have gotten some new life outta the low-carb craze. [http://www.aeb.org/food/eggs-health.html#cholestrerol](http://www.aeb.org/food/eggs-health.html#cholestrerol) One or two eggs daily will not change your cholesterol. Food that are high in cholesterol do not, necessarily, raise your cholesterol. Food high in saturated fats and trans fats do. In addition, eggs contain lecithin which helps the body eliminate excess cholesterol. ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/28 "2004-12-17T20:10:45Z")
[Lecithin](http://www.health-marketplace.com/Lecithin-B-5.htm) ---
**Author:** ![DWToml815](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DWToml815](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWToml815)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/29 "2004-12-17T22:43:54Z")
The chickens are members of the same union I am… ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/30 "2004-12-18T00:11:43Z")
> [@DWToml815](#): > > The chickens are members of the same union I am… Ya know what they call slow horses in Kentucky? (hamburger) 😉 Seriously, though; Most people can’t name even _one_ city in Kentucky! :smack: I know Lewvul. I had a good buddy in the Navy from Kentucky. Sorry. Back to your regularly scheduledm program. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/31 "2004-12-18T03:37:43Z")
Yes, Eggs are often a loss leader around Missouri. But the eggs are never more than a $1.00/dz for Grade A large. Jumbos and Brown eggs occasionly are more than a $1.00/dz. I have lived in Mississippi and Tennessee and I dont ever remember paying more than $1/dz for eggs ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/32 "2004-12-22T00:16:36Z")
I still can’t believe how y’all can get such cheap eggs. I live not 80 miles from where modern egg production was _invented._ That’s it. I’ve had it with California. Expensive eggs are the last straw! \ ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/33 "2004-12-22T01:29:36Z")
> [@Pullet](#): > > I still can’t believe how y’all can get such cheap eggs. I live not 80 miles from where modern egg production was _invented._ > > That’s it. I’ve had it with California. Expensive eggs are the last straw! \ Bubbye. Drop us a note when you get back. 😉 I’m kidding. I wish _more_ people who can’t stand it here would go someplace they find preferable. G’by, young hen. Davis is only 80 miles from Berkeley? ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/34 "2004-12-22T01:57:51Z")
Enjoy Berkeley, **Mangeorge** 🙂 I was thinking [Petaluma](http://www.wildirisdesign.com/manifold/summary.html) as the cradle of the egg industry. Something I heard from my professors but can’t verify over teh interweb just now. LOTS of eggs are produced all over the state, mostly in Southern Cali. Don’t know much about egg production in other states. Maybe it’s cheaper there or maybe California’s been outstripped in egg production. California still makes half the country’s fruits and veggies, though. Rock. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/35 "2004-12-22T02:02:26Z")
Yeh. I was making a funny about the fabulous Berkeley Farms, of dairy fame. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/36 "2004-12-22T20:20:10Z")
Oh yeah. \ meh, they ains’t chickens. Promise to get the joke faster next time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185/37 "2004-12-22T22:55:31Z")
\ Eggs are basically cheese that comes from chickens.\ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs/280185.md?page=1)