# Why are Jumbo eggs unpopular?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jumbo-eggs-unpopular/402107>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 30, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jumbo-eggs-unpopular/402107 "2007-04-30T00:45:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jumbo-eggs-unpopular/402107/21 "2007-04-30T17:05:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Zsofia]  
You know, I cook a lot and bake a reasonable amount. I don’t go through a ton of eggs, but I see my share. I’ve never in all my life seen one with a double yolk. Never thought about it before today.  
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I’ve never seen one unless I bought a carton of double-yolk eggs on purpose. And this includes a large part of my childhood when we bought our eggs from a neighbor who kept chickens in her back yard. They seem to be pretty rare.

Enjoy,  
Steven

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jumbo-eggs-unpopular/402107/22 "2007-05-01T12:18:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Mtgman]  
I’ve never seen one unless I bought a carton of double-yolk eggs on purpose. And this includes a large part of my childhood when we bought our eggs from a neighbor who kept chickens in her back yard. They seem to be pretty rare.

Enjoy,  
Steven  
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I wasn’t aware you could buy them in double-yolk form. Shit…if I could, I’d buy them every time. I see them as a box of little twins, going through their short, eggy lives together.

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