Would You Eat Eggs From The Country of Turkey?

[audreyh1]

Maybe we will get the kind that don't have to be refrigerated, so free up space in our refrigerator.

No chance. US requires eggs to be washed, and after that they must be refrigerated.

 

[MichaelB]

I don’t know much about eggs but it seems to me that bringing eggs from Turkey would be costly and time consuming.

 

[braumeister]

I don’t know much about eggs but it seems to me that bringing eggs from Turkey would be costly and time consuming.

Supposed to be abut $26 million for the 15,000 tons of eggs. So that would be about 87 cents per pound, not counting the transportation costs. Turkey is one of the top egg exporters, so they're apparently used to doing this.

 

[jazz4cash]

I don’t know much about eggs but it seems to me that bringing eggs from Turkey would be costly and time consuming.

I have a feeling you have not shopped for eggs lately.

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[rembrandt]

They cost about $7.50/dozen at The Big Y. Crazy times!

 

[rk911]

Assuming the eggs are from a chicken...sure. Why not?

 

[Koolau]

I just paid a little over $8.50 for 2 doz large white eggs at
Costco.

By the way, air freight is very expensive. So, I don't know what the break even point is but even "free" on board eggs would cost a fair amount delivered by air from Turkey.

 

[PIE314159]

I just paid a little over $8.50 for 2 doz large white eggs at
Costco.

By the way, air freight is very expensive. So, I don't know what the break even point is but even "free" on board eggs would cost a fair amount delivered by air from Turkey.

Was at Costco today, bought 2 packages of 18 each, $6.34 per carton. Can't complain..., but,,,

When I walked into the dairy section, it was three walls of milk, the eggs off in the corner on a small pallet. Not a very large quantity. Good price though. Don't thing this is going to resolve itself very soon and the fewer experts we have working on the problem is only going to drag it out.

 

[Koolau]

Was at Costco today, bought 2 packages of 18 each, $6.34 per carton. Can't complain..., but,,,

When I walked into the dairy section, it was three walls of milk, the eggs off in the corner on a small pallet. Not a very large quantity. Good price though. Don't thing this is going to resolve itself very soon and the fewer experts we have working on the problem is only going to drag it out.

Our Costco had two huge displays of eggs. One for $10.XX and the other for $8.50 - for 2 dozen. They were't going like hot cakes. IOW the prices were lower but there were no fights to get to the stacks.

 

[Qs Laptop]

I don’t know much about eggs but it seems to me that bringing eggs from Turkey would be costly and time consuming.

Yes, I don't understand why some company, or even the US government, doesn't go to several other countries with healthy hens and buy a couple of million chickens? Bring them over here and have them start laying eggs. Problem solved.

 

[jazz4cash]

Yes, I don't understand why some company, or even the US government, doesn't go to several other countries with healthy hens and buy a couple of million chickens? Bring them over here and have them start laying eggs. Problem solved.

Yes!!! Turn the machines On!! Turn ‘em all On!!!

 

[HawkeyeNFO]

Eggs from other countries are probably better than the crappy yellow-yolks here in the US. The way chickens and eggs are mass produced and bred using hormones and antibiotics here in the US is terrible.

 

[easysurfer]

I'm rationing my egg purchase now to eggs only to use in recipes.

It's hard to for me go to store and buy a dozen eggs to cook and eat for breakfast when for that inflated price I can almost buy a steak or a whole chicken.

 

[tutan]

Yes, I don't understand why some company, or even the US government, doesn't go to several other countries with healthy hens and buy a couple of million chickens? Bring them over here and have them start laying eggs. Problem solved.

Probably costlier and messier to ship chickens. And you don’t know if they have the flu.

 

[Gumby]

I'm rationing my egg purchase now to eggs only to use in recipes.

It's hard to for me go to store and buy a dozen eggs to cook and eat for breakfast when for that inflated price I can almost buy a steak or a whole chicken.

I don't know where you live, but at my grocery a tenderloin steak is $25/lb. The young wife and I usually each eat 4 ounces of protein per meal, so we get two meals from that ($12.50/meal). The best organic boneless chicken breast is about $9/lb. or $4.50/meal. A dozen "pasture raised" eggs (the most expensive kind) was $7.00 this past week. The eggs will provide at least 3-4 meals for us, usually even more (so <$2/meal). Eggs are a terrific and still inexpensive source of protein.

 

[MarieIG]

Eggs from other countries are probably better than the crappy yellow-yolks here in the US. The way chickens and eggs are mass produced and bred using hormones and antibiotics here in the US is terrible.

Yes. We try to buy organic / pastured raised eggs with no antibiotics or pesticides. They are expensive. Their yolks are much darker and the hens are allowed to forage. Most chickens in the US are kept in very cramped conditions and given very cheap fed. I believe that the should be brought back into coops with sufficient space for their health before sundown due to predators.

IIRC the use of hormones in chickens is forbidden by the FDA.

 

[imjustawarrior]

I would eat eggs from Turkey. The inside of the egg is sterile, I believe. It is easy to wash the outside.

I have eaten eggs in many foreign countries with no problem, even in countries that don't refrigerate the eggs.

 

[Qs Laptop]

I'm rationing my egg purchase now to eggs only to use in recipes.

It's hard to for me go to store and buy a dozen eggs to cook and eat for breakfast when for that inflated price I can almost buy a steak or a whole chicken.

I've gotten into the habit of buying a quart carton of liquid egg whites. I then mix the 2-egg equivalent of egg whites with one egg with yolk, then add a dash of milk. This gives me a protein rich, lower fat batch of scrambled eggs. The finished scrambled eggs are lighter and fluffier, and not as dry as the usual scrambled eggs.

I started doing this for dietary reasons about a year ago and now that egg prices are through the roof it has proven to be economical.

 

[FIREd]

I have been to Turkey several times and eaten plenty of eggs there. They’re fine.

 

[easysurfer]

I don't know where you live, but at my grocery a tenderloin steak is $25/lb. The young wife and I usually each eat 4 ounces of protein per meal, so we get two meals from that ($12.50/meal). The best organic boneless chicken breast is about $9/lb. or $4.50/meal. A dozen "pasture raised" eggs (the most expensive kind) was $7.00/doz. this past week. The eggs will provide at least 3-4 meals for us, usually even more (so <$2/meal). Eggs are a terrific and still inexpensive source of protein.

I've seen a steak by me on sale for about $10 (not sure how much by weight). A whole chicken for about $13. A dozen eggs is about $9.99 now by me.

 

[Aerides]

Yes, I don't understand why some company, or even the US government, doesn't go to several other countries with healthy hens and buy a couple of million chickens? Bring them over here and have them start laying eggs. Problem solved.

They can't be comingled with existing hens, or kept in infected pens, and there are plenty of restrictions on importing livestock without testing, for good reason.

 

[FLSUnFIRE]

Ship 'em in! Aldi was $5.96/dz today. I was out so bought 2dz at SAM's for $8.74 (If 9 or more I would've balked). SAM's only had about a dozen packages left. I'd like to eat more eggs but silly that I can buy 2lbs of boneless/skinless chicken breast for less than the cost of a dozen eggs... Used to be cheap protein.

 

[Gumby]

I've seen a steak by me on sale for about $10 (not sure how much by weight). A whole chicken for about $13. A dozen eggs is about $9.99 now by me.

Sure you could get cheaper per pound meat and chicken (and you could get cheaper eggs), but I was trying my best to compare like for like - most expensive kind of steak (tenderloin angus) versus most expensive kind of chicken (organic boneless skinless breast) versus most expensive kind of egg (pasture raised). I'll skimp on anything else before I skimp on food, so that's what we get.

 

[Jerry1]

Sure you could get cheaper per pound meat and chicken (and you could get cheaper eggs), but I was trying my best to compare like for like - most expensive kind of steak (tenderloin angus) versus most expensive kind of chicken (organic boneless skinless breast) versus most expensive kind of egg (pasture raised). I'll skimp on anything else before I skimp on food, so that's what we get.

I feel the same way. DW and I eat so little protein that there just isn't any reason to go cheap. Now if I had three growing kids I may look for a better deal. The chicken we get is usually $7/lb but goes on sale frequently for $1 off. With beef, I don't even look at the price given how little of it we eat. My favorite beef splurge is getting some prime ribeyes from Costco. Very tasty.

 

[FlaMariner]

I don't know where you live, but at my grocery a tenderloin steak is $25/lb. The young wife and I usually each eat 4 ounces of protein per meal, so we get two meals from that ($12.50/meal). The best organic boneless chicken breast is about $9/lb. or $4.50/meal.

Those prices seem high.....Just went shopping.

We paid $12.99/pound for a whole tenderloin we had cut into steak and ground beef for what was left....

We paid $2.97/pound for chicken breasts....