"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
>>Not knowing which "papers over the weekend" the blogger in the above link
>>was on about, makes it a tad difficult to know exactly which rags s(he)
>>was referring to (or what was said exactly)... But whatever they were, the
>>interpretation is pretty amusing.
>>
>>Imagine going to a supermarket and asking for "a kilo of (whole, fresh,
>>uncooked) eggs". So what do the supermarket staff do to supply *exactly* a
>>kilo of eggs to a customer? Break one (or more) of them in half, maybe?
>>
>>FWIW, here in South Africa (chicken) eggs have been "graded by weight" for
>>as long as I can remember. i.e. large eggs have to weigh a minimum of
>>X-grams *each* in order to be termed "large", extra-large eggs have to
>>weigh X-grams each, and so on. And the corresponding weight per "grade"
>>has to be printed on the labels/packaging. However, they are still sold in
>>traditional egg boxes by the half-dozen, dozen, or in egg trays of 18 or
>>36 eggs.
>
> I buy eggs from farmers markets, where the vendors sell random-size
> eggs to you in randomly-selected used eggcartons that may say "medium",
> "extra large" or whatever but it is meaningless.
>
> Steve
But it's critical if you are a baker!
Graham