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Default Eurobody decrees eggs to be sold by weight only

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:48:56 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

> However, I do keep the odd eye out on the prices for eggs sold in the
> supermarkets (who have to abide by the "rules and regulations"), and
> the other day I saw some eggs marked as "extra-large" in one of our local
> stupid markets; label had 59g ea on it. The eggs my chickens lay are
> generally heavier than that (I just weighed 3 of them - and they were
> approx. 90g ea on my kitchen scale). They just "look" much bigger in
> comparison too. So these might qualify to be "Jumbo" eggs - dunno.


I can recall ever seeing AA Jumbo's, don't even know if they exist.
The jumbo's I notice are A. Maybe restaurants use the bulk of AA, so
we don't get them in the grocery store. Dunno. I buy AA extra large.

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