"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Mon 28 Jun 2010 10:58:31a, graham told us...
>
>>
>> "Steve Pope" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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
>
> Most US recipes specify eggs by size. usually "large". If you
> consult a grading scale for what constitutes a large egg and have a
> scale, it's just as easy to determine the amount of eggs you need to
> use.
>
But even then, my late mother used to weigh them if she was making, for
example, a Victoria sponge-cake. In fact, for that recipe to work
perfectly, one weighs the eggs and the use that weight for all the other
ingredients.
I make a UK cake recipe every year at xmas and the difference between using
large and extra-large (which I should use) is significant. Both results are
edible but the texture using the correct size is significantly better.
Graham