In article >,
"gloria.p" > wrote:

> Steve Pope wrote:
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> >
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> > 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.
> >
> >
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> Mom & pop egg sellers do not have the luxury of providing eggs that are
> uniform size because they just don't get enough eggs per week to grade
> them by size. I do hope that they are candled to check for insemenation
> unless you want to experience balut. :-P
>
> The egg cartons are probably saved for them by friends and relatives
> for reuse. We used to save them for a friend with a small operation.
>
> gloria p

I still save egg cartons, even tho' I don't have my birds any more. When
the stack gets high enough, I post to my local freecycle. ;-)

Keeping crap out of the landfills, one container at a time.... It adds
up.
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