Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 23:12:04 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:35 -0500, wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is it my imagination or are eggs getitng smaller? I have always bought jumbo
>>>> size eggs as opposed to extra large. It seems lately that the eggs are smaller
>>>> than they used to be. Is this possible? Wouldn't size of eggs be regulated by
>>>> some government agency? Dept. of Agriculture or some such.
>>>
>>> The sizes of eggs in the U.S. have not changed since 1948 (set into
>>> law in 1955).
>>>
>>> If anything, they would have gotten BIGGER, not smaller. With the
>>> bigger-bred chickens and selective breeding would come bigger eggs (or
>>> so one would assume).
>>>
>> I disagree. That may be the law, but one always sees the 1/4-cup
>> measurement for large eggs in old (not antique) cookbooks. Try
>> measuring the contents now without deliberately selecting eggs that look
>> to be about the size of what you remember.
>
> Egg measurement hasn't been much of a controversial subject over the
> years unless you were Duncan Hines. There is an Eggxecelent history
> of eggs here from the Ultimate Food Reference:
>
> http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodeggs.html
>
> The timeline shows that the egg measurements haven't really changed
> since 1870 or so.
>
> -sw
>
And you remember the eggs of yore and see the eggs now and don't notice
the difference? I have read about the law repeatedly, but this is sure
not what I have witnessed or witness (present tense).