I had to give up animal products and soy. At this point, I'd pay the $10/dozen if I could eat one without being sick. π
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Locally they've gone up to 50cts an egg, because most chicks died in last month's cyclone.
Not eggs specifically but the price of food is out of hand.
My cholesterol is super high, so it's been an excuse to drop them from my diet for a couple months.
Was this article about you?
Oh hell no! I'm a vegetarian because I hate animals. I heard about that guy, literal butter fingers.
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OTOH I love animals and I eat them so...
I haven't looked at egg prices in over five years. Are they getting more expensive?
I hope they get so expensive that no one buys them anymore.
A little more expensive, no biggie.
I have less money and customers are meaner, I guess? That's how literally every new development affects every working class person
I've had to buy a few eggs since my chickens stopped laying for the winter but hopefully in a month or two I won't have to buy.
more worried about future prices given the culling that actually made chicken meat cheaper recently.
I'm part of a CSA with a small, local farm. The winter share was $5 a dozen for 2 dozen every other week. We'll see if the price goes up for the summer share.
Maybe I'm lucky to be in a city with tons of farms nearby, but I'd encourage others to look for local options like this.
there were no eggs. i ran to walfart last night. none. zero. im sure kroger might have some
There have been zero eggs for a week now at my grocery store because of the bird flu soooo
There are no eggs. Anywhere.
Not at all. I don't eat eggs. Never knew the prices went up (beyond just general inflation) till I saw this post.
WE EAT EGGS
They more or less cost the same as before.
But I'm also not from the US
It has certainly been annoying, the shortage perhaps more than the price.
My wife and I were keto before the pandemic. Years of struggling just to be less overweight, and all of a sudden with keto we just dropped pounds easily. She has epilepsy too, so animal protein is a key piece of her nutrition. We were actually able to continue through the pandemic at first, but eventually a combination of outbreaks at meat packing plants, the bird flu, and of course the collusion of the major agricultural corporations, meant that we stopped because it was just too expensive. Even our protein powder went from ~$30 for a 10lb package to now $85 for a 3.4lb package.
So we stopped and gained weight. I tried to get us to start again later, but my wife had a hard time sticking to it and kept on buying more bread and rice. We finally managed to make the switch in December. I entered ketosis, started dropping weight, and was really the best I felt in years... Then we got influenza type A. I tried to stay keto through it but eventually had to stop (could not find any keto cough drops).
Okay so that's all done and finally we can get back on keto. Go to buy some chicken and eggs and.... Out of stock everywhere. And since then when it is in stock it's even more expensive than before.
At this point we've already seen the mega food corporations get slaps on the wrist for colluding on reducing supplies and hiking prices for profit- we usually find out a few years after the fact and the news usually gets buried. If only there were a way to truly hold the CEO's and board members of those companies accountable.
Outta curiosity what is a Keto cough drop?
I mean I don't think there are any high protein cough drops, but I'm pretty sure you can get sugar free cough drops... You can atleast definitely get sugar free boiled sweets, a couple of type 1 diabetics I know have them, and you get them at the checkouts here as shops aren't allowed to put sugary snacks at the checkouts.
And in regards to getting proteins that are atleast in stock, lentils and peas/beans are pretty good sources of proteins, I've seen people make some good looking keto friendly naan breads/flat breads using pea protein (IIRC), have you tried anything like that?
I've seen some that claim to be low sugar, but still have a lot of carbs. For a keto diet. Protein content would not be relevant, moreso the lack of carbs.
I have not checked recently, but the last time I was keto pea protein was a very expensive option. I forgot to mention in my first comment but I have found a more reasonably priced brand of low-carb whey protein.
Also I've found that I generally don't like substitutions. Trying to find a food that is similar to bread or rice really just makes me want bread or rice more. The most successful part of dieting for me is to change my mentality from "living to eat" to "eating to live" anyways. So ideally I would like eggs for breakfast (tons of different ways to prepare them), chicken breast and vegetables for lunch (tons of options here too as long as you avoid high-carb sauces or vegetables), and a protein smoothie for dinner (low-sugar Orange Juice, vanilla protein powder, peanut butter, and ice).
I have successfully started again, but I've had to use pork and beef instead of chicken. Which is less healthy and more expensive. Fish is also an option, though not being near a coast makes that expensive too. I'm fortunate enough to be able to afford an increased grocery bill without too much hardship, but it's a conscious choice to cut back on saving up for big things like our next car or home improvement projects.
If you can't do full keto, skip rice and use lentils. They have a lot of fibre and protein. They will make you feel full the next day also due to fiber. Some are 20% protein but the ones I can get locally are 30% protein. For us the brown ones are a substitute for dishes that want ground beef. Like a meatloaf, or chilli. The red ones break down nicely in a thickened soups and stews.
You can get lentil flour from Indian stores, for trying out recipes that ask for wheat flour. Takes some adjusting.
I eat fewer eggs
I don't buy eggs, so not directly.
Not much if at all. It's around $3 for a dozen eggs, not $10+ like in some places in the US right now.
Where?
Canada. A dozen eggs is worth around $3 USD
Yeah, 25Β’/egg would be a reasonable price.
It's about the same price where I am in Australia. We had a bird flu outbreak last year which meant there was some shortages but prices haven't gone crazy.
Have you tried unfettered capitalism?
We do have that here. All our food comes from one of only three grocery brands. Two of which make up 90% of the market. There was a government commission into the cost of groceries but nothing has really been happened other than one CEO quitting under public pressure. But then again eggs are only $AUD 5.19/dozen so maybe it worked more than we realised.
Half the time I go to the store there arenβt any eggs. The highest ones are 10$ a dozen. The reg ones are $5 a dozen. But again thatβs when theyβre available in the first place.
I barely use eggs, maybe one or two every once in a while to make something but in the morning I'm in a hurry so it's breakfast shakes for me!