Eggs are now $4.99 per dozen here, large, not free range, so those are the cheap ones

[Vannie]

One of the things we do once in a while is some quick baked eggs. Drop a few eggs into some spicy leftovers maranara sauce. Add some parmesan shavings and run them under the broiler. Salad and some crusty bread on the side.

 

[rareboy]

Love this as well.

Haven't had it recently and now is the perfect weather for it.

 

[me203]

Eggs have been demonized with all other animal fats back in the 2nd quarter of the 20th century and after, but later were given better endorsement by some of the medical and nutrition professionals.

Depends on the professional...

There certainly have been studies that supposedly exonerate eggs. And other products, like butter. But a lot of research now is unfortunately questionable, due to the corrupting influence of money. A lot of studies get sponsored by someone with an interest in a particular outcome. If the sponsor doesn't get the desired results, they won't give any grants to that scientist ever again. And it can be too easy to engineer a study to deliver a particular conclusion.

I remember one time when someone on a forum told me how wonderful dairy is!!!! And gave me a link to a study "proving" it conclusively for all time. It didn't take me even five minutes with DuckDuckGo to find that the researchers involved with that study had strong industry ties.

Although, at the same time, I imagine there are people who are eggs are horrible because of one study that connects eggs to some particular health problem.

 

[me203]

That is the way of much of the healthy diets, really leaving those with less means out in the cold while chiding them for their diets.

Making healthy diets accessible is a huge problem. It's something we really need to do something about. I remember one doctor saying in a video that the crisis he saw was not the current political issue--instead, it was the wave of sickness that will inevitably hit and swamp the medical system. And a lot of that can be prevented/controlled/helped by diet.

One thing that irritates me is that the government subsidizes animal products to such a large degree. This probably why eggs can be so cheap. (Or should I say "cheep" ) But the same government apparently can't be damned to do much to make vegetables available to everyone.

 

[unloadonme]

One thing that irritates me is that the government subsidizes animal products to such a large degree. This probably why eggs can be so cheap. (Or should I say "cheep" ) But the same government apparently can't be damned to do much to make vegetables available to everyone.

Vegetables always seem so much cheaper than meat and there's a plentiful supply all year round. I'm not so sure that people who dodge their greens are doing it to save money. It seems to me that a lot of them have just become accustomed to eating processed shit.

 

[rareboy]

Vegetables are not cheap. Especially fresh.

This is why so many families and individuals go to processed foods.

We are freezing leeks this weekend... by my count, against market prices for a bunch, we will freeze about $400 worth...from about $8.00 woth of seedlings.

Crazy. Stupid. This is one of the reasons why I have spent a lifetime advocating for community gardens, free range urban chickkens, etc. etc.

 

[Vannie]

Vegetables are not cheap. Especially fresh.

Crazy. Stupid. This is one of the reasons why I have spent a lifetime advocating for community gardens, free range urban chickkens, etc. etc.

Nice. We have plenty of neighbors with double large lots and big properties not being used for much of anything but growing grass. How awesome it would be if everyone planted gardens where we could all exchange or barter for fresh vegetables.

 

[me203]

How awesome it would be if everyone planted gardens where we could all exchange or barter for fresh vegetables.

I bet you'd especially like it if others had a ton of cabbage available!

But seriously, gardens would be nice. We had a garden when I was growing up. My parents' parents also had gardens (and, I'm guessing, tried to maximize it when my parents and siblings were young). And somehow that has been lost... My father's last homes were in developments where gardens were no-nos. Carrots don't set the right tone, I guess...

 

[Vannie]

 

[NotHardUp1]

That is priceless! I'm putting that on my work computer with all the other rotating memes and cartoons.

 

[me203]

Judging from the smle on the egg's face in that cartoon, we can at least be sure it was recently laid.

 

[me203]

against market prices for a bunch, we will freeze about $400 worth...from about $8.00 woth of seedlings.

Perhaps you could sell them. Perhaps stand outside the supermarket wearing a hat, trench coat, and dark glasses. Say to shoppers: "Psst...want to buy a leek real cheap?"

 

[NotHardUp1]

Or just give them away. "Psssst! Hey, lady! Care to take a leek?"

 

[rareboy]

We have given away as many as we can so far...we are having dishes with leeks, leeks and leeks.

So tomorrow, we freeze the rest.

 

[me203]

Overabundance is one thing I recall from when my father did a garden. Particularly (shudder) zucchini, which I didn't like. It seemed like all we had was zucchini for a while each year. And my father would give away what he could--but there was a limit of how much could be dumped on others. We saw somewhat the same thing with green beans.