Loydene
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Post by Loydene on Feb 22, 2016 0:15:03 GMT
So -- what about eggs? I worked in an egg packing plant -- i KNOW what happens with eggs in packing, storage and transit.
I always open the container and check for cracked or broken eggs -- and replace them from another container.
Does the collective think that as tacky as (the RefuPea-ple suggest is) "strawberry picking tacky"?
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Loydene
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Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Post by Loydene on Feb 22, 2016 0:15:40 GMT
Oh Good Lord ... I need another post to get off "that number"!!! LOL
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suzastampin
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Post by suzastampin on Feb 22, 2016 0:18:19 GMT
I check my eggs, but if one is cracked, I put that package down and grab another...which I promptly check before putting it in my cart.
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Post by missfrenchjessica on Feb 22, 2016 0:20:57 GMT
I check my eggs, but if one is cracked, I put that package down and grab another...which I promptly check before putting it in my cart.
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Post by Merge on Feb 22, 2016 0:21:56 GMT
I check for a cracked egg, but if there is one, I just put the whole package back. Trading them out makes no sense - you've just created another package with one cracked egg. Why not just leave the one you already found?
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Post by cmpeter on Feb 22, 2016 0:21:58 GMT
Ditto the above. I check the package and pick another one if an egg is cracked. I have never moved eggs from one carton to another. What if that cracked egg you are moving breaks further and makes a bigger mess? What if you drop and crack a whole egg you are moving?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 0:23:19 GMT
I will check a box, if one is cracked put it back, and check another box. If the second box also has a cracked egg I'll move it to the first box I checked so I have a box of unbroken ones. I've always done that with eggs but never with fruit...... don't know why.
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Post by beachbum on Feb 22, 2016 0:26:04 GMT
I check my eggs, but if one is cracked, I put that package down and grab another...which I promptly check before putting it in my cart. Yep. That's me, too. I never thought of taking a broken one out of the package - sometimes they are cracked enough to be leaking - I don't want raw egg on my hands. I just trade cartons, much easier and less messy.
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Post by KikiPea on Feb 22, 2016 0:27:50 GMT
I do look to see if eggs are cracked, but I don't switch them out. I just grab another box.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 0:28:15 GMT
I will check a box, if one is cracked put it back, and check another box. If the second box also has a cracked egg I'll move it to the first box I checked so I have a box of unbroken ones. I've always done that with eggs but never with fruit...... don't know why. I do this with eggs, too. It seems wasteful to have multiple egg boxes with a single egg broken sitting on the shelf. Berry boxes are a whole 'nother ballgame.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Feb 22, 2016 0:30:33 GMT
I'm very lucky now. I get fresh eggs every week from a coworker. I pay more but they are so good ! I pay $4 a dozen, they are organic, free range. I like supporting his endeavor, he's adding more chickens as his demand increases. I feel like I'm investing in his cottage industry!!!
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Feb 22, 2016 0:30:58 GMT
If I do have to buy eggs, I do check them before putting them in my cart.
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Post by originalvanillabean on Feb 22, 2016 0:35:45 GMT
I check my eggs, but if one is cracked, I put that package down and grab another...which I promptly check before putting it in my cart.
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Post by hollymolly on Feb 22, 2016 0:38:38 GMT
I said it in the other thread, but I'll expound on the egg situation here where it is appropriate. I always always open the egg carton and check. Always. If one (or more) is cracked, I will just put the carton back and pick up the next one. 95% of the time the next carton is fine. On those rare occasions the second carton has a bad egg, I'll grab a third carton and look. Never have I had to open more than three cartons to find one without cracked eggs. Except last week. I was in the Natural Foods section of Kroger, and every single carton of free range farm eggs had a cracked egg. Literally every carton. I know because I really like those eggs the best and I eat a lot of eggs so I looked at every carton. I bought regular cage-free eggs from the other part of the grocery store, the kind where cage-free probably means they let them walk in the open air on their way from their cage to the slaughterhouse. I really wish that it would have occurred to me to switch out the bad eggs and make one good carton, because if everyone else did what I did, that's a lot of good eggs that nobody would buy because they were mixed in with cracked eggs. What a waste! ETA: I've been buying eggs from a local farm collective lately and that's my preferred way to get them. I still open the carton out of habit, but I know it came right from the hands of the farmer to the fridge at the church where they distribute to the volunteer processing my order for me.
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Post by hop2 on Feb 22, 2016 0:44:41 GMT
Well I look for broken eggs & if they are I put the entire container back and choose another one. I don't stand there and sort thru them, I'd prob break more.
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Post by txdancermom on Feb 22, 2016 1:05:46 GMT
I always check my eggs before I leave the cooler - on a couple of occasions there have only been a couple of packages, all with one broken and in that case I have taken an unbroken from one and replaced a broken one in another.
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Post by Basket1lady on Feb 22, 2016 1:05:57 GMT
I will check a box, if one is cracked put it back, and check another box. If the second box also has a cracked egg I'll move it to the first box I checked so I have a box of unbroken ones. I've always done that with eggs but never with fruit...... don't know why. I do this with eggs, too. It seems wasteful to have multiple egg boxes with a single egg broken sitting on the shelf. Berry boxes are a whole 'nother ballgame. Same here. And I've had times where there are only a few cartons left, so I'll make a good carton. But again, I shop at the commissary. They are notorious for running out of hot commodities. (Like brown sugar at Christmas and eggs at Easter.)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 1:06:14 GMT
I have also encountered the situation in which there has been at least one broken egg in all the cartons of the particular brand I want to buy. I have to buy eggs during the winter months when my hens aren't laying, and I only buy two different specialty brands. The only way to get a good dozen last time I got them was to combine. If an egg looks messily broken, obviously, I don't try to move that one. I also set the carton with one (or more) broken eggs off to the side and leave the lid open so that the next person or employee can easily identify it. I would never close it up and put it back as if it's a good carton (which is what all the others before me last time had apparently done.)
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Feb 22, 2016 1:09:53 GMT
I posted this on the other thread.
I always check eggs and if I find a cracked one I leave the lid open.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 22, 2016 1:30:42 GMT
I have also encountered the situation in which there has been at least one broken egg in all the cartons of the particular brand I want to buy. I have to buy eggs during the winter months when my hens aren't laying, and I only buy two different specialty brands. The only way to get a good dozen last time I got them was to combine. If an egg looks messily broken, obviously, I don't try to move that one. I also set the carton with one (or more) broken eggs off to the side and leave the lid open so that the next person or employee can easily identify it. I would never close it up and put it back as if it's a good carton (which is what all the others before me last time had apparently done.) We live where it's freezing cold in the winter, so we put a small barn heater and a light in our coop to lengthen the amount of light they get. Our hens slow down in the winter, but unless it's really super cold they don't totally stop laying. At Christmastime, we needed to buy some to have enough for baking. We get ours at Costco and they come in clear plastic clamshells so it's easy to see without even opening it if there are any broken eggs inside that pack.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 1:35:55 GMT
I have also encountered the situation in which there has been at least one broken egg in all the cartons of the particular brand I want to buy. I have to buy eggs during the winter months when my hens aren't laying, and I only buy two different specialty brands. The only way to get a good dozen last time I got them was to combine. If an egg looks messily broken, obviously, I don't try to move that one. I also set the carton with one (or more) broken eggs off to the side and leave the lid open so that the next person or employee can easily identify it. I would never close it up and put it back as if it's a good carton (which is what all the others before me last time had apparently done.) We live where it's freezing cold in the winter, so we put a small barn heater and a light in our coop to lengthen the amount of light they get. Our hens slow down in the winter, but unless it's really super cold they don't totally stop laying. At Christmastime, we needed to buy some to have enough for baking. We get ours at Costco and they come in clear plastic clamshells so it's easy to see without even opening it if there are any broken eggs inside that pack. Oh, I know about doing that to increase laying time, it's just not practical for us and our coop set up. We were lucky this year, though, because they started laying again two weeks ago, and that's early for them!
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perumbula
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Post by perumbula on Feb 22, 2016 1:44:50 GMT
I buy my eggs in five dozen packs. They have never yet had a broken one. Those packages are very well built. Good thing, too, because it's impossible to open the package and look for broken ones.
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Post by pmm on Feb 22, 2016 1:53:41 GMT
I will check a box, if one is cracked put it back, and check another box. If the second box also has a cracked egg I'll move it to the first box I checked so I have a box of unbroken ones. I've always done that with eggs but never with fruit...... don't know why.
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Post by AngieandSnoopy on Feb 22, 2016 1:56:13 GMT
If I find a box with a broken egg or two, I leave the lid open and put it to the side if there is not an employee around that I can give it to. If all the cartons have a broken egg, then I make my own "uncracked" carton of eggs. And yes, sometimes almost all have a cracked egg.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Feb 22, 2016 2:26:30 GMT
We live where it's freezing cold in the winter, so we put a small barn heater and a light in our coop to lengthen the amount of light they get. Our hens slow down in the winter, but unless it's really super cold they don't totally stop laying. At Christmastime, we needed to buy some to have enough for baking. We get ours at Costco and they come in clear plastic clamshells so it's easy to see without even opening it if there are any broken eggs inside that pack. Oh, I know about doing that to increase laying time, it's just not practical for us and our coop set up. We were lucky this year, though, because they started laying again two weeks ago, and that's early for them! My coworker said the same thing--that his egg output had increased by leaps and bounds these last 2 months!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 2:30:09 GMT
Oh, I know about doing that to increase laying time, it's just not practical for us and our coop set up. We were lucky this year, though, because they started laying again two weeks ago, and that's early for them! My coworker said the same thing--that his egg output had increased by leaps and bounds these last 2 months! That probably means something really good or really bad about the upcoming weather for the year; now I'm a little afraid
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moodyblue
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Post by moodyblue on Feb 22, 2016 2:44:00 GMT
I always check my eggs, and sometimes the checkout clerk opens the carton and checks them also, which is nice. I usually don't have a problem with broken eggs, but the last time I bought them I had to go to the fourth carton to get an entire dozen that was not cracked. I don't usually think to try to switch them out because I'm afraid the cracked one would totally break and make an awful mess.
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Post by melanell on Feb 22, 2016 2:51:00 GMT
Nah, I don't switch any. i open carton, check, and put back if any are broken. Then I check the next one. It's pretty rare that I find more than one or two with cracked eggs, so it's not like I'm searching through dozens of them just because I opted not to create a good carton, kwim?
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Post by leannec on Feb 22, 2016 2:58:43 GMT
I check my eggs, but if one is cracked, I put that package down and grab another...which I promptly check before putting it in my cart. Me too ... there are way too many broken eggs in this world
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Post by smokeynspike on Feb 22, 2016 3:43:53 GMT
I check the package for broken eggs. If there are broken eggs I don't pick them out, I look for another package that doesn't have any broken or cracked eggs.
Melissa
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