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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 3:53:25 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. My prissy little princess is a lazy layer! If it a degree to cold she won't lay To dark To light Any excuse! We have a heater and light. Does no good for the princess. We buy eggs for baking. I leave the carton open if an egg is broken |
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Post by Zee on Feb 22, 2016 4:11:07 GMT
You're stupid if you don't check for cracked eggs. I usually just get another carton if one is cracked, but rarely, you'll have a bunch of cartons with just one or two cracked and if that's the case then I'll switch out the eggs rather than continue to paw through several cartons.
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Post by Grom Pea on Feb 22, 2016 5:31:30 GMT
I used to just visually inspect, but after getting a few cartons that looked good but some eggs were stuck in, probably because someone moved cracked eggs, I've started touching every egg to make sure is not fused to the carton, as it's so annoying to try to remove an egg and have it implode on you in the carton. If I see a bad one i look for another carton. If i have to look in more than 3 cartons i give up as clearly something is wrong in the egg section. That's really only happened to me at a discount supermarket, so maybe there was a reason those eggs are there.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Feb 22, 2016 7:10:34 GMT
When my chickens are on strike I check the boxes and swap the box, not an individual egg, if there is a dodgy one.
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Post by wellway on Feb 22, 2016 7:31:53 GMT
Where I shop (UK) the cashiers always open the egg carton to check that the eggs are unbroken. I've already checked but the cashiers checking seems to be shop policy.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Feb 22, 2016 11:23:20 GMT
I always open the container and check for cracked or broken eggs I always open & check too, but don't bother replacing & switching around. I just keep going until I find a container with all the eggs intact. |
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Post by grinningcat on Feb 22, 2016 12:32:49 GMT
That seems like a lot of extra work when you could just put the package with the cracked one down and grab another one. I guess if I found a whole bunch of packages with broken eggs, I'd start looking for a different provider instead of starting to move eggs around.
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Post by Scrapbrat on Feb 22, 2016 12:41:10 GMT
I always open the carton and check for broken eggs, but I don't replace them from another container. I just open another carton and usually the second one is fine and has no broken eggs.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Feb 22, 2016 12:54:46 GMT
Where I shop (UK) the cashiers always open the egg carton to check that the eggs are unbroken. I've already checked but the cashiers checking seems to be shop policy. That's great! Here with the baggers, we're lucky if they don't pile on cans and drop them in the carts! |
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Post by Peamac on Feb 22, 2016 12:58:13 GMT
I used to just visually inspect, but after getting a few cartons that looked good but some eggs were stuck in, probably because someone moved cracked eggs, I've started touching every egg to make sure is not fused to the carton, as it's so annoying to try to remove an egg and have it implode on you in the carton.  I've learned to do that, too. If I pick up a second carton and there are cracked eggs in there also, I take out the cracked one and replace it with an uncracked one, leaving the cracked egg in a carton with an already cracked egg. Why would I pay for cracked eggs that I can't use? It only takes a second to replace an egg or two, so it's quicker for me to do that. When eggs are on sale at a great price, it can take longer to find a whole dozen uncracked. My grocery store is wonderful, but it's not their fault that some dozens have cracked eggs. Pretty much anytime I buy eggs anywhere (even Walmart), the cashier asks if I've checked the eggs. Also, you all do realize that grocery store personnel regularly go through the eggs to remove cracked eggs and make full uncracked dozens, right? In fact, most grocery stores have "grade B" eggs, which means they are dozen cartons with large, extra large, and even jumbo eggs in them that have been culled from cracked dozens and replaced in different containers. In our area they cost a lot less than a regular dozen, but you get bigger eggs usually. I buy them whenever my store has them. You can ask what day they go through the eggs and do that, to know when they will be in stock. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 13:04:00 GMT
That seems like a lot of extra work when you could just put the package with the cracked one down and grab another one. I guess if I found a whole bunch of packages with broken eggs, I'd start looking for a different provider instead of starting to move eggs around. Oh, it's terrible. My arms are sore afterwards  When there is only one brand I will buy from the grocery store, it's what I have to do occasionally. Raising my own chickens takes works, too, but both are work I'm willing to do to get what I consider to be a superior product. |
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Post by eastcoastpea on Feb 22, 2016 19:47:00 GMT
I check for broken eggs. If there are any, I move on to the next box. I don't swap eggs from one carton to another.
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Post by papersilly on Feb 22, 2016 19:50:48 GMT
I buy my eggs at Costco and it's way too cold in that room to be switching eggs around in the carton. I quickly check for cracked eggs and high tail it out of that room as quickly as possible.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Feb 22, 2016 22:09:00 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 |
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Post by sharlag on Feb 22, 2016 22:26:33 GMT
I always check for cracked eggs, but simply choose another carton if I find one.
I honestly never thought to move a cracked egg to another carton. I probably would go home without eggs before it would have occurred to me to swap one out.
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Post by anxiousmom on Feb 22, 2016 22:31:22 GMT
Where I shop (UK) the cashiers always open the egg carton to check that the eggs are unbroken. I've already checked but the cashiers checking seems to be shop policy. My grocery store is the same way. I check, but the Publix cashier always checks too. Honestly, my problem is more that no matter where I put the stupid eggs, they freeze in my refrigerator. There is nothing worse than needing eggs and pulling out one that is frozen solid.  |
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Feb 22, 2016 22:34:28 GMT
I work on the checkouts and I check egg-boxes while I scan them. If I find a broken egg, I get another box and keep the first one under the counter to swap out any other broken ones that come through - as long as they are from the same size/type of boxes of course. That's different from berries. Eggs are sealed (not the boxes, the actual eggs!), not sold by weight, and nobody minds having a broken one swapped out for a good one.
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