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Just eat something else holy shit.
I get that the price of eggs is shorthand for the price of all food, which has gone up, but eggs specifically have gotten so expensive that egg substitute is about the same price at this point.
Pasta
You'll never believe what pasta is made of
Durum wheat semolina and water.
Wow! I didn't even know those things exited before reading the comments lol.
Durum wheat and water.
Huh I didn't know that thanks for informing me
Yellow pasta usually has eggs added, but eggs are not essential. As well as ignoring the eggs you can also substitute with spinach or tomatos (or squid ink or cocoa).
Yeah but have you seen the price of squid ink these days?!
I must have got mine cheap cos it was 6 quid.
Only fresh pasta is made with eggs, dry pasta typically doesn't use eggs. It's semolina durum wheat and water, pushed through copper dies and then dried.
Egg....like literally everything has egg in it. Sorry I got interrupted mid post. But I'm gonna go read all the comments. Some alternative photography processes use egg whites or yolks to sub or apply a layer to the film.
Liberals' tears!
Sometimes it's just okay though. To have a commonly understood simplification of a societal problem to meme about with others to share the pain or burden of the problem with.
What do you suggest as an easy healthy source of protein?
Billionaires.
Legumes like beans, lentils, peas, hummus, chickpeas,
Oats, quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, whole wheat products,
Tofu in its various forms, including silk tofu as egg replacement in pancakes,
Other "meat substitutes" like seitan or sunflower seed mince,
Nuts, nut butters, nut flour,
Dairy products such as cottage cheese, joghurt,
Soy milk
I mean for real, eggs are super unnecessary for a protein rich or healthy diet. I would argue that unless you literally want to treat yourself with a sunny side up or an omelette you shouldn't be using eggs at all. I like eggs, but a dozen lasts us (family of 3) a month easily.
No I mean so I can fry it and get fat.
Trust me, you can fry all those things and get fat.
Oh then try falafels. Jesus I can't bring myself to make falafels or something similar at home because you literally fry it in oil and you need to do that in order for the raw legumes to be not toxic.
The amino acids in plants come from proteins, too
Sure, but your explanation being completely incorrect damages your credibility
There it's gone, feel free to post a correct version.
Tofu
I like to airfry beans and eat them as a crunchy snack.
For breakfast specifically, oatmeal isn't a bad choice.
What kind(s) of beans? That sounds tasty!
All kinds! Butter beans turn into chewy morsels, garbanzos become crunchy little nuts, and red/black beans become a little puffy.
I'll toss them with some oil and chili lime seasoning and eat them by hand, put them on a saucy burrito or veggie wrap, crunch them up into chili, there's all sorts of ways to eat them!
https://www.health.harvard.edu/nutrition/high-protein-foods-the-best-protein-sources-to-include-in-a-healthy-diet
Seitan is also very high in protein, containing 75g of protein per 100g compared to 13g per 100g for scrambled eggs (although its low on lysine, so it should be balanced out with other protein sources).
I haven't bought a carton of eggs since 2023 because I refuse to buy them once they're higher than $2.50 a dozen.
That's dumb. 2.50 is not a sustainable price. If you get local eggs from a humane farm, they are going to be expensive. It's just how it is man. If anything, that should cause you using them wiser.
2.39 Euro, free-range, 10 piece. Organic is 3.39, barn 1.99, all incl. 7% VAT. so 12 barn ones would be 2.40. Granted, Aldi probably makes 0 profit from the barn ones but there's only so much they can squeeze farmers. We've long since outlawed cages.
I don't know what market is like in Europe or what country specifically you're talking about. In US, small farm economics require high prices to be sustainable. Not just for eggs, but for produce and meat too. Of course you don't have to buy from them, but I do. Obviously big farms can sell it for less, but those are the one affected by bird flu.
Those "high prices for small farms" are in the order of maybe a cent or two per egg. And producing eggs isn't the whole equation: With distributed production you have lower transportation costs. Not to mention that the US has to have a whole cooling chain for eggs because they rather wash+chill them than adhere to proper hygiene standards.
It's not like European supermarket eggs would be produced in backyards. Looking at German numbers: About 50m hens in 2258 companies means an average of 22k birds per company, maximum flock size is 3000 (organic) or 4000 (regular).
The US could take its 100k flock sizes and just build some dividers and generally environmental isolation and be much more resilient. But resilience costs money so nitwit MBAs are saying "let's cut this out, statistics say I'll have my golden parachute before shit hits the fan won't someone think about quarterly results".
Yeah... morons just love to hang on the buzz word of the day.
Well US has shitload of soy now