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[–] [email protected] 113 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 83 points 6 months ago (1 children)

While eggs are being prepared for shipment and packaged they are inspected, or "candleled". A light is shone through the eggs, which makes things like defects, rot, or blood vessels apparent so those eggs can be removed from the line.

Presumably this company processes eggs on such a scale that they pull the double yolks found during candling and sells them as a separate product.

[–] freebee 25 points 6 months ago (7 children)

What's the advantage? Why would I want to buy double yolk eggs? Never ever seen it in a shop in europe.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (3 children)

For some recipes you need the yolk while the white is refuse, like sabayon for example. Of course if you have white leftover and don't use it to make merengue, you're insane.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't think you get more yolk from doubles, since they are comparatively much smaller. I guess it could be a tad more, but it never felt that way and I've cracked a lot of eggs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

You would probably get less egg whites which would still be a win as some recipes don't use em so it's less waste but these can't be cheap I imagine. I could just Google it but eeeehhhh.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Or for a cocktail!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe for someone with a specific baking recipe in mind? One of the egg noodle recipes I like calls for about as many extra yolks as whole eggs. So I could probably just use these without waste or having to make a separate recipe to use up the whites. I've never seen this at stores near me either in the US.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Aren’t they around the same volume as a single yoke?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A yoke is probably significantly larger than an egg since it's gotta fit on the necks of oxen.

Since those are jumbo eggs, the yolk mass is likely near 2x that of a large.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

What if it's a small ox?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

For extra yolk-y mess to dip my toast in.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

I assume somebody will pay for the novelty. Besides, if my summer raising chickens was to be believed those eggs are rare enough that it's not like there has to be a huge demand.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I think they are all sold to a company that wants them. Like McDonald's or something. No idea, not going to check either. Maybe a mayonnaise company, that would make sense wouldn't it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, if a product doesn't exist in the European market, then it shouldn't exist at all. /s

The egg processor saw an opportunity to easily offer a novelty product. That's why we're talking about it at all: it's a novelty.

[–] freebee 6 points 6 months ago

I didn't say it shouldn't exist, I don't care. I was just wondering why it exists and mentioned that i've never seen it irl. Jeez.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago

Or it's the delivery from the barn next to the nuclear power plant.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago

You've got to be yolking

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I once got 5/12 double eggs in a normal ass carton. Still my greatest achievement.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Why are you getting eggs in your ass carton?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Feels better than the normal carton 😉

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Well, that's where they come from, right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

You have to pay for plastic bags now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I've never seen or even heard of double yolks before, and I burn through eggs like nothing.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (3 children)

This person should buy a lottery ticket!

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago

But only one that is printed on the outside whether it's a winner or a loser, and what prize it is.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

Bought a bunch of lottery tickets. 2 dollars each.

1st one, won a dollar. Cool.

2nd one, won a dollar. Woah!

3rd one, won a dollar. ???

4th one, won a dollar. WHAT ARE THE ODDS?

Read the ticket name. "Always win a dollar"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you buy a netflix card and think you won something?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Didn't realise this was roastme

[–] ShankShill 17 points 6 months ago

We got a triple-yolk from the illegal eggs we buy from a 9 year old girl. But I ain't no snitch so the bacon don't know where I get my eggs.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Max cholesterol per serving

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

So like per egg volume, is it twice the yolk or are the yolks smaller than a normal egg yolk? What's the percentage yolk?

(Yolk is an odd word.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The yolk was yolky to the folks who like yolky yolks

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I got a double double out of a regular carton once and it made my day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

The odds were 1:1