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Did you learn anything new today?

I've, off and on, wondered why some eggs in the carton marked "Large" are smallish, as in no way near as large as the others in the large carton.

So off I went searching for an answer... thinking of course, that there must be some measurement being used to determine the size of an egg.

Yeah, I was wrong. Turns out the net weight of a dozen eggs has to be approximately 24 ounces (2 ounces per egg) for it to be dozen "Large" eggs, but that no egg has to be 2 ounces.

In other words, it isn't the diameter of each egg, or the weight of each egg, but the total weight of a dozen eggs that determines the "size" of that dozen eggs.

You're welcome 😁.
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
I think some of the egg companies cheat on weight. I had a dozen large eggs from one store and got one more dozen from another store. I compared the sizes and the last dozen I got was a whole size smaller. I have also noticed that the large eggs get smaller in the winter at some stores.