• rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social
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    9 hours ago

    Are people actually having issues of cracked eggs? I have never in my whole life ran into, or heard of anyone else running into a cracked egg in a carton.

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      7 hours ago

      Yep, had happened to me twice recently after not happening for a long time. It’s like the seatbelt in the car, most of the time you don’t need it, but when you do, you’re happy that you did.

      And not just look, wiggle each egg to verify it haven’t cracked in the bottom which will make it stick to the package

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      9 hours ago

      Well they’re protected by paper mache. So yeah cracked eggs are a problem. I don’t want to deal with that and I can avoid dealing with that by opening the box.

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      It happens. I can’t say it’s super common, but even with the protection of the cartons, accidents happen. Hell, I’ve checked in store, and had an egg crack on the way home from braking hard. Only once, but it shows that the right forces in the right way can cause cracks.

      I haven’t bought eggs in years now (yay for my hen!), but I’d see it maybe twice a year or so

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      9 hours ago

      I run into it often, but I live in a rural place where eggs are commonly sold in huge quantities (like bulk 5 and 1/2 dozen cartons). Usually I’ll find another carton that’s got cracked eggs as well, and swap for some good ones.