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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
eggs: 50 cents difference to the next size of eggs? Wow. Back in the 90's (early internet), I read a government pamphlet stating: if the difference between a dozen of one size and a dozen of the NEXT size is 10 cents or less, the bigger ones are a better value for the money. Volume-wise. So, since mine are usually priced exactly 10 cents apart, I get the X-Large eggs. Jumbo would be an even better buy (another 10 cents) but then the size starts affecting baking results.
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It's even worse than that; extra large eggs aren't just 50¢ more, they're 50% more, unless large eggs are on sale, when it's even more. And large brown eggs are always at least 20¢ more than large white.