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[–] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Always eggs in the middle. Because when I pick it up I always want the center of the weight to be in the same place. If all the weight is to one side and I grab the opposite side I'm more likely to drop it. Yes this is how I live my life, by overanalyzing everything.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's the same reason that I do the opposite - I take an equal number from each end, so the remaining eggs are centered in the carton, so I'm never surprised by a carton that's unbalanced in an unexpected direction.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I also over analyze everything, which is why I always remove my eggs from the right side of the carton.

    The left side of the carton is always towards me in the refrigerator, and I also always have the left side towards me on the counter.

    As a result my first grab out of the fridge is always the most stable grab possible.

    The way I figure it is, the most dangerous time is pulling it out of the fridge when I don't always remember where the eggs are and where I have to grab it from one end. I don't want to be surprised by it being heavy away from me.

    Once I have it safely in my hand, I no longer have to consciously think about how to hold it, as that can all be done unconsciously.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Almost out, picking up three more cartons tomorrow from my supplier of eggs from free range, grass fed, goat harassed happy hens.

    The cartons are usually whatever my supplier happen to have there and then. Pretty standard egg cartons as sold at the store.

    I usually use pairs as it's fastest to mentally intuit how many eggs remain that way.

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  • [–] 48 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    As an American, I can't afford eggs. 😔

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The eggs have gone back to 5 bucks a dozen where I'm at, at least in the store I was last in. Still haven't bothered getting any recently, but they're not at like, 8 or 9 like they were at the same store a month or two ago. Not sure if that's a change in the bird flu situation or if they've just been pushed down with some kind of subsidy or something.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    We have backyard chickens. The huge one was a double yoker and delicious 😋

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    For a second I thought you had some kind of crazy triangular egg carton until I realized it was just foreshortening.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I had to read your comment to realize it wasn't some cool home-chicken-owner egg holder.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I think the combination of strong foreshortening, the unexpected extreme size differences of the eggs, and maybe the half carton many of us are less used to, makes this the eggbox version of one of those 'mystery houses' where things are warped in sone strange way that it fools you into thinking things roll uphill and such.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Currently full, but I work my way in from the outside corners to the inside by the hinge so it is balanced when I pick it up one handed. It might be slightly lopsided because I always pull multiple eggs next to each other with one hand, but mostly centered.

    So it frequently looks something like this:

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Normally, I work from one side to the other in pairs like below:

    XX

    OO

    OO

    OO

    OO

    OO

    I face the heavier side toward the door so that I will have the majority of the weight in my hand as I pick it up.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Eegan bo beegan I'm vegan

    2 ounces of plain applesauce is one egg for simple baking recipes

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I remove eggs opposite each other (front right, rear left and so on) so that it remains level for weight and balance. My partner doesn’t subscribe to my logic and just sprays a machine gun of bullets around the carton, grabbing whatever like she’s blindfolded. It’s not a hill I wanna die on, so I don’t say anything.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    That is a hill I died on, and luckily everyone else in the household got in line so I didn't actually die. I do most of the baking, we're keeping that box balanced for me otherwise no more cookies damnit.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    We use this thing instead of the carton.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Let me guess, European? Or at least not from US

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Yes, European :)

    But the egg dispenser is something I once 3d printed when it was still a hobby.
    Can't seem to find the original design anymore though.

    edit
    Oh, I think it's this one: https://www.printables.com/model/70036-fridge-spiral-egg-holder

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Amateurs.

    (90-packs due to two bodybuilder household – amateurs, as in not professional :)

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I normally eat scrambled eggs for breakfast so I always grab two at a time. So next time I make breakfast I'll grab the next eggs from the right side.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Mine is chaos. I purposely grab them at random.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Eggs in a bowl Normally like this, but we ate them all yesterday.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Any particular reason for the markers on the eggshell?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I always remove the eggs in the Fibonacci sequence first until I run out of indices, and then I remove them in order by index.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    My eggs are notarized homie, $10 each.

    https://lemmy.world/post/25286184

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Checkerboard! Keeps it level if I keep the pattern.

    I did once replaced half the brown eggs with white eggs and visa versa to screw with my partner. It didn't work. I was just weird.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    I have 4 eggs left and they're all right in the middle, 2 in the top row, 2 in the bottom row, to create balance in the flimsy container they came in.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    I don't use eggs like that, but my housemate does. Looks like they take em from the carton one row at a time, the carton currently looks like:
    1 1 1 1 1 1
    0 0 0 0 0 0

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I normally do 1/3 from first end (start at the right hand end), then start at the other end

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Back 3 rows are full, front row is empty. Can't be effed to balance em.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Of all the things I could have been embarrassed about today I was not expecting this

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    No clue why, but I always work from the outside edges and work into the center.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Why do companies refuse to tessellate their eggs?! You could have 3x rows of 3-4-3 for 10 eggs, 5-6-5 for 16 eggs or 7-8-7 for a 22-pack.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago
    [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Sometimes, it's just a plastic bag. Otherwise, it's usually a clear plastic carton holding 10 that has some paper insert with the seller. This is Japan.

    Edit: ah, this time it's a plastic bag so there's no really order/arrangement within the package which I think is what you were asking. I normally just take them out from whichever side is closer when in the fridge (summer) though when it's cooler in the house I try to keep the package balanced in weight since I might be picking it up.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    We don't have one.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    USA. I have a ceramic egg holder for my fridge. it holds 18 flat.

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