egg sizes / different uses?

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(JLove98905) writes:

I always buy "large" or "jumbo" eggs. I never really think
about it. What are some uses for smaller eggs?

Exactly the same uses. Even though eggs are typically sold
by the dozen they are in reality sold by weight. In most
cases the exact number of eggs is not a factor, why would it
matter if an omelet were made with 4 medium eggs rather than
3 large eggs, it wouldn't. And often the smaller eggs sell
for less per pound, so they will be the better bargain.
Professional bakers never count eggs, they measure eggs by
volume, they may measure out a quart or gallon of eggs...
you can do the same at home with a 1 cup measure. If a
recipe calls for 3 large eggs simply break them into a
measuring cup and note the quantity. Next time you use small
eggs fill the cup to the same quantity. For one or two cakes
an exact quantity of egggs doesn't matter... commercial
bakeries measure eggs by volume, so regardless if they bake
a hundred cakes, by using volume measurements they will have
an accurate measure of eggs no matter what size egg they
use. Btw, not all eggs in the same dozen are the same size,
it is an *average* size, remember, that dozen eggs is
actually sold by weight.

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JLove98905 said:

I always buy "large" or "jumbo" eggs. I never really think
about it. What are some uses for smaller eggs?

The very small ones are broken for pasteurized and frozen
distribution. The rest can be found at retail.

Uses include neighbors' cars, mailboxes, windows and picnic
contests. There are others. What do you use them for?

HTH

Pastorio

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Quoted message said:

JLove98905 said:

I always buy "large" or "jumbo" eggs. I never really
think about it. What are some uses for smaller eggs?

The very small ones are broken for pasteurized and frozen
distribution. The rest can be found at retail.

Uses include neighbors' cars, mailboxes, windows and
picnic contests. There are others. What do you use
them for?

HTH

Pastorio

one of the markets in my area was selling a carton with 3
dozen small eggs for $1.49

People were snatching them up. One lady behind me had 2
boxes. That's 72 eggs! I looked at her, must have had a
quizzical look on my face because she told me that she
always has her kids and their friends dye eggs at her house,
and small eggs were good enough for that.

Heck, I had just bought 18 large eggs for 1.79, which was a
bargain to me until I saw that. If I had room to store that
3 dozen carton, I'd have grabbed it, too.

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JLove98905 said:

I always buy "large" or "jumbo" eggs. I never really
think about it.

What are

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some uses for smaller eggs?

The very small ones are broken for pasteurized and frozen
distribution. The rest can be found at retail.

Around here (Baltimore) it's become darn near impossible to
find small eggs anymore at the retail level. Just like it's
impossible to find 3 pound or less chickens.

Hal Laurent Baltimore

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(JLove98905) said:

I always buy "large" or "jumbo" eggs. I never really think
about it. What are some uses for smaller eggs?

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Steven Wright

Same as for large but you need to adjust the measurement.
FWIW, cookbook recipe sassume USDA Large size - sometimes
they even say so.
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JLove98905 said:

I always buy "large" or "jumbo" eggs. I never really
think about it.

What are

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Quoted message said:

some uses for smaller eggs?

The very small ones are broken for pasteurized and frozen
distribution. The rest can be found at retail.

Around here (Baltimore) it's become darn near impossible to
find small eggs anymore at the retail level. Just like it's
impossible to find 3 pound or less chickens.

Hal Laurent Baltimore

I find that when a recipe calls for a small egg (and some
recipes I have do actually do this), I simply discard about
half of the white of a large egg, thus reducing the egg to a
smaller size. I don't think the yolks make a lot of
difference, but mine is only my own experience after all.

Daisy

JLove98905 said:

I always buy "large" or "jumbo" eggs. I never really think
about it. What are some uses for smaller eggs?

When I'm baking I might find that 3 large eggs is too much
(I measure ingredients by weight). Using 2 large and 1 small
eggs might be closer to the weight I'm looking for.

All my european recipes are by weight. They don't
differentiate between small, medium, large or jumbo eggs.
therefore, I have assumed the whites to yolk ratio is about
the same regardless of the egg size.

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JLove98905 said:

I always buy "large" or "jumbo" eggs. I never really think
about it. What are some uses for smaller eggs?

The same uses as larger eggs, assuming you are referring to
chickens' eggs. Of course, with smaller eggs, you may need
more than the recipe calls for.

Sheryl Rosen said:

in article [email hidden], Bob (this
one) at [email hidden] wrote on 4/11/04 6:51 PM:

Quoted message said:

JLove98905 said:

I always buy "large" or "jumbo" eggs. I never really
think about it. What are some uses for smaller eggs?

The very small ones are broken for pasteurized and frozen
distribution. The rest can be found at retail.

Uses include neighbors' cars, mailboxes, windows and
picnic contests. There are others. What do you use
them for?

HTH

Pastorio

one of the markets in my area was selling a carton with 3
dozen small eggs for $1.49

People were snatching them up. One lady behind me had 2
boxes. That's 72 eggs! I looked at her, must have had a
quizzical look on my face because she told me that she
always has her kids and their friends dye eggs at her
house, and small eggs were good enough for that.

Heck, I had just bought 18 large eggs for 1.79, which was
a bargain to me until I saw that. If I had room to store
that 3 dozen carton, I'd have grabbed it, too.

Size or weight Minimum net weight class per dozen Jumbo 30
ounces Extra Large 27 ounces Large 24 ounces Medium 21
ounces Small 18 ounces Peewee 15 ounces

So, lessee... 3 dozen small = 54 ounces @ 1.49 = 0.03 per
oz.
1.5 dozen large = 36 ounces @ 1.79 = 0.05 per ounce

Not a tough one, huh...?

Pastorio

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I always buy "large" or "jumbo" eggs. I never really think
about it. What are some uses for smaller eggs?

My coworker provides me with eggs. She has two chickens,
"Chicken Little" and "Amber."

Chicken Little's eggs are tiny! (They're so cute!) And,
Amber's eggs are big and brown.

I like the small eggs when making fried eggs. Two are just
the right amount for one person. (Don't you ever wish you
had just a little more than one fried egg, but not two?)

Anyway, I love the small eggs. I'm not much of a baker, so I
don't worry about measurements that often. If I need a large
egg, and only have tiny ones, I just use two.

Karen