The US, grappling with an egg shortage, is reaching out to Lithuania for egg exports after Finland declined. The situation has prompted ridicule online.

  • P00ptart@lemmy.world
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    1 天前

    Seriously? This is just getting sad at this point. Look, you could eat anything else. Literally anything. Why are they so obsessed with fucking eggs? Is it because someone stupid made it a campaign promise?

    • Joncash2@lemmy.ml
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      24 小时前

      Your missing the point. It’s less about eggs than it is at showing the world how durable and reliable USA is, that it can overcome every problem. The hilarious irony is what it is now showing is how fragile and weak the US has become now that it’s alienated it’s allies. Unable to even cope with a tiny egg problem because the world is turning it’s back. I’m living in America and yet I’m cheering this on, so bizarre.

      • federal reverse@feddit.orgM
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        23 小时前

        Unable to even cope with a tiny egg problem because the world is turning it’s back.

        Tbf, eggs are perishable and thus not the ideal thing to transport for multiple weeks on a ship. There are multiple ptoblems here, not just the world turning its back.

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      24 小时前

      partially. And partially because it’s used in making so many things like bread and mayonnaise and so on.

      • P00ptart@lemmy.world
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        23 小时前

        Yeah, and I get that, but comparatively, it’s very low volume of eggs/loaf. Even at the nearly 3x price hike we’ve experienced, it shouldn’t make a whole lot of issues for bread companies. Sure, mayo would get hit hard but that’s another thing that really shouldn’t be that hard to live without.

        • federal reverse@feddit.orgM
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          21 小时前

          What kind of bread needs eggs? Are you talking about cake and donuts? Even so, in many recipes, eggs can be replaced by things like linseed/chia, bananas, or bean water (“aquafaba”). I’d actually expect American food manufacturers to be price-conscious enough to have cut such corners a long time ago.

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          23 小时前

          I mean, bread and mayo is like . . the foundations of civilization. For me. Personally. So - those aren’t going to be lived without at least for now.

          But just based on stupid internet searching, the number I’m seeing is 300 million eggs per day for bread. That’s a lot of 19% highers.

          The actual number might be quite different, but I’m assuming that’s probably not that far off.