• Gigasser@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’d be hilarious if egg imports into the US were blocked because of the global tariffs.

  • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Geez this country is really obsessed with eggs. Almost like it’s some kind of hard addiction.

    At this point, I’m astonished no one has come up with some kind of synthetic egg that looks, acts, and tastes just like the real thing.

    It appears a hen needs about 115g of feed a day to produce one 50g egg, so the product yield is less than half the input, plus all the other overhead like conditioned living space, water, antibiotics, lobbying for ag-gag laws against animal rights activists… I bet someone could come up with a more efficient way to make an egg. They could even call it something like “Aeg™” which could have some cute marketing meaning.

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        3 months ago

        Have you tried these? If so, are they any good?

        The real problem that needs to be solved for the true veggie-egg takeover is a runny yolk.

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          3 months ago

          This product wasn’t available to me when I went vegan, and now I don’t want foods that resemble animal products. So no, I haven’t tried myself. But my impression is it is very similar to chicken eggs.

        • Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          3 months ago

          Products like this aren’t going to give you a defined “yolk”. You use this in baking, or if you want something like scrambled eggs. You’re not going to get anything over-easy or make eggs Benedict with this.

    • Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Egg beaters liquid egg substitute has been around for ages and there’s even a plant based one now. Nothing in the way of something not scrambled though.

  • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    [stand up comedian voice] Boy, these Republicans are really something, huh? You know, a lot of people just don’t understand why the support the things they do, but the thing you gotta understand, whether you agree with them or not, they’re a very principled group of people. You know, you might apply different approaches to different issues, but the Republicans, they apply the same principle whether we’re talking about women’s rights, or about global trade relations. Yeah. [Beat] Oh you all don’t know what I’m talking about, lemme explain what the principle is:

    FUCK YOU I HATE YOUR FUCKING GUTS I HOPE YOU DIE also, please let me control your eggs.

  • orcrist@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    The egg imports were not meant to reduce prices. That’s not how that works, my friends. They were there because imports are/were competitive when local chickens die and there’s a monopoly on the domestic industry that’s already price gouging.

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      3 months ago

      No way, these importers are doing it for the good of the country. They are helping make America great again.

  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    So, this why Turkey was offered the F-35. I certainly hope the eggs are hit by the tariffs. What a fucking idiot!