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Why Are Eggs
Sold By the Dozen?
From myrecipes. Com
The fact that we buy eggs by the dozen has always seemed like one of those everyday facts of life that›s not particularly worth thinking too hard about.
Betsy Babcock, co-founder of Handsome Brook Farm. “My understanding is that back in the 1400s and 1500s in England, eggs were sold in dozens because there were 12 pence to a shilling, so you could buy 12 eggs for a shilling. So when they came over from England to the States, they brought that concept over here,”
Historical knowledge is funny, isn’t it? We know, for instance, that ice age Britons used the skulls of the dead as cups, but it’s really hard to say for sure why we buy eggs 12 at a time.
In some parts of the world, however, eggs aren’t sold by the dozen. They can be bought by 10s, or 8s, or by the piece. Laflamme said there’s technically nothing preventing American producers from selling eggs this way, but “everything in our entire supply chain is adapted for that one dozen” and altering it would “definitely be a retooling.” Besides, he said, Americans have gotten used to the current system of dozens, half-dozens, and other multiples of six, and they probably wouldn’t take too kindly to a change.
March events in Baton Rouge
14 Mar – 9AM – 4PM -Wearing of the Green, St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Starts at corner of Hundred Oaks & S. Acadian. Parade ends Perkins at Stanford Avenue.
14 Mar – 8AM – The Wearing’ of the Green 5K Shamrock Run. 3129 Perkins Rd Moreau Physical Therapy Baton Rouge. More info wearinofthegreen.com/5K-shamrock-run.
28-29 Mar – 9AM to 5PM - Zippity Zoo Fest Join the Zoo as we celebrate our 50th birthday with our annual Zippity Zoo Fest! Guests will enjoy a Children’s Village, face painting, EdZooCation station, photo contest winners gallery, partner activity booths throughout the Zoo, animal enrichments and chats, family entertainment stage and of course, birthday cake! Regular Zoo admission applies.
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