I can’t wait for the arrival of 25% tariffs.
Some say tariffs are a temporary negotiating tool. But we notice once prices of consumer products are raised decreases are rare. After the Nixon price freeze, temporary sale prices, ie discounts from list, are the norm.
My wife went grocery shopping and accidently the eggs were left in the car. Some how it was my fault and I had to promise never to do it again.
I’m assuming this is sarcastic. I dunno if I’d chalk egg prices up to inflation. Bird flu is causing most of the disruption, not inflation.
I can’t wait until we’re told we have to stick lightbulbs up the ol’ wazoo and shoot methylene blue with an ivermectin chaser when the next pandemic hits.
Was around $6.50/doz at Walmart today. Never let a good crisis go to waste. At least theirs are grade A large, which is what you need for baking. Costco has switched to Mediums. I passed on the purchase.
IP
So? Don’t eat the things.
Problem solved.
Steve
And, unless you’re a little piggy, two eggs a day per person seems like enough for most. At $6 a dozen, that comes to a dollar a meal.
What’s the world coming to if you have to pay a dollar a meal? Of course, you’ll need a piece of toast or two and/or some hashbrowns so that brings up the price to a dollar and a half. Add a couple slices of bacon and you’re now going on two dollars.
Two whole dollars! We’re just going to have to skip a meal or two from now on…
Pete
That is the way Shiny land rolls: careening from one “crisis” to another. A couple days ago, the local Detroit media was carrying on like a 1-2" snowfall was the end of the world.
Steve
Stopped by Applebees for lunch yesterday. Had their Tex-Mex Shrimp bowl. $15. That’s essentially a bowl of rice. With cocktail, tax and tip came to $30. That’s an ouch.
And I notice prices continue to rise at Aldi.
Chicken panini and coffee at Tim Horton’s today cost me $8.71
Steve
Welp, be prepared for ouchier prices. All the eggs and bacon voters will be sorely disappointed. They got catfished by a big fat orange dude.
Cook at home. Cook festive meals with neighborhood friends. Buy egg whites in cartons for very cheap at Costco (its the yokes that are coveted and demand for them (the “gold”) is what jacks up egg prices when chickens are sick.
Eggs in Mexico are much cheaper. And the chickens I board at a neighborhood friend only cost me chicken feed quite literally. (My own micro-neighborhood prohibits chickens as gringos seem to detest being awakened by hens shrieking “An EGG, I laid an EGG!) which I find cheerful and reassuring.
True dat. We just stayed in FL last weekend for a wedding. During an off night I made carnitas tacos, pickled onions, with fresh from the garden avocado and queso fresco for less than $7 per person. Same meal in a restaurant would have been 3x the price.
The price of eggs mostly has been dropping.
Some folks here have short memories.
In November 2024, egg prices were high due to the avian flu outbreak, which caused a shortage of eggs. In some areas, the cost of eggs was nearly $10 per dozen.
The media keeps screaming “egg shortage”, just like they were screaming “toilet paper shortage” in April 2020. They had their daily entry in the hysteria parade tonight, showing signs in a store saying “one carton per customer”, and lots of empty shelves.
Steve
Yums! and good nutrition.
Any spicing beyond the carnitas juices?
Not in my area. They are still rising. And we hear news reports of stores sold out or rationing eggs. Some even being stolen. Restaurants charging more for egg dishes. And many more hens being killed to limit spread of H1N5 bird flu.
Which eggs? In Portugal I can buy half a dozen from under €1.50 to over €3.00.
The Captain
Cumin, Mexican oregano, chile powder, fresh garlic, salt, and pepper.
I rubbed the dried spices into the pork and threw it all into an old school pressure cooker with some orange juice.
Also made chiles toreados for some heat.
Flyerboys : ‘Cook at home.’ Those three words have been at the heart of my retirement dream since I retired 12/31/2018. Better yet, ‘Simplify.’ Local eggs from Seed to Tail. Even at a cost of $6 per dozen they are markedly larger than large grocery store eggs and they have thicker yolks. Two gigantic local eggs are more than enough for me.
Same story with the large (1.5 lb. loaf) freshly baked sourdough bread straight out of the oven at Seed to Tail. $8 sounds crazy but the bread is markedly superior to grocery store bread and lasts at least a week.
Same story with my steel cut organic oats and local produce in season, or apple slices and/or bananas out of season.
I can buy the best local foods available and still enjoy a nice breakfast for $3 or $4.
Dinner is a joint enterprise. I peel, slice and dice good local produce and Ispouse seasons it and cooks it.
Even with the the best ingredients, home cooked meals usually cost less than $10 for the two of us.
Simplify. Enjoy the process of selecting it, buying it, cooking it and eating it at home.
Booyah! So true. Taking it a step further to raise / harvest your own food adds to the enjoyment and appreciation.