Eggs are up another $1 per dozen !!! $3.18 per dozen at Aldi!

[DadJokes]

I was getting thoroughly entertained by this thread over the weekend, so thanks everyone for that.

As for the actual topic, our household goes through 1-2 dozen eggs per week. My wife scrambles two per day, and I'll cook a batch of sausage & eggs every other week to cover breakfasts for a while. I have not noticed an increase in the cost, though eggs are cheap enough that even tripling in cost would keep them below my radar.

Even at $3/dozen, if that's what they are at the moment, that's ~$10 for enough food to cover breakfast for two weeks.
Sausage from Aldi: $2/log
Eggs: $3/dozen, apparently
Shredded Cheese: $3.50/bag
Tortillas: $1.50/pack

Still a great deal.

[FIRE Artist]

For the OP, my dog’s vet recommended a squirt of fish oil or even a couple of omega-3 pills in the food to support coat condition amongst other benefits.  This might be a way to stretch your budge while keeping your doggo healthy. 

[Shane]

Next to the stove, we've always kept a big glass jar with a lid on it, into which we pour used bacon grease and any other leftover oils used to make french fries, or whatever. Whenever I fed our dogs their dry food, I'd always try to remember to put a tablespoon or two of bacon grease over the top of it, as we'd read somewhere that that can help keep their coats looking healthy. Maybe you could try that to save money on buying so many eggs for your dog, Jennifer?

[partgypsy]

So you say that you and your spouse and your dog (or dogs?) Eat 8 eggs a day. Eggs are a good food source. But, that sounds like a surprising amount of eggs, if that's day in, day out. I believe for dogs it is recommended one egg a week up to an egg a day (cooked). As far as how many eggs people should eat it really depends on your heart health and lipid profile. An athlete can get away with eating more eggs, while some people should limit themselves to 1 egg a day, or even one a week depending on health situation. Atkins, low carb diets should be medically supervised, so def check with your doctor, dietician about the details of your diet.  Eta looks like your dog gets 3 eggs a day https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-eggs/

[jnw]

So you say that you and your spouse and your dog (or dogs?) Eat 8 eggs a day. Eggs are a good food source. But, that sounds like a surprising amount of eggs, if that's day in, day out. I believe for dogs it is recommended one egg a week up to an egg a day (cooked). As far as how many eggs people should eat it really depends on your heart health and lipid profile. An athlete can get away with eating more eggs, while some people should limit themselves to 1 egg a day, or even one a week depending on health situation. Atkins, low carb diets should be medically supervised, so def check with your doctor, dietician about the details of your diet.  Eta looks like your dog gets 3 eggs a day https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-eggs/

My lipid profile is stellar with cholosterol at 121, hdl at like 80, trigs at under 100.  My ALT/AST are like 15/15.  I have a Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) score of 0 at over 50 y/o, so perfect heart health.  I've reversed my diabetes of over 10 A1C down to under 6 A1C, by ditching grains; my diabetes medications being reduced by 80%.  My previous mild to moderate diabetic periphreal neuropathy has reversed 90%.  My systolic blood pressure went from like 140 down to 115 by ditching grains. The more eggs I eat the healthier I get.  The liver makes the majority of the cholesterol in the body and makes what is needed. If you intake more cholesterol the body makes less.   My dog is almost 9 years old and a very good weight compared to many other dogs I see at this age; she's healthy. My guy lost 60 lbs.. from 215 down to 155 in the past 3 or 4 years without trying; I cook for us and he eats what I cook and he lost all that weight as a side effect of the dietary change.. went from 36 waist down to 30 and he's over 50 as well.  He's got a very good lipid profile as well; he embraces the diet now as well and limits his grain intake.  My endocrinologist is on board as she has witnessed the benefits I have gotten from the dietary change first hand; in fact I bought her The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living and she read it and enjoyed it.  A friend of mine, her A1C was creeping up each year to where she was up to 8.9% A1C.  I told her what I did, she limits the grains by quite a bit now and her A1C dropped from 8.9% down to around 5.5% for the past several years now. 

So I can't substitute eggs for grain products or high sugar items.. like oatmeal and applesauce respectively; it would completely destroy my health.  We eat eggs and bacon every day for the past several years and we are healthier for it.  My guy likes scrambled eggs so that's what we eat and we are liberal with the butter (not margarine) -- we crack, whisk and fry up 8 with a liberal amount of salt as well.  JT eats like 3 eggs and the dog and I each eat around 2.5 eggs.  Then we give little bits of bacon to the dog as well as we eat.  (We feed the dog dry food at night.)

[couponvan]

You all made me shop Aldi for eggs. $1.76 per dozen, when they used to be $.89. BUT Wegman’s still had them for $.53 per dozen in a 3 dozen pack. I feel so ripped off! Of course I assumed Wegman’s would have gone up as well. Still, with gas so high it wasn’t worth crying over overpriced eggs.

[jnw]

You all made me shop Aldi for eggs. $1.76 per dozen, when they used to be $.89. BUT Wegman’s still had them for $.53 per dozen in a 3 dozen pack. I feel so gypped! Of course I assumed Wegman’s would have gone up as well. Still, with gas so high it wasn’t worth crying over overpriced eggs.

I'm jealous of your egg prices.  We live in a poor state, Oklahoma, where minimum wage of $7.25 is common still.  Eggs went from 99 cents to $3; and I still can't find any store where they are less than $3 per dozen now.  We cry over it because, with the amount of eggs we eat this amounts to an increase of over $500 per year for us -- and there is NO substitute for eggs for us as we can't eat sugary fruit or oatmeal/cereal etc.   I personally fill my gas tank once every 3 months at most; I spend about $350 or so on auto fuel per year. So the price increase in eggs, in just the last 6 months, is handily more than I spend on auto fuel the entire year.

So I realize how silly it sounds to some people who can't relate, but the increase in price of eggs has harmed us more than the auto fuel increase, by a factor of 4x.  So no, I'm not being ridiculous and have reason to be upset.  People who can't relate often make fun of others; I try not to practice this myself but I am probably guilty of it as well sometimes.

If I could get eggs at 53 cents per dozen I'd buy at least 50 dozen of them now; they last forever.

[Missy B]

I thought it was terrible that Aldi went up to $1.99 per dozen eggs from 99 cents in just one year.  But I was absolutely HORRIFIED to find they are $3.18 per dozen now!!!  I just checked Walmart and now they are a better deal at $3.00 per dozen.. WTH..  eggs are a major staple here.. $3.18.

Eggs aren't up 10% like the news is reporting.. try 200% .. TWENTY times that!!

I would say it's time to get 6 backyard chickens but the price of grain is going to go up due to fertilizer shortages.

FWIW the people I know who kept chickens fed them vegetable scraps and their own shells.

[jnw]

I thought it was terrible that Aldi went up to $1.99 per dozen eggs from 99 cents in just one year.  But I was absolutely HORRIFIED to find they are $3.18 per dozen now!!!  I just checked Walmart and now they are a better deal at $3.00 per dozen.. WTH..  eggs are a major staple here.. $3.18.

Eggs aren't up 10% like the news is reporting.. try 200% .. TWENTY times that!!

I would say it's time to get 6 backyard chickens but the price of grain is going to go up due to fertilizer shortages.

FWIW the people I know who kept chickens fed them vegetable scraps and their own shells.

How much grain did they have to buy?  Grain is subsidized by government but the corporations love to charge a lot of money for bags of it, and now since the fertilizer shortage I am wondering if chickens are even doable. I have a large backyard but not sure if there are enough worms and bugs in the yard for 6 chickens.  We're allowed up to 6 hens here in the city.

[Cranky]

We buy chicken feed maybe once/month? It’s a lot cheaper than our cat food! They do get some vegetable scraps and they wander around pecking at stuff. They killed a mole last summer but didn’t eat it.

[rantk81]

Last night Target had 18ct cartons of eggs for 2.29. They made a point to say on the shelf that it was the "sale price" with the "normal" price being 3.99 for the 18ct carton, with a sell-by date of May 7.

So effectively $1.53 per dozen.  Pretty good price compared to what I've seen lately. We bought 3 cartons of the 18ct eggs, as we typically use 4 eggs per day for breakfast between us.

[rantk81]

We eat eggs and bacon every day for the past several years and we are healthier for it.

From some of your posts, it sounds like your budget is pretty tight.  Lately, pork prices have gone up quite a bit too -- especially bacon.  It's a little surprising to me that you're posting more about the price of eggs than the price of bacon.

One thing I've found to be a good deal on pork, is to look at the discounted "spiral cut ham shank" at grocery stores after holidays (like after Easter.)  They can be discounted sometimes to 1.29 or .99 per pound.  We like to slice/dice them up into smaller amounts/sizes, and freeze it.  Then we can easily fry up a little bit to put in omelets.  One shank can last a month!  It's not quite as tasty as bacon, but it's still pretty good.  It sounds like you're doing the low-carb higher-fat/protein diet, so maybe you'll miss the extra fat from the bacon, though.

[jnw]

We eat eggs and bacon every day for the past several years and we are healthier for it.

From some of your posts, it sounds like your budget is pretty tight.  Lately, pork prices have gone up quite a bit too -- especially bacon.  It's a little surprising to me that you're posting more about the price of eggs than the price of bacon.

One thing I've found to be a good deal on pork, is to look at the discounted "spiral cut ham shank" at grocery stores after holidays (like after Easter.)  They can be discounted sometimes to 1.29 or .99 per pound.  We like to slice/dice them up into smaller amounts/sizes, and freeze it.  Then we can easily fry up a little bit to put in omelets.  One shank can last a month!  It's not quite as tasty as bacon, but it's still pretty good.  It sounds like you're doing the low-carb higher-fat/protein diet, so maybe you'll miss the extra fat from the bacon, though.

That's a great deal on ham and great substitute! I guess I am not making a big deal about it is because bacon only went up from like $3.48/lb to $4.29/lb here at our Ald or about a 23% increase. The eggs for us on the other hand are a 200% increase.

Looking at last month's expense report, we spent $13.69 on bacon and $36.72 on eggs.  Now with the price increase in eggs we'll be spending close to $55 per month on eggs.  Or four times that of bacon.  We're used to high bacon prices for a while now, the 200% increase in eggs the past 6 months has been a shock :)

Good news though I just found cage free brown eggs at Sam's club at $2.33 per dozen when you buy the 2 dozen pack.  So JT is going to pick up as many of those as he can today at Sam's club if they stil have them in stock; along with a case of whole boneless pork loin at $1.87/lb.  I dunno, maybe they got greedy and raised the eggs prices just before easter to get a bunch more money since people buy quite a lot of them for easter egg hunts.  Although, they are still $3 everywhere, even at Sam's, except for this oddly good deal right now.

[kite]

I thought it was terrible that Aldi went up to $1.99 per dozen eggs from 99 cents in just one year.  But I was absolutely HORRIFIED to find they are $3.18 per dozen now!!!  I just checked Walmart and now they are a better deal at $3.00 per dozen.. WTH..  eggs are a major staple here.. $3.18.

Eggs aren't up 10% like the news is reporting.. try 200% .. TWENTY times that!!

I would say it's time to get 6 backyard chickens but the price of grain is going to go up due to fertilizer shortages.

FWIW the people I know who kept chickens fed them vegetable scraps and their own shells.

How much grain did they have to buy?  Grain is subsidized by government but the corporations love to charge a lot of money for bags of it, and now since the fertilizer shortage I am wondering if chickens are even doable. I have a large backyard but not sure if there are enough worms and bugs in the yard for 6 chickens.  We're allowed up to 6 hens here in the city.

You'd be surprised how many bugs there are! 
$14/bag of grain lasts us at least a month in winter when the supply of other foods/plants/bugs is limited.  Lasts at over 2 months in growing & harvest season when we get free food from the farmers' market.  During that time we are supplementing with oyster shells $15/year.  This is for 8 birds providing 6 eggs most days; often more, sometimes less. 

Majority of our eggs get sold and demand is such that we could scale up the flock.  Their shelter is big enough for more birds.  My bigger concern isn't fertilizer impact on grain price, but avian influenza. It wipes out whole flocks.  I don't have a full grasp on our specific risk just yet.  So I don't want to buy any layers, but might get some hatchlings to raise away from all other birds and integrate into the flock in a few months. (starter & grower feed is higher priced than layer mix).

I encourage chicken keeping if you are able and are inclined to do it. Just know your start up costs erode any savings over the price of commercial eggs for a while.  And predators have nothing else to do all day but hunt for food, further eating into any profit or savings.
If we were to travel and needed to pay a pet-sitter to let the birds in/out and collect the eggs, it would wipe out our modest egg profits.  Anecdotally, it's when we've been away that we lose birds to predators.  Our presence and the presence of our dog tends to keep the fox & raccoons outside the fence.  I still like having them, but there is are lifestyle considerations (and chicken poop) to consider.
 

[Cranky]

We eat eggs and bacon every day for the past several years and we are healthier for it.

From some of your posts, it sounds like your budget is pretty tight.  Lately, pork prices have gone up quite a bit too -- especially bacon.  It's a little surprising to me that you're posting more about the price of eggs than the price of bacon.

One thing I've found to be a good deal on pork, is to look at the discounted "spiral cut ham shank" at grocery stores after holidays (like after Easter.)  They can be discounted sometimes to 1.29 or .99 per pound.  We like to slice/dice them up into smaller amounts/sizes, and freeze it.  Then we can easily fry up a little bit to put in omelets.  One shank can last a month!  It's not quite as tasty as bacon, but it's still pretty good.  It sounds like you're doing the low-carb higher-fat/protein diet, so maybe you'll miss the extra fat from the bacon, though.

That's a great deal on ham and great substitute! I guess I am not making a big deal about it is because bacon only went up from like $3.48/lb to $4.29/lb here at our Ald or about a 23% increase. The eggs for us on the other hand are a 200% increase.

Looking at last month's expense report, we spent $13.69 on bacon and $36.72 on eggs.  Now with the price increase in eggs we'll be spending close to $55 per month on eggs.  Or four times that of bacon.  We're used to high bacon prices for a while now, the 200% increase in eggs the past 6 months has been a shock :)

Good news though I just found cage free brown eggs at Sam's club at $2.33 per dozen when you buy the 2 dozen pack.  So JT is going to pick up as many of those as he can today at Sam's club if they stil have them in stock; along with a case of whole boneless pork loin at $1.87/lb.  I dunno, maybe they got greedy and raised the eggs prices just before easter to get a bunch more money since people buy quite a lot of them for easter egg hunts.  Although, they are still $3 everywhere, even at Sam's, except for this oddly good deal right now.

Eggs are usually a loss leader at Easter! A few years ago they were down to .19/dozen.

Regular eggs were $2.19 at my Aldi this morning, with the fancier ones ranging in price up to $4.99/dozen for the ones that included green eggs. But mushrooms were .99/carton. Strawberries were $1.69 and looked really good. Butter was down to $2.59/lb. Strangely, the take and
bake pizza my dh likes has jumped from $4.49 to $6.99, so he’s going to have to get that less often.

I suspect that your area has really felt the impact of the avian flu, and eventually that will work its way through the system and prices will come down.

[Paper Chaser]

I dunno, maybe they got greedy and raised the eggs prices just before easter to get a bunch more money since people buy quite a lot of them for easter egg hunts.

Is it greed, or is it less than normal supply due to avian flu at a time of year when demand typically increases?

[maizefolk]

I dunno, maybe they got greedy and raised the eggs prices just before easter to get a bunch more money since people buy quite a lot of them for easter egg hunts.

Is it greed, or is it less than normal supply due to avian flu at a time of year when demand typically increases?

The problem is that both of these look identical.

Is it greed or efficient resource allocation if gas stations raise prices so they don't run out of gasoline during hurricane evacuations?

I'd rather be able to buy gasoline (and buy eggs) even at high prices than get to the store and find the self bare or the pump run dry, but I know many other people prefer the opposite.

[nereo]

I dunno, maybe they got greedy and raised the eggs prices just before easter to get a bunch more money since people buy quite a lot of them for easter egg hunts.

Is it greed, or is it less than normal supply due to avian flu at a time of year when demand typically increases?

Given the extensive competition within the retail space, wouldn’t that make it difficult to price-gouge?

[kite]

I dunno, maybe they got greedy and raised the eggs prices just before easter to get a bunch more money since people buy quite a lot of them for easter egg hunts.

Is it greed, or is it less than normal supply due to avian flu at a time of year when demand typically increases?

Given the extensive competition within the retail space, wouldn’t that make it difficult to price-gouge?

All things point to the flu, which is quite consequential.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022

We might be looking back on $4/dozen for eggs and thinking it was a bargain.

[jnw]

You'd be surprised how many bugs there are! 
$14/bag of grain lasts us at least a month in winter when the supply of other foods/plants/bugs is limited.  Lasts at over 2 months in growing & harvest season when we get free food from the farmers' market.  During that time we are supplementing with oyster shells $15/year.  This is for 8 birds providing 6 eggs most days; often more, sometimes less. 

Majority of our eggs get sold and demand is such that we could scale up the flock.  Their shelter is big enough for more birds.  My bigger concern isn't fertilizer impact on grain price, but avian influenza. It wipes out whole flocks.  I don't have a full grasp on our specific risk just yet.  So I don't want to buy any layers, but might get some hatchlings to raise away from all other birds and integrate into the flock in a few months. (starter & grower feed is higher priced than layer mix).

I encourage chicken keeping if you are able and are inclined to do it. Just know your start up costs erode any savings over the price of commercial eggs for a while.  And predators have nothing else to do all day but hunt for food, further eating into any profit or savings.
If we were to travel and needed to pay a pet-sitter to let the birds in/out and collect the eggs, it would wipe out our modest egg profits.  Anecdotally, it's when we've been away that we lose birds to predators.  Our presence and the presence of our dog tends to keep the fox & raccoons outside the fence.  I still like having them, but there is are lifestyle considerations (and chicken poop) to consider.

Wow that's not bad at all considering the price of eggs.  And I'd love to have eggs from chickens who are free to roam my backyard several hours per day.  It's so tight and stressful in the factories -- I've seen horrific videos, cutting off beaks from female chicks; also discarding male chicks throwing them in the trash (a grinder or incinerator).

As far as start up costs, I'd probably figure out some way to do this for almost free.  I'd get free materials to build the project from craigslist if I could. I got some spare chicken wire laying around.  Have some 2x4's laying around as well. I could ask on craigslist if anyone has a chicken coup they want to get rid of .. perhaps get one for free or pay minimal amount for it perhaps.   I'd do whatever I can to make it as affordable possible. I am usually pretty good at it, and patient for a deal.

I think my dog would have fun watching over the chickens, though at first her instinct would be to chase them and kill them I imagine, like she does the squirrels.  But I think I could train her, bring the baby chicks to her and let her know they are her puppies lol.

Thanks for sharing all that info.

[RainyDay]

I opened this thread with excitement, thinking "Finally!  My backyard chicken habit is paying off at long last!"  But no.  Aldi today had eggs at $1.49/doz.  While my flock free ranges (mostly), they do get supplemented with grain from the feed store.  Including all the building costs for the coop + the predator-proofing, I'm quite certain I am not getting ahead by keeping chickens.  But I was hoping. 

[Wolfpack Mustachian]

So you say that you and your spouse and your dog (or dogs?) Eat 8 eggs a day. Eggs are a good food source. But, that sounds like a surprising amount of eggs, if that's day in, day out. I believe for dogs it is recommended one egg a week up to an egg a day (cooked). As far as how many eggs people should eat it really depends on your heart health and lipid profile. An athlete can get away with eating more eggs, while some people should limit themselves to 1 egg a day, or even one a week depending on health situation. Atkins, low carb diets should be medically supervised, so def check with your doctor, dietician about the details of your diet.  Eta looks like your dog gets 3 eggs a day https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-eggs/

I am performing this experiment now. I eat probably around 4-5 eggs a day every other week, 2-3 eggs a day the alternating weeks. I'll be interested to see how my cholesterol looks. I know I feel a lot better eating a lot of eggs and reducing (but not eliminating) grains in terms of breads and the like. I still eat oatmeal, some bread, and some processed junk food. It's just that eggs are now most of my breakfast and my protein for lunch. I know I feel better with salad with eggs on top as protein vs. generic sandwich for lunch. Hopefully other metrics will reflect this.

[jnw]

So you say that you and your spouse and your dog (or dogs?) Eat 8 eggs a day. Eggs are a good food source. But, that sounds like a surprising amount of eggs, if that's day in, day out. I believe for dogs it is recommended one egg a week up to an egg a day (cooked). As far as how many eggs people should eat it really depends on your heart health and lipid profile. An athlete can get away with eating more eggs, while some people should limit themselves to 1 egg a day, or even one a week depending on health situation. Atkins, low carb diets should be medically supervised, so def check with your doctor, dietician about the details of your diet.  Eta looks like your dog gets 3 eggs a day https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-eggs/

I am performing this experiment now. I eat probably around 4-5 eggs a day every other week, 2-3 eggs a day the alternating weeks. I'll be interested to see how my cholesterol looks. I know I feel a lot better eating a lot of eggs and reducing (but not eliminating) grains in terms of breads and the like. I still eat oatmeal, some bread, and some processed junk food. It's just that eggs are now most of my breakfast and my protein for lunch. I know I feel better with salad with eggs on top as protein vs. generic sandwich for lunch. Hopefully other metrics will reflect this.

I personally fill ten times better not eating grains. If I eat grains my blood sugar skyrockets and if I do it for a couple days it takes a couple weeks for blood sugar to get back to normal.   I'm really grain intolerant. I wish I wasn't, I used to bake my own sourdough artisan boules that were so delicious.   Here is the last one I baked like back in 2015:  (could of stood another 2 mins in the oven for a little more darkening).

[hdatontodo]

There was just something on NPR about the fact that the avian flu flock termination combined with transportation issues and costs has raised egg costs since March. Also, the avian flu spread is reduced as it gets warmer, so egg costs may go down.

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[MasterStache]

Man I am just happy Aldi is finally selling pasture raised eggs. Been paying roughly $4/doz for years.

[wenchsenior]

So you say that you and your spouse and your dog (or dogs?) Eat 8 eggs a day. Eggs are a good food source. But, that sounds like a surprising amount of eggs, if that's day in, day out. I believe for dogs it is recommended one egg a week up to an egg a day (cooked). As far as how many eggs people should eat it really depends on your heart health and lipid profile. An athlete can get away with eating more eggs, while some people should limit themselves to 1 egg a day, or even one a week depending on health situation. Atkins, low carb diets should be medically supervised, so def check with your doctor, dietician about the details of your diet.  Eta looks like your dog gets 3 eggs a day https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-eggs/

I am performing this experiment now. I eat probably around 4-5 eggs a day every other week, 2-3 eggs a day the alternating weeks. I'll be interested to see how my cholesterol looks. I know I feel a lot better eating a lot of eggs and reducing (but not eliminating) grains in terms of breads and the like. I still eat oatmeal, some bread, and some processed junk food. It's just that eggs are now most of my breakfast and my protein for lunch. I know I feel better with salad with eggs on top as protein vs. generic sandwich for lunch. Hopefully other metrics will reflect this.

I personally fill ten times better not eating grains. If I eat grains my blood sugar skyrockets and if I do it for a couple days it takes a couple weeks for blood sugar to get back to normal.   I'm really grain intolerant. I wish I wasn't, I used to bake my own sourdough artisan boules that were so delicious.   Here is the last one I baked like back in 2015:  (could of stood another 2 mins in the oven for a little more darkening).

That bread looks FANTASTIC.  I also do better eating a lot less grain, and I'm down to no more than 1 Cup per day, but I struggle to cut it more for reasons like your bread.

[2Birds1Stone]

That bread looks incredible!!

Went shopping at Aldi today, in NY.

$1.19/dozen regular eggs
$2.25/dozen cage free eggs

[Scandium]

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

OMG--Is that why dog feet smell like fritos?!  I had no idea.  I noticed my dog's feet smelled like frito and I told a friend who doubted me and went home and when I saw her again she was shocked that her dog's feet smelled like fritos.  She told her parents and it turned out their dog's feet smelled like fritos.  Everyone I tell this to doubts me and it turns out to be true.  I couldn't figure out why her feet would smell like fried corn chips but I know it's true.  I had no idea this was why.

No. It's a natural body odor on some animals, caused by harmless bacteria on the skin. I have two cats. Both eat the same fancy grain-free food and drink the same water—out of the same bowls—and use the same litter boxes. One has paws that smell faintly of fritos. The other one doesn't.

Are you sure it's not Fritos that smell like dog's feet??
After all I think the dogs came first..

[nereo]

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

OMG--Is that why dog feet smell like fritos?!  I had no idea.  I noticed my dog's feet smelled like frito and I told a friend who doubted me and went home and when I saw her again she was shocked that her dog's feet smelled like fritos.  She told her parents and it turned out their dog's feet smelled like fritos.  Everyone I tell this to doubts me and it turns out to be true.  I couldn't figure out why her feet would smell like fried corn chips but I know it's true.  I had no idea this was why.

No. It's a natural body odor on some animals, caused by harmless bacteria on the skin. I have two cats. Both eat the same fancy grain-free food and drink the same water—out of the same bowls—and use the same litter boxes. One has paws that smell faintly of fritos. The other one doesn't.

Are you sure it's not Fritos that smell like dog's feet??
After all I think the dogs came first..

Cannibals say humans taste a lot like pork.  Which means pork tastes like humans...

[Scandium]

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

OMG--Is that why dog feet smell like fritos?!  I had no idea.  I noticed my dog's feet smelled like frito and I told a friend who doubted me and went home and when I saw her again she was shocked that her dog's feet smelled like fritos.  She told her parents and it turned out their dog's feet smelled like fritos.  Everyone I tell this to doubts me and it turns out to be true.  I couldn't figure out why her feet would smell like fried corn chips but I know it's true.  I had no idea this was why.

No. It's a natural body odor on some animals, caused by harmless bacteria on the skin. I have two cats. Both eat the same fancy grain-free food and drink the same water—out of the same bowls—and use the same litter boxes. One has paws that smell faintly of fritos. The other one doesn't.

Are you sure it's not Fritos that smell like dog's feet??
After all I think the dogs came first..

Cannibals say humans taste a lot like pork.  Which means pork tastes like humans...

I'll take your word for it.. But sounds about right. Some people are probably more "porkey" than others..
I don't care for bacon, but maybe I just haven't met the right person?

[jnw]

Well Aldi is hard on keto / low carb people lately lol.  Besides increasing eggs from $1.99 to $3.18 in a single day recently, I just found out today they just upped the price for heavy cream from $3.09 from $3.89.  Big jump in price lol -- 26% increase in a day.  Too bad we consume some much heavy cream lol -- coffee and for low carb deserts.  WHINE WHINE... yeah I know... 

Just to show you why I am concerned, here is itemized list of my groceries last month, as you can see eggs are my biggest meat category grocery expense besides the case of pork loin I bought.  And heavy cream is the largest non-meat expense for me.



P.S. I just noticed those little single packets of deli meat that sold for 55 cents last week (and for the last several years), are now 89 cents. So another huge jump in price, lol -- a 61% increase in a day.  Fortunately we don't eat many of these per month .. maybe 3 packages.  I feel for people that make sandwiches every day with them though -- for work/school lunches etc..

[Villanelle]

IMO, part of mustachianism is flexibility.  The AKC recommends no more than 1 egg per day for a dog.  Seems like a good time to be flexible and change that.  (And honestly, if scented feet is the worst side effect, that seems manageable.)

You say you eat eggs because you can't eat oatmeal or sugary cereal.  What about a salad or tuna or chicken?  Why does it need to be something we arbitrarily consider a 'breakfast food'?  Why not go to a butcher and see what you can get for cheap if you buy in large quantities?  Or find out what day/time your local grocery stores reduce their remaining meat for quick-sale and buy what ever that is, and eat it.  No reason you can't have meatloaf (for example) for breakfast.  Or cured meats.  Or whatever is on sale that week. 

Also, you spend $1 on paper bags?  BYO and eliminate that category entirely. 

[jnw]

IMO, part of mustachianism is flexibility.  The AKC recommends no more than 1 egg per day for a dog.  Seems like a good time to be flexible and change that.  (And honestly, if scented feet is the worst side effect, that seems manageable.)

You say you eat eggs because you can't eat oatmeal or sugary cereal.  What about a salad or tuna or chicken?  Why does it need to be something we arbitrarily consider a 'breakfast food'?  Why not go to a butcher and see what you can get for cheap if you buy in large quantities?  Or find out what day/time your local grocery stores reduce their remaining meat for quick-sale and buy what ever that is, and eat it.  No reason you can't have meatloaf (for example) for breakfast.  Or cured meats.  Or whatever is on sale that week. 

Also, you spend $1 on paper bags?  BYO and eliminate that category entirely.

Thanks for the reply.

You're right about the bags.  Aldi is the only store which charges for bags.  That was last month.  In another thread someone suggested plastic bins which I think is brilliant as they are easy to clean/sterilize.  So I decided to start using them :)

We eat other things for breakfast from time to time but we really do like eggs and bacon.  We get a great deal on whole boneless pork loin at $1.87 /lb.  I just processed 2 whole loins today.. bunch of sliced pork loin and 8 chops -- about 16 lbs total.

We like meatloaf.  50/50 ground pork butt and ground beef.  We get whole pork butts at Sam's Club for $1.48/lb and ground beef for $3.29/lb.  Really tastes great when you mix the two together.  We use almond flour instead of crackers or bread crumbs.  Works well.   Meatloaf sounds wonderful for breakfast :)

I don't believe AKC regarding eggs necessarily, just like I completely do not trust nutritional advice from a dietician or doctors.  Their advice would make me perpetually diabetic on have to be on more diabetes medications.  (By not eating as they have suggested I have reduced my systolic bp from 140 to 115, lowered my A1C significantly, take hardly any diabetes meds, improved lipid profile, and reversed neuropathy.)  Anyways dogs are descendants of wolves and they don't eat grains in the wild.. most of what we feed our dogs are grains.  An egg is a whole animal full of every nutrient or a dog would need.  I don't see the harm with eggs for dogs.  I suppose I could look into it, but my dog seems very healthy for her age and been feeding her eggs for years.  She's over 8 now.  Anyways been feeding her like 1.5 eggs per day lately.  I am eating lesss eggs now too.  We are frying up 6 now for the 3 of us instead of 8. I eat about 1.5 eggs, dog eats 1.5 eggs and my guy eats 3.

[familyandfarming]

@JenniferW
I'm intrigued by your diet as your health number changes are impressive! Can you share what a typical day's intake of food would be? Is your diet the same every day? I'm sure others are interested.

[jnw]

@JenniferW
I'm intrigued by your diet as your health number changes are impressive! Can you share what a typical day's intake of food would be? Is your diet the same every day? I'm sure others are interested.

Breakfast: Great Value instant coffee with heavy cream & liquid stevia.  About two scrambled eggs in butter along with 2 slices of bacon.  The dog gets about 1/4th of a piece of bacon, because it's too cute having her do tricks for nibbles.

Instead, sometimes for breakfast I might make portabello toast.  I can also make grain free Belgian waffles with almond flour instead of wheat flour; we use butter to top the waffle along with a low carb sweet topping like homemade jam made with frozen raspberries & liquid stevia.

Lunch / Dinner:

Large salad with romaine, cucumber, green onion, roma tomato, kalamata olives, feta cheese, olive oil, banana pepper slices with juice for tang/heat, crushed red pepper, garlic powder.

Or say a meat dish with a large veggie side.  e.g. pork chops w/ broccoli, green beans or asparagus.   Maybe instead a veggie & meat stir fry with fried riced cauliflower.  Or use the fried riced cauliflower to make mexican "rice" with a beef dish along with cheese, tomato, onion, cilantro, salsa verde, avocado etc..

Or say a pho-like soup with no pho noodles but more veggies along with say perhaps some thinly sliced pork loin. 

Thai beef salad is tasty as well. 

Sirloin steak, grilled out back on the weber with a couple small wood chunks, seasoned with salt, garlic powder & black pepper (Santa Monica style seasoning).  Served with a large side of steamed, grilled, roasted or fried veggies.  On birthdays we'll grab perhaps a Ribeye instead.

We also make unspaghetti.. basically spaghetti sauce w/ ground beef with lots of veggies (e.g. broccoli).. but without spaghetti noodles.. topped with shredded cheese; we make the spaghetti sauce homemade from scratch from canned tomatoes (or tomato paste), one of the ingredients being a frozen basil cube from basil we harvested the previous year from our garden -- nice fresh basil taste in our spaghetti sauce year round :)

Those are just some examples.  You can create a lot of healthy dishes with loads of veggies along with the meat.   Riced cauliflower when cooked right (holding off on salting it until after it's fried), works so well for many dishes: asian, mexican, etc.. (We "rice" our own cauliflower with a food processor.)  Zoodles are great as well (spiral cut zucchini).   Also shredded cabbage is a good noodle substitute for italian and asian stir fry dishes.

Here's a great recipe for German Meatballs / Patties:  1/2 pound ground beef, 1/2 pound ground pork, 3 tbsp almond flour, 1/2 tsp fish sauce (or anchovies + little salt), lemon zest (or 1/4 tsp lemon oil), 1 tbsp onion powder, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp black pepper, 2 tsp dried parsley (or 4 tbsp fresh minced), 1/2 tsp salt.  Make into patties or little meatballs and fry them in the olive oil until brown and cooked inside.

A common snack we might eat is to pour a bit of heavy cream into a small bowl, add a pinch of salt, about 6 drops or so of liquid stevia, a tiny bit of vanilla extract.. mix that up and then throw in some berries -- blueberry or raspberry usually.   If we want we can top with homemade cholocate (coconut oil, cocoa powder & liquid stevia) and/or truly natural peanut butter (made with 100% peanuts only -- Smucker's).

[njmoney]

Couple of random points on eggs after having read through this post and having worked in the egg industry in the past:

- Labeling of the eggs as organic is based on the feed given to the hens. If the feed is organic, then the eggs are organic. If the feed is a bunch of filler then it can not be an organic egg.
- Free range eggs just mean that a hen has access to the outdoors from the barn. Sometimes, that means something as small as a 2 by 2 door on a massive barn that provides the hen with access to the outdoors. That small door could mean access to a pasture, that could mean access to a small paved area. It isn't regulated very well.
- Free range (and pasture raised) hens are more susceptible to avian influenza since they can go outside. All it takes is a migrating bird flying over and pooping onto the farm and free range and pasture raised hens are at risk. Also, with hens pecking outside you never know what is in the dirt they are pecking.
- Caged and cage free hens are less susceptible to disease because they stay indoors. Less susceptible to disease but also less humane.
- Cage free means the hens mean the hens have a minimum of one square foot of space. Hens are basically on top of one another and there is a lot of pecking and fighting which isn't great for the hens.
- Cage free laws are coming in multiple more states in the next few years. This will make eggs more expensive because the farmers need to designate more space to them. First cage free laws went into affect in 2022 in California and Massachusetts.
- Egg prices are driven by what many have mentioned: Labor, transportation, feed costs which are all high now. And, of course, the size of the flocks. Hens need to be put down due to avian influenza, price goes up.
- Prices are set by the Urner Barry market which is extremely high right now.
- Costs coming back down will depend on if the outbreak extends. And, it will depend on how many hens they add back to their flocks. Don't add enough, prices stay elevated. Add too many, they have a surplus of eggs. Adding too many is good for the consumer because it drives down prices but bad for the farmer because eggs become very cheap. Need to find the right balance for the farmer and consumer.
- Some retailers are very vigilant in their pricing. At Publix, for example, they follow the Urner Barry very closely. When it rises, they change their prices the next week. When it falls, they drop the price.
- Some retailers aren't very vigilant about pricing which is why you still see cheap prices in some places. Or, as someone else mentioned, they use eggs as a loss leader to get people into their store. They'll take the loss on eggs with hopes that it gets more trips to the store and gets people to buy other higher profit products on that trip.

[jnw]

Couple of random points on eggs after having read through this post and having worked in the egg industry in the past:

- Labeling of the eggs as organic is based on the feed given to the hens. If the feed is organic, then the eggs are organic. If the feed is a bunch of filler then it can not be an organic egg.
- Free range eggs just mean that a hen has access to the outdoors from the barn. Sometimes, that means something as small as a 2 by 2 door on a massive barn that provides the hen with access to the outdoors. That small door could mean access to a pasture, that could mean access to a small paved area. It isn't regulated very well.
- Free range (and pasture raised) hens are more susceptible to avian influenza since they can go outside. All it takes is a migrating bird flying over and pooping onto the farm and free range and pasture raised hens are at risk. Also, with hens pecking outside you never know what is in the dirt they are pecking.
- Caged and cage free hens are less susceptible to disease because they stay indoors. Less susceptible to disease but also less humane.
- Cage free means the hens mean the hens have a minimum of one square foot of space. Hens are basically on top of one another and there is a lot of pecking and fighting which isn't great for the hens.
- Cage free laws are coming in multiple more states in the next few years. This will make eggs more expensive because the farmers need to designate more space to them. First cage free laws went into affect in 2022 in California and Massachusetts.
- Egg prices are driven by what many have mentioned: Labor, transportation, feed costs which are all high now. And, of course, the size of the flocks. Hens need to be put down due to avian influenza, price goes up.
- Prices are set by the Urner Barry market which is extremely high right now.
- Costs coming back down will depend on if the outbreak extends. And, it will depend on how many hens they add back to their flocks. Don't add enough, prices stay elevated. Add too many, they have a surplus of eggs. Adding too many is good for the consumer because it drives down prices but bad for the farmer because eggs become very cheap. Need to find the right balance for the farmer and consumer.
- Some retailers are very vigilant in their pricing. At Publix, for example, they follow the Urner Barry very closely. When it rises, they change their prices the next week. When it falls, they drop the price.
- Some retailers aren't very vigilant about pricing which is why you still see cheap prices in some places. Or, as someone else mentioned, they use eggs as a loss leader to get people into their store. They'll take the loss on eggs with hopes that it gets more trips to the store and gets people to buy other higher profit products on that trip.

Thanks for taking the time to clarify all that.

[familyandfarming]

@JenniferW
Additional questions! How long have you been on this eating plan? At what point did you start to see your numbers change? What happens if you veer just a bit from this diet? Was it a rough start at the beginning?

[TomTX]

Now I know why eggs are expensive! Apparently they're effective at driving off obnoxious truck rallies.

https://twitter.com/KOYBeatz/status/1518315230333259776

[fuzzy math]

Jennifer you should try spaghetti squash for your unspaghetti nights. Its super low glycemic and only 40 calories for a cup of the stuff... I microwave mine, then sautee it with a ton of italian spices then liberally pour on pasta sauce

[Rusted Rose]

Jennifer you should try spaghetti squash for your unspaghetti nights. Its super low glycemic and only 40 calories for a cup of the stuff... I microwave mine, then sautee it with a ton of italian spices then liberally pour on pasta sauce

So funny, I was about to suggest a pastalternative too--hearts of palm noodles!

They're not the cheapest, but for that occasional tomato sauce vehicle (and when you score good discounts on other things), I find them a better texture than zoodles--although I like those too.

I've experimented with slivering canned hearts of palm, which is cheaper--but it's really too soft to work all that well. So eh, I sometimes get the boxed HoP noodles at Trader Joe's.

I've been low carb for almost 10 years, I find it suits me well. I won't refuse the odd piece of artisan bread, white rice, organic red potato, or other carby treat but they tend to be pretty rare. I do mourn oatmeal, but I just won't put up with getting hangry a couple hours later anymore.

[jnw]

Thanks for sharing.

I have used spaghetti squash before as noodles, it tastes great :)  Although I think it's a bit more carby than other alternatives, if I recall?   But not too bad.

I've never tried the palm noodles, I'll check them out :)  Thanks.

I do eat carbs from time to time, rarely.  e.g. a McDonald's Sausage Egg McMuffin or a Burger King Whopper w/ Cheese :)  But it's been like 75 days since I bought anything from fast food joint -- last time was on Feb 7 or so .. a KFC spicey chicken sandwich for my guy and myself.. much better than Popeye's imo :)   So that's the last time I ate badly :)  I suffered for it too, for days lol; felt awful and blood sugar was higher.

[wageslave23]

Now I know why eggs are expensive! Apparently they're effective at driving off obnoxious truck rallies.

https://twitter.com/KOYBeatz/status/1518315230333259776

People are pretty tough when they know others won't fight back

[jnw]

Or ... maybe I won't be trying out those palm noodles any time soon!

"Palm oil is in half your groceries. Here's why prices might shoot up" :

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/business/palm-oil-indonesia-export-ban-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html

[fuzzy math]

Thanks for sharing.

I have used spaghetti squash before as noodles, it tastes great :)  Although I think it's a bit more carby than other alternatives, if I recall?   But not too bad.

I've never tried the palm noodles, I'll check them out :)  Thanks.

I do eat carbs from time to time, rarely.  e.g. a McDonald's Sausage Egg McMuffin or a Burger King Whopper w/ Cheese :)  But it's been like 75 days since I bought anything from fast food joint -- last time was on Feb 7 or so .. a KFC spicey chicken sandwich for my guy and myself.. much better than Popeye's imo :)   So that's the last time I ate badly :)  I suffered for it too, for days lol; felt awful and blood sugar was higher.

I had to go look to make sure I hadn't been operating under a false assumption. 10 g carbs and 2.2 g fiber per cup. Closer to 30-40 cal per cup.  Phew!

[Sandi_k]

Now I know why eggs are expensive! Apparently they're effective at driving off obnoxious truck rallies.

https://twitter.com/KOYBeatz/status/1518315230333259776

I came to this thread specifically to see if this had been posted yet. Love it. <3

[couponvan]

Well, Aldi eggs were $2.46 today in VA. I didn’t go to Wegman’s to check comparisons.

[iris lily]

I've given my dog 3 eggs per day now for years.  Looks like I can only give her 1 egg per day now.  Her fur coat won't be as good and her toes will start smelling like fritos again due to the excess grains from the dry dog food.

What? Is that why my dog smells like a nacho chip?

My chihuahua eats grain free food and still smells a little like Fritos, but for him it's the top of his head.

OK folks I don’t get it, why is it bad that our dogs’ feet smell like Fritos as you all say. We always say their feet smell like popcorn. That is not a bad thing.

[Rusted Rose]

Or ... maybe I won't be trying out those palm noodles any time soon!

"Palm oil is in half your groceries. Here's why prices might shoot up" :

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/business/palm-oil-indonesia-export-ban-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html

Palm oil is a seed oil, nothing to do with the hearts, but although that's fine for health, the hearts might go up just because of the source plants? And they only said "might" shoot up. The price hadn't changed when I saw the noodles yesterday at TJ.

I don't buy much processed food, so I may have no palm oil anywhere in my kitchen. Whether that means I'm dodging a price hike though, who knows.

As a side note, just about every kind of oil named in that article is a good thing to avoid. Random link: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/diet/what-seed-oils-are-really-doing-to-your-body/news-story/e3c6b89c42459afb637957036d5de10f

[jnw]

Or ... maybe I won't be trying out those palm noodles any time soon!

"Palm oil is in half your groceries. Here's why prices might shoot up" :

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/business/palm-oil-indonesia-export-ban-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html

Palm oil is a seed oil, nothing to do with the hearts, but although that's fine for health, the hearts might go up just because of the source plants? And they only said "might" shoot up. The price hadn't changed when I saw the noodles yesterday at TJ.

I don't buy much processed food, so I may have no palm oil anywhere in my kitchen. Whether that means I'm dodging a price hike though, who knows.

As a side note, just about every kind of oil named in that article is a good thing to avoid. Random link: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/diet/what-seed-oils-are-really-doing-to-your-body/news-story/e3c6b89c42459afb637957036d5de10f

We only eat cold pressed olive, coconut and avocado oil here.  Along with grassfed butter from Ireland.  I agree refined oils and oils high in polyunsaturated fats aren't that good for ya.  I can't think of a single palm oil product we have here. hrm.