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US egg imports meant to drive prices down could be hit by tariffs
(www.reuters.com)
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They are (well, were) a cheap source of protein. Beans 🫘 are too but... well... you know!? 🌬️
I love me some Costa Rican-style beans and rice. It'll be interesting to see what people will consume in lieu of eggs, should the price become prohibitive long-term.
Beans have always been magnitudes cheaper.
I mean, per bean yeah, but depending on the bean and on the egg...
Anyway eggs are delicious and most people like them, plus you use them in baking things like bread, cookies, cakes, and the like (beans don't work for those purposes I believe).
And in the USA with the genetically modified chicken clones that never see outside a single day in their short brutal lifetimes, at like <15¢ per egg they were very affordable, although at $1 a pop not so much.
I'm not desiring to argue for a carnivorous diet and especially not against a plant-based one, just proffering explanation to the question (well, at least I took "Geez this country is really obsessed with eggs" as one - perhaps I was incorrect in doing so.)
I eat legumes every day and the side effects stop after doing that for a short while.
Good to know!:-)