Non-motoring > This week's panic buy	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: CGNorwich	Replies: 43

Thu 17 Nov 22 18:49   This week's panic buy - CGNorwich

Has to be eggs. Supermarkets are rationing sales. Avian flu responsible apparentlly. None in Aldi this morning. Stangely in USA and Canada it's lettuces. Californian lettuce crop decimated by virus apparently. My daughter tells me they are now retailing for $8 upwards each and have disappeared from burgers Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 17 Nov 22 22:23   This week's panic buy - bathtub tom

Last week SWMBO ordered two dozen eggs from Tesco by mistake, they all turned up! Can you hoard eggs? Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 17 Nov 22 22:33   This week's panic buy - Ted

Mr Creamline drops two 6 packs off a week with the milk. I'm going to have to find some sort of security for the doorstep. Can't say I'm very keen on them, scrambled with grated cheese in....just passable for me. Ted Last edited by: Ted on Thu 17 Nov 22 at 22:35 Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 17 Nov 22 23:00   This week's panic buy - zippy

>> >> Can you hoard eggs? >> I have been told that they can be frozen. Eggs are one of my favourite foods, boiled, scrambled, poached, omelettes, fried etc. etc. I'll be miffed if I can't get em! Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 18 Nov 22 07:38   This week's panic buy - Dog

>>I'll be miffed if I can't get em! #Me too- I eat a dozen eggs per week!! Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 18 Nov 22 07:44   This week's panic buy - Timeonmyhands

Great value eggs, when I was a kid there were twelve eggs in a dozen and there still are today. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 18 Nov 22 07:44   This week's panic buy - Zero

>> I have been told that they can be frozen. They can, but dont quite taste the same or behave the same when cooked in your preferred way. My source of really free range Norfuk eggs has dried to a trickle as the DEFRA man has ordered them inside and they have gone broody in protest. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 18 Nov 22 13:09   This week's panic buy - sooty123

>> >> >> >> Can you hoard eggs? >> >> >> >> I have been told that they can be frozen. >> >> I believe so but you have to crack them open first, i don't think you can freeze them in their shells, well you're not supposed to anyway. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 18 Nov 22 08:06   This week's panic buy - car4play

>> Can you hoard eggs? In a bucket filled with water glass Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 18 Nov 22 12:13   This week's panic buy - Terry

Solution is dried egg powder which I believe is readily available with a long shelf life. Probably tastes fairly disgusting scrambled, may be ok in an omelette, can't replicate boiled, probably good in cakes. The mere announcement of a shortage means that a shortage is guaranteed a la toilet rolls. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 18 Nov 22 14:16   This week's panic buy - CGNorwich

Loads of eggs in Waitrose this morning Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 18 Nov 22 15:37   This week's panic buy - legacylad

>> Loads of eggs in Waitrose this morning >> Easter eggs ? :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 15:37   This week's panic buy - Clk Sec

>> Loads of eggs in Waitrose this morning Same in our Waitrose this morning. Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 15:45   This week's panic buy - Robin O'Reliant

>> Loads of eggs in Waitrose this morning >> Faberge? Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 15:51   This week's panic buy - Clk Sec

Well, of course... Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 16:13   This week's panic buy - Manatee

Eggs in stock but not on display at the village shop this morning. Limited to half a dozen per customer. It had a feeling of Corporal Jones furtively handing over the off-ration pork chop from under the counter. Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 17:24   This week's panic buy - smokie

Just back from Aldi, seemed to have plenty there, which surprised me this late on a Saturday. Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 18:21   This week's panic buy - CGNorwich

They’re shocked and bewildered by the egg shortage in Manchester. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/shocked-aldi-sainsburys-shoppers-bewildered-25541064.amp Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 20:14   This week's panic buy - Falkirk Bairn

Story I read today suggested a box of 6 karge free range eggs has gone up 40/45p this year. It also stated the farmer had seen between 5p & 10p increase in his prices! Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 20:27   This week's panic buy - tyrednemotional

...the difference has ended up in a shell company..... Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 20:30   This week's panic buy - zippy

That's an appalling yoke. Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 20:36   This week's panic buy - tyrednemotional

.. well, I thought it was all white...and yours is an appalling yolk... Last edited by: tyrednemotional on Sat 19 Nov 22 at 20:38 Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 20:39   This week's panic buy - BiggerBadderDave

But hard to beat. Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 21:03   This week's panic buy - Robin O'Reliant

These puns are poached from somewhere. Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 22:03   This week's panic buy - tyrednemotional

...who's going to crack the next one....? Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 21:20   This week's panic buy - VxFan

>> Limited to half a dozen per customer. Boxes, or eggs? Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 19 Nov 22 22:06   This week's panic buy - Manatee

Eggs I don't think this will pan out like the bog rolls. One can't really stockpile 6 months supply of eggs. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 08:07   This week's panic buy - Biggles aka B_i_G

According to the web, an egg can support a load of 3,000 lbs, so there shouldn't be a problem stockpiling them. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 08:28   This week's panic buy - BiggerBadderDave

Every time I passed the Battersea Power Station on the train, I used to wonder how tall you could build a chimney before the bottom brick would crush under the weight. And then Adam Hart-Davis had the answer on one of his programs - about a mile. And no limit for steel. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 11:16   This week's panic buy - Zero

Well there was a scramble to buy eggs at Waitrose today. The mrs poached some from another trolley so it turned out all white. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 12:43   This week's panic buy - Clk Sec

I think we're over-egging the pudding here. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 14:06   This week's panic buy - Kevin

I agree Clk, they should all be whisked off to Pun Penitentiary. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 14:45   This week's panic buy - tyrednemotional

....They're all addle-brained... Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 17:04   This week's panic buy - Robin O'Reliant

I wonder what the curate thinks? Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 17:20   This week's panic buy - Manatee

>> I wonder what the curate thinks? >> Don't listen to him, he's cracked. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 17:57   This week's panic buy - tyrednemotional

....I think everyone should ovoid making any further puns.... Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 18:08   This week's panic buy - Kevin

That's laying it on the line. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 18:08   This week's panic buy - helicopter

Yes, as the French say, un oeuf is enough... Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 18:21   This week's panic buy - Zero

Well what do you expect when we are all cooped up. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 20:26   This week's panic buy - tyrednemotional

...let's face it; making puns about eggs is somewhat over-easy... Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 21:37   This week's panic buy - Clk Sec

You can't beat two eggs over-easy. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 20 Nov 22 18:25   This week's panic buy - R.P.

We're pretty lucky here in the City. Kid down the lanes runs a small scale egg selling business (£1.00 for 6)...really nice. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 21 Nov 22 09:00   This week's panic buy - Zero

well at least you can look on the Sunny Side up. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 21 Nov 22 09:28   This week's panic buy - tyrednemotional

>> Kid down the lanes runs a small scale egg selling business.... ...you won't get far baking with quail eggs.... Reply to this message | Report message