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Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes by extraduder_ire on Sunday September 14, 2025 @09:16PM (#45245069)
6 large (US) eggs is between 12oz and 14.5oz.[0] This has been stuck in my head since I first learned European sizes were different.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_egg_sizes#United_State...

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Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes by thaumasiotes on Monday September 15, 2025 @12:05AM (#45245998)
Could the six eggshells weigh half an ounce each? It's easier to weigh eggs whole.

That would imply, though, that "one pound" of eggs is more egg now than it was then.

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Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes by extraduder_ire on Monday September 15, 2025 @04:02AM (#45247256)
That table includes the weight of the shell. I don't think six chicken eggs of a normal size were ever a pound.
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