Eggs are so expensive that some Americans are decorating potatoes this Easter
Eggs are so expensive that some Americans are decorating potatoes this Easter
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This is what true freedom looks like.
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Yes, you can choose to decorate eggs OR potatoes. Why not apples! This is true freedom. No shegingping telling you what you can and can't decorate!
+1 capitalism
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What's crazy to me is that people won't even buy local eggs that are still being sold for cheaper. A year ago, the free range and pasture eggs were going for $5-7 a dozen in my area and still selling. We sell eggs for a relative that pasture raises chickens and we were selling out weekly at $4 a dozen. Had to raise price to $5 a dozen because of feed cost and we have just gotten no sales in weeks. People just, in general, have stopped buying any eggs. A guy down the road from us sells for $4 a dozen still and he's fully stocked. It's kind of surreal. Meanwhile the cheapest eggs at the store are $5+ and the pasture raised type store eggs and in the teens. It's a few days before Easter and I haven't sold a single dozen eggs in two weeks.
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Why didn't we do that before but for vegan reasons?
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Most Americans aren't vegan. Also, the egg is symbolic for fertility and much of Easter traditions are based on the pagan Ester traditions, which celebrated spring and fertility. Hence the eggs and bunnies. I think it might also be because of how they're dyed and how that might not work on potatoes. Maybe it'll be a new tradition though.
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Good.
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