Diary #841

Chekhov and Yellowbird gave me this cool egg rack last Christmas. Typically, I use it to hold regular “large” size eggs (and put the extra-large and jumbo ones in the basket at the bottom). But right from the start I realized that it would be an excellent way to hold undersized pullet eggs once the young hens started laying. And as you can see, they have! When I first started keeping chickens 20 years ago, I realized that when a recipe calls for x number of eggs, that meant large-grade eggs, so if I wanted to use pullet eggs in a recipe more would be required. So while I still had my last carton of store-bought eggs around, I measured the volume of a typical egg and discovered it to be 1/4 cup. So if a recipe calls for 3 eggs, that really means 3/4 cup of eggs, and if I want to use pullet eggs I just crack them into a measuring cup until I get to the right amount. If I’m cooking something less finicky (for example, just regular scrambled eggs) I just use 2 for 1 at this stage, then…